Controversial legislation to seal millions of abuse records for at least 75 years has been sent back to the Dáil

The legislation had been due in Committee State in the coming weeks but this has now been deferred to allow the Oireachtas education committee to further scrutinise.

Controversial legislation to seal millions of abuse records for at least 75 years has been sent back to the Dáil education committee for further scrutiny.

The Retention of Records Bill will see records from the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (CICA), Residential Institutions Redress Board, and Residential Institutions Redress Review Committee placed in the National Archives and sealed for a minimum of 75 years.