Dept to conclude 'complex' review into victims of sexual abuse in schools in coming months

The review was set up after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the State failed to protect Louise O'Keeffe (pictured) who was the victim of sexual abuse in school in the 1970s. Picture: Dan Linehan

An official review into a compensation scheme for victims of sexual abuse in schools, the failings of which previously prompted a State apology, is expected to conclude in the coming months.

More than one year since then-Taoiseach Leo Varadkar apologised to those who were abused as children in schools before 1992, an ex gratia scheme for victims set up in the wake of a landmark legal case remains closed.