Department to meet with residential abuse survivors after nine month wait for response

The group has said it finds the government's lack of response to their proposals "reprehensible, neglectful and unfair". File picture.

A group representing survivors of residential institutional abuse in Ireland has hit out at the Government over a lack of response to their proposals, nine months after their submission to Norma Foley, the education minister. 

In 2019, a consultation commissioned by the Department of Education highlighted health and housing needs and social supports, among a range of issues identified for 100 survivors who took part. This led to an interdepartmental committee being established to examine the future needs of survivors.