Brandon Report Executive Summary published today

The Executive Summary of a report detailing sexual abuse at a HSE-run centre in Stranorlar has been published.

The Brandon report outlines 108 incidents of serious assault carried out by a resident between 2003 and 2016 at Ard Greine Court and the Sean O’Hare Unit.

The National Independent Review Panel found at least 18 intellectually disabled residents were abused by the resident, referred to as Brandon, who’s now deceased.

Victims’ families received the report yesterday.

The Executive Summary of the Brandon Report is available on the HSE website here: https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/media/pressrel/hse-publishes-independent-review-of-the-management-of-brandon.html

Donegal TD Thomas Pringle says there needs to be assurances this won’t happen again…

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In the Dail this afternoon, Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn raised the report with Tanaiste Leo Varadkar, with the Tanaiste confirming that Minister Anne Rabbitte wants to publish the full report.

Deputy Mac Lochlainn told the Dail that must happen, and also challenged the fact that publishing the summary today means it can’t be debated in the house….

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