Special Rapporteur highlights 'significant flaws' in schools redress scheme

Professor Conor O'Mahony called on Government to remove the condition of litigation against the State prior to July 1, 2021, and to amend the scheme to make provision for all legal costs. Picture: Tomas Tyner

Significant flaws remain with the State’s revised redress scheme for victims of sexual abuse in schools, according to the outgoing Special Rapporteur on Child Protection.

Professor Conor O’Mahony made the comments in his last annual report as special rapporteur, in which he criticized elements of the revised ex-gratia scheme, re-opened after the State was found to be misinterpreting a landmark ruling.