Latest: Taoiseach hopes Church will ‘reflect’ on its agreement in relation to Redress Scheme

LATEST: The Minister for Public Expenditure, Paschal Donohoe, has criticised the religious congregations for not applying the moral code they expect of others to themselves.

Update 5.45pm:The Taoiseach has said he hopes the Church will reflect on the fact that it has only paid 13 per cent of the costs of a Commission of Investigation and redress scheme set up to help survivors of child sex abuse.

A report from the Comptroller and Auditor General published by the Department of Education reveals that by the end of 2015 the total costs of the commission which inquired into the child abuse, and the Redress Scheme, were an estimated €1.5bn.