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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (19 Nov 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...suffered. As the Deputy will be aware, the ex gratiascheme was established on foot of the specific circumstances arising from and in response to the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, relating to Ms Louise O'Keeffe. Ireland submits biannual action plans to the relevant committee of ministers which is responsible for supervising the implementation of the judgment of the...

State Ex Gratia Scheme: Statements (10 Jul 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...gratiascheme was established to provide a mechanism to address the situation of these people. The criteria of the scheme reflected the State's interpretation of the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, judgment, including the criterion that there must have been a prior complaint of abuse to a school authority. I acknowledge as a matter of fact that this proved to be too difficult a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (14 May 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...or knowledge in relation to child abuse that may bring closure to a survivor to come forward with that information. Prior to the Louise O’Keeffe case to the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, the domestic courts, up to and including the Supreme Court, had found that the State had no liability for day school abuse as it was not the owner or manager of the schools and, while it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (6 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: ...2014, the Government authorised the SCA to offer “out of court” settlements to persons taking cases of school child sexual abuse against the State where their cases come within the terms of the ECHR judgment in the O’Keeffe case and are not statute barred. The State’s approach to out-of-court settlement offers in this situation is based on its interpretation of...