More than one hundred victims and survivors of sexual abuse are calling on the Government to intervene and explain why the HSE and Medical Missionary of Mary’s ongoing row over costs is delaying payment of damages owed to them.
The call comes on the day the convicted paedophile surgeon Michael Shine will walk free from prison after serving three years of a four-year sentence following his conviction for offences against young boys at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.
CEO of Dignity4Patients, Adrienne Reilly says the delay in reaching a settlement is appalling, alarming and causing further unnecessary
trauma and upset and to victims.
"The fact they have to fight and battle so hard yet they are told they are recognised, they are told that they are believed," Ms Reilly continued.
"It doesn't feel like that to them...they are morally and physically devastated and they just want this over."
