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Paddy, may we refer to your lack of response from the Redress Board in relation to your e-mails.
It’s quite clear that the Redress Board overlooks its failure to respond to victims of institutional child abuse e-mails because they are operating in a conspiracy of silence and they are not in touch with the real world.
In view of the aforementioned, we pointed out to the Redress Board’s secretary, Michael O’Beirne in an e-mail dated 4th June 2008 that the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform were responsible for the legislation which established the national human rights institution, the Irish Human Rights Commission and for the legislation which incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into Irish Law.
The Irish Human Rights Commission is a statutorily independent human rights body.
One of the aims of the Irish Human Rights Commission is to ensure that human rights of all people in the State are fully realised and protected in law, policy and in practice.
However, we consider that the arrangements currently in place with regard to the Redress Board are in breach of the human rights standards to which the State is a signatory, including the European Convention on Human Rights.
In view of that, we brought these matters to the Redress Board’s attention for its consideration and comment and review our dissatisfaction with the operation of the Redress Board because despite their failure to respond to our e-mails including our submissions they have also failed to provide any evidence that victims of institutional child abuse human rights have been taken into account not only while they were resident as a child in an institution but also when they were before the Redress Board.
We finally received an e-mail dated 9th June 2008 from the Redress Boards secretary, Michael O’Beirne which states “I can assure you that the Board, in all cases, performs its duty in an appropriate and sensitive manner and in accordance with the provisions of the Residential Institutions Act of 2002.
Email the writer Albert King on behalf of Mary King. (victim of institutional child abuse).