Legal action involving State over two ‘Grace’-type cases

Two cases similar to that of ‘Grace’ — the intellectually disabled woman abused in a foster home — are now the subject of legal action involving the State.

Documents obtained by the Irish Examiner reveal the State Claims Agency (SCA) on behalf of the HSE is dealing with cases similar to ‘Grace’, which are at the “early stage of litigation”.

The documents also show how the HSE sought to “sanitise” draft versions of a Deloitte report into its funding of Grace’s care giver.