IRELAND
The Irish Times
CARL O’BRIEN, Chief Reporter
THE COST of the State’s redress scheme for survivors of institutional child abuse is set to rise by more than €100 million following a surge in applications for compensation last year.
Unpublished estimates compiled by senior Department of Education officials put the final bill at €1.47 billion, up from the €1.36 billion that had been quoted.
However, the State has received just €126 million to date from religious congregations despite Government attempts to split the redress costs on a 50-50 basis.
The Residential Institutions Redress Board was set up a decade ago to compensate former residents of industrial and reformatory schools, orphanages and children’s homes who suffered abuse.
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