Vivienne Clarke

4 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Vivienne Clarke

A man who raised concerns about ‘Grace’, an intellectually disabled young woman who experienced severe neglect in an unvetted foster placement, says the State’s response will act as a “strong deterrent to whistleblowers”. Speaking after the publication of a commission of inquiry’s final report on Grace’s treatment, Iain Smith told RTÉ radio’s News at One of the “big toll” the case took on him “emotionally, financially” and on his family.

4 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Manon Gilbart |Vivienne Clarke |Cillian Sherlock

The State must "fundamentally reflect" on the effectiveness of inquiries, the Taoiseach has said, after the publication of the Farrelly Commission report into the 'Grace' case. Micheál Martin said Grace had been “failed by the State for the totality of her life experience, the absence of fundamental care and of a fundamental caring environment by the State and by the health board at the time, and that's what comes across in a very telling way”.

4 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Vivienne Clarke

A young woman named ‘Grace’, whose experience in the foster care system was at the centre of a commission of inquiry, was “wronged and harmed” in many different ways, HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster has said. The commission’s final report, published on Tuesday, said there were failures in relation to the standard of care provided to the intellectually disabled woman while in the care of a family referred to as “Family X” over a period of 20 years.

4 weeks ago | echolive.ie | Vivienne Clarke

Vivienne ClarkeThe chief executive of the Health Service Executive has rejected any suggestion that the HSE’s legal team had an adversarial approach in the commission of investigation into the ‘Grace’ case. "That is something that absolutely was never reported to me or raised with me in the two years that I'm in this job," Bernard Gloster told RTÉ on Wednesday. "I did hear some reference to it in some commentaries yesterday.

4 weeks ago | roscommonherald.ie | Vivienne Clarke

Vivienne ClarkeFergus Finlay, the former CEO of children’s charity Barnardo’s, has described the final report on the so-called “Grace” case as “disgraceful”. Speaking on RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland Mr Finlay said that it was not correct to say in the report that no evidence of abuse was found. “They chose not to believe the evidence of abuse. There was overwhelming evidence of abuse, which they chose to dismiss. "I can't understand it.