Quinn presses orders over redress shortfall [IrishTimes]
- Published: 11 July 2011
MINISTER FOR Education Ruairí Quinn has insisted he is not “trying to bankrupt” religious institutions by seeking a bigger contribution from them for the €1.3 billion redress bill for clerical abuse victims.
The Government is asking religious congregations named in the Ryan report to transfer ownership of schools to the State to help make up its shortfall. Properties rented to the State may be sought in lieu of cash or other payments.
“I’m not in the business, and nor is the Government, of trying to bankrupt any religious congregation that has an ageing community who don’t have children of their own to pay for nursing home care and provide all the other care . . .
“They gave an awful lot of care to all of us growing up, and I’m one of them. What I’m looking at, in fairness, is how can they come up to the mark,” he told RTÉ Radio’s This Week programme.
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