Redress delay 'causing huge trauma' to child sexual abuse survivors
Louise O'Keeffe. An ex gratia scheme was set up to provide redress to victims of abuse after a landmark legal battle won by Ms O'Keeffe in the European Court of Human Rights in 2014. File picture: Dan Linehan
Survivors of sexual abuse in schools are enduring “huge trauma” due to delays with a review of their redress scheme, which remains closed to victims almost 18 months after they received a State apology.
An update on the State’s progress in implementing a redress scheme for victims of abuse in schools prior to 1992, a copy of which has been seen by , was filed to the Council of Europe this week.
