What the outcome was of the First Minister's study into the Irish model of addressing institutional child abuse.

Answered Asked by Linda Fabiani SNP Lodged 14 Dec 2004

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the outcome was of the First Minister's study into the Irish model of addressing institutional child abuse.

The answer

Answered by Peter Peacock on 20 Jan 2005 · 37 days after it was lodged, on time

Ministers’ study into theIrish model of addressing institutional child abuse considered the ongoingdevelopments in Ireland but decided not to follow that model. I set out theExecutive’s thinking about institutional child abuse to the Public PetitionsCommittee on 29 September 2004 and to Parliament on 1 December 2004.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-12992 by reference.