Call for Govt to open public consultation on how future redress schemes should operate

Legal experts and civil rights groups have said it is "imperative" that the Government open a public consultation on how future redress schemes should operate.

The call comes in the wake of the review by High Court Judge Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill which found that the State had misinterpreted a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and, as a result, had denied victims of child sexual abuse access to a redress scheme set up in 2015.