Today is the deadline for receipt of compensation claims from survivors of institutional abuse to the Residential Institutions Redress Board.
To date, the board has made around 4,500 awards - people based in 22 countries throughout the world have made claims.
The scheme, which was established by the Government three years ago, has been receiving more than 600 applications a month, bringing its total to date to approximately 10,000.
Some groups representing victims have said that the deadline was not sufficiently advertised.
However, speaking on RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland, Noel Barry of the victim support group, Right of Place, said he is confident that applications from outside Ireland and the UK will be accepted beyond the deadline.
