Review of compensation scheme for victims of abuse delayed again

Louise O'Keeffe: The ex gratia scheme for victims was set up in 2014 after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the State failed to protect Ms O’Keeffe, who was abused at her primary school in the 1970s. Picture: Dan Linehan 

An official review into a compensation scheme for victims of sexual abuse in schools, the failure of which previously prompted a State apology, has been delayed until at least December.

The Government has sought a further delay to updating Europe on its progress in reviewing an ex gratia [without obligation] scheme set up in the wake of a landmark ruling, made more than six years ago in relation to Cork woman Louise O'Keeffe.