Tabitha Monahan

1 week ago | independent.ie | Senan Molony |Tabitha Monahan

Grace report author declined to write a quick synopsis of six-volume, 2,000–page deliveryChildren's Minister Norma Foley recently met with report author Marjorie Farrelly. Photo: PASenan Molony and Tabitha MonahanToday at 03:30The Department of Children has confirmed that the author of this week’s final Grace report declined to write an executive summary, an overview that is typical of such reports submitted to government.

1 week ago | sundayworld.com | Tabitha Monahan

The final substantive report from the Farrelly Commission was published today, after the commission was first set up in 2017. The inquiry related to the care and protection of “Grace”, a profoundly disabled and non-verbal woman, who is now in her 40s. Grace was placed with a foster family in the southeast, referred to as Family X, in 1989 when she was 10 years of age. She remained there for 20 years until she was moved to residential care by the HSE in 2009.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Tabitha Monahan

The final substantive report from the Farrelly Commission was published today, after the commission was first set up in 2017. The inquiry related to the care and protection of “Grace”, a profoundly disabled and non-verbal woman, who is now in her 40s. Grace was placed with a foster family in the southeast, referred to as Family X, in 1989 when she was 10 years of age. She remained there for 20 years until she was moved to residential care by the HSE in 2009.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Tabitha Monahan

The report is the final part of the Farrelly Commission into a disability service in the southeast. Established in 2017, the Commission of Investigation into “certain matters relative to a disability service in the Southeast and related matters” investigated the care and protection of “Grace” and others in a former foster home. Children's Minister Norma Foley will bring a memo to cabinet on Tuesday, seeking cabinet approval for the publication of the final report.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Tabitha Monahan

The party will launch a proposal that calls on the Government to harness the record amounts of deposit across the country and fund the delivery of affordable purchase homes. The Homes for Ireland Savings Account (Hisa) would give savers better interest rates than those currently on offer. These savings would also be exempt from Deposit Interest Retention Tax (Dirt), which takes 33pc from interest payments.