Redress schemes’ public consultation ‘imperative’ say experts

Legal experts and civil rights groups have said it is imperative that the Government open a public consultation on how 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 and, as a result, had denied victims of child sexual abuse access to a redress scheme set up in 2015.