Just 16 out of a potential 210 school sex abuse payments made by State

Louise O'Keeffe. European High Court found Ireland had failed to protect her as a five-year-old from her primary school principal and abuser Leo Hickey. File Picture: Maura Hickey

Just 16 out of a potential 210 payments have been made in the last six years to people who took legal action against the State over school child sexual abuse.

A scheme announced by then-minister for education Jan O’Sullivan in 2015, offers ex-gratia payments to those who initiated proceedings against the State over the abuse but who subsequently discontinued their claims.