Abuse bill could be €120m over Government estimate

THE bill for compensating victims of abuse in State-run residential institutions could be €120 million more than the Government had first anticipated, the latest estimate shows.

Abuse bill could be €120m over Government estimate

The Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB), the independent body set up in 2002 to compensate those abused as children in State-run institutions, will stop accepting applications in December.

The RIRB expects to have received between 7,500 and 8,000 applications by that time, and believes the total compensation bill, including legal and administration costs, will reach between €680m and €730m.

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