Grace: Children's minister meets head of abuse victim's legal team after 'worrying' intervention

The general solicitor confirmed to minister Norma Foley, above, that 'the purpose of the meeting was to ensure the minister was aware that she had made considered and extensive submissions on the draft report on behalf of Grace to the commission of investigation prior to publication of the final report.' File picture: Sasko Lazarov

The Taoiseach has described an intervention from the legal team that represented 'Grace' in a commission of investiagtion as "very serious" and "worrying".

In an unprecedented move, the general solicitor for minors and wards of court Marie-Claire Butler, issued a statement claiming none of the "extensive" submissions made on behalf of Grace were included "in any way" in the final outcome of the €13m Farrelly Commission investigation.