Grace report: 'Failure' in her care but insufficient evidence to show sexual or physical abuse 

The Government has now decided to wind up the commission and will not look further into other allegations made in relation to others who were in the same foster home
Grace report: 'Failure' in her care but insufficient evidence to show sexual or physical abuse 

Grace is the pseudonym of a woman now in her 40s who has been in the care of the State all her life.

A commission of investigation report into the 'Grace' case has found a "fundamental failure" by the South Eastern Health Board and the HSE in their duty of care to a severely intellectually disabled young woman.

However, the final substantive report on the first phase of the Farrelly Commission, published on Tuesday, has concluded that it is "not satisfied" that the level of evidence was such to fully establish sexual, emotional or physical abuse of Grace during her time in the foster home in the south east of the country.

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