Establishment The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse was established on an on-statutory basis in 1999. It was part of the range of measures designed to address the effects of childhood abuse which had been disclosed and publicised in the preceding years. The Commission was established with a number of commission members and its own staff. The Chairman of the Commission was a High Court […]
Redress Board The Residential Institutions Acts established compensation following the work of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. The Commission’s investigations established facts concerning the allegations of abuse and the Redress Board decided levels of damages. The government decided to establish a Redress Board in advance of the completion of the Commission’s report and the Residential Institutions Redress Act was passed on 2002. The […]
Establishment The Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal was established by legislation in 1997. The purpose of the Tribunal was to make awards of compensation to persons who contracted Hepatitis C within the State from Anti-D Immunoglobulin, other blood products of blood transfusion and other connected matters. The Tribunal had prior to award compensation to claimants. The Tribunal could sit in divisions. Its members were appointed by […]
Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2022 The primary purpose of this Act is to establish a payment scheme, in recognition of the circumstances experienced by certain people while they were resident in Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions in the State. The Scheme will make payments to eligible applicants and will make available without charge, certain health services to eligible applicants, via […]
Scope The malicious injuries legislation was reformed very significantly in the 1980s. Due to economic considerations, it was tightened considerably so that compensation was available in much more limited circumstances than had previously been the case. Where damage of more than €127 is caused to property unlawfully by one of a number of at least three people riotously assembled together, or as a result of […]
Lourdes Hospital Redress Government approval was given in April 2007 (S180/20/10/0699A) to the establishment of a non-statutory, ex-gratia Lourdes Hospital Redress Board, based on proposals prepared by Judge Maureen Harding Clark for women who underwent clinically unnecessary hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy, or removal of a single functioning ovary. The work of the Redress Board concluded in January 2009, having made awards to 119 women. Government […]
Compensation There exists the possibility of recovery for criminal damage against a wrongdoer in civil proceedings. In addition, the Criminal Justice Act 1993 allows for an award of compensation in the criminal proceeding itself upon conviction. Sometimes courts take account of payment of compensation as a factor in mitigating punishment or in applying the Probation Act in lieu of punishment. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal […]