Upwards of 108 incidents of “devastating” abuse were perpetrated on mainly non-verbal adults by another resident of the centre in Donegal
in 2016. He in turn brought it to the attention of senior officials in the regional HSE and then minister for disabilities, Finian McGrath.
A “look-back” review of files, commissioned by the regional HSE office, identified the scale of the abuse. The NIRP report was commissioned following the review. Completed this year, it remains unpublished and has not been provided to families of Brandon’s victims. Families of four of the victims have spoken to The Irish Times. They want to see the report and do not believe they would ever have known about the abuse had the whistleblower not contacted Mr Pringle., who travels to Donegal on Friday to meet some of the victims’ families, is also calling on the HSE to publish the report.
A HSE spokeswoman said that as the NIRP “process” was continuing, “the HSE is not in a position to comment further”.
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