Prime Time
21 May 2009

Paul Murphy reports that the five-volume report by the Child Abuse Commission details shocking cruelty to children

Bernadette Fahy, Survivor of Institutional Abuse, Edmund Garvey of the Christian Brothers, Mary Raftery, Producer of 'States of Fear', and Barry Andrews, Minister for Children, discuss the findings

Aoife Kavanagh reports on the Residential Institutions Redress Board which was set up to provide compensation to those who suffered under the system

Oonagh Smyth reports on the role of the Department of Education and how it dealt with complaints by victims

The panel discusses the Department of Education's lack of response to abuse claims