State Apology to Be Given to Industrial School Victims

State apology to be given to industrial school victims

A State apology is to be given by the Taoiseach to people who suffered abuse in industrial and reformatory schools.

Taoiseach to make State apology to survivors of industrial school abuse

While some supports for survivors had been approved in 2023, these did not include HAA cards or pension-type payments.

Taoiseach’s apology must mark a turning point in how State treats survivors of industrial schools

It is shameful that it took a hunger strike by survivors of industrial and reformatory schools to extract a State apology from the government, according to Social Democrats education spokesperson Jen Cummins. Deputy Cummins said: “While it is welcome that the Taoiseach has agreed to make a formal apology in the Dáil, this is the very least that survivors of systematic institutional abuse deserve. “This has come about because of a 51-day hunger s…