Less than a third of fund for school sex abuse victims paid out

Human rights experts remain critical of the new scheme for continuing to exclude 'deserving applicants'. File Picture: iStock

Ahead of its closure later this month, less than a third of the Government's €31m scheme for victims of sexual abuse in schools has been paid to survivors.

Furthermore, over a quarter (43) of the 165 applications to the Government’s revised ex gratia scheme, which is due to close on July 20, have been rejected.