Department advertises for special advocate to support survivors of religious-run institutions

Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Children Roderic O Gorman. File Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The Department of Children is set to launch a recruitment drive for a Special Advocate to support survivors of a number of the country's religious-run institutions.

In an email sent to survivors' groups on Thursday evening and seen by the Irish Examiner, Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman said the remit of the role will be to work with "those who spent time in all such institutions”.