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Man hung out of window by nurses as a child cannot have €34k award reconsidered by Redress Board

Summary

In 2015 the Court of Appeal ruled that a man who had been abused as a child at St Gabriel's Hospital in Cabinteely could not have his compensation claim reconsidered by the Residential Institutions Redress Board. The man, transferred from the National Children's Hospital, was subjected to confinement, force‑feeding, sedation and was hung upside down by nurses while being held out a window and swung like a pendulum. He had originally received €6,000, which the Review Committee increased to €34,000. He appealed to the High Court, which remitted the case back to the Board, but the Review Committee appealed on the basis that St Gabriel's was not a scheduled institution. The Court of Appeal upheld the committee's appeal, confirming the €34,000 award and stating the man fell outside the scheme because the institution was private and not subject to state inspection.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Man hung out of window by nurses as a child cannot have €34k award reconsidered by Redress Board. Procedural stage: appeal

When:

• 2015-12-11 Publication

Why: The man fell outside the scope of the scheme because of his residence in a non-scheduled institution. CNI source report

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