An abuse survivor is criticising a compensation scheme which requires victims to have made a prior complaint to the school.
The State Claims Agency says there are 210 cases of alleged child sex abuse in schools, which are eligible for compensation under a Department of Education Scheme.
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Each person is entitled to up to 84 thousand euro, but survivors only qualify where it is shown that the school authorities failed to take action on a complaint of abuse.
Louise O'Keeffe – who was abused by a teacher in a west Cork primary school in the 1970s – says this isn't realistic.
