A charity that supports survivors of institutional abuse has said a statutory body established to improve their lives is “too broad in its outlook” and has called on the Government to review the services it provides. Right of Place Second Chance provides support to more than 1,000 survivors of institutional abuse and their family members across Ireland each year. Mr Walsh was speaking at the launch of the charity’s submission to Government, After the Spotlight, on the long-term support for survivors of institutional abuse and their families. “There has also been significant controversy over the level and types of support needed and some survivors feel that the fund itself is, in fact ‘re-abusing’ survivors of institutional abuse,” the submission states. Plans to build a memorial to victims of institutional abuse had “more or less been shelved”.

Source: The Irish Times December 12, 2017 00:56 UTC