Quinn to conduct meeting with religious orders on compensation

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn is set to meet religious congregations this afternoon to discuss compensation for victims of abuse.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn is set to meet religious congregations this afternoon to discuss compensation for victims of abuse.

The State is seeking to require the 18 religious groups to match the amount being offered by the taxpayer to compensate people abused in residential care.

The Minister insists the groups' offers fall short by several hundred million euro.

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