People responsible for Grace ‘must be named’, says TD

A TD who played a key role in uncovering the Grace foster home abuse scandal has said the people responsible must be named because “the day you blame a system and walk away from it is over in Ireland”.

Fianna Fáil TD and former Dáil public accounts committee chair John McGuinness made the comment after the president of the High Court Peter Kelly agreed a €6.3m settlement from the HSE to Grace over the case.

Speaking on RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland, Mr McGuinness said the settlement is welcome and a long overdue move to help Grace with the rest of her life.