Grace 'failed by the State', as Taoiseach says report was 'deeply unsatisfactory'

Micheál Martin said there was a need to 'fundamentally reflect on how we're doing these inquiries, the effectiveness of them. And whether there's a better way of getting to the truth'

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

The State must "fundamentally reflect" on the effectiveness of inquiries, the Taoiseach has said, after the publication of the Farrelly Commission report into the 'Grace' case. 

Micheál Martin said Grace had been “failed by the State for the totality of her life experience, the absence of fundamental care and of a fundamental caring environment by the State and by the health board at the time, and that's what comes across in a very telling way”.