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The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn TD, updated his Cabinet colleagues on the follow-up to the ECHR judgment in the case of Louise O’Keeffe.

The damages and costs awarded by the ECHR to Ms O’Keeffe have been paid by the State.

The State Claims Agency is reviewing its day school abuse cases to identify those that come within the parameters of the judgment. This review is ongoing and the Minister will be reporting back to Government when this review is complete. The Minister re-iterated his intention to seek a fair and reasonable outcome to those cases that come within the parameters of the ECHR judgment.

The review of planned and current child protection mechanisms to ensure that they meet best practice standards will be undertaken by a sub-committee of the Children First Inter-Departmental Implementation Group.