Vulnerable and in need of care: Hiqa report for 2016

The shocking “Grace” case showed what can go wrong when the protection a person entrusted to a care service does not inform decision making in that process.

Just last week “Grace” was awarded €6.3 million because of her decades-long abuse while in the care of the State.

That her grievous situation was fully understood by health workers adds to the scandal. That scandal underlines again the absence of any effective policy accountability, especially retrospective accountability, in our public affairs.