Public statements issued by CICA.
Hello On 3 May 2022 our new website went live. Please navigate using the Menu bar in the upper right of the screen. The 2009 Commission Report can be located under Publications. If you can not find something please visit the Contact Us Page and send us a message. Hugh McLainSecretary to The Commission to…
Norah Gibbons played a huge role in the work of CICA from the beginning. She was a driving forcein the Confidential Committee serving as Chair and contributed greatly to the Commission overall.Her major impact on our investigations was only one element of the extensive child and social careresponsibilities Norah undertook. Norah was hard-working and dedicated…
The Commission’s report published in May 2009 contains a seriously erroneous statistic according to the general agreement of relevant experts and bodies. In two places it states that the total number of children who were admitted to Industrial Schools between 1936 and 1970 was approximately 170,000. See Volume 1 Chapter 3 Page 41 and the…
Statement of Chairperson, Mr. Justice Sean Ryan on news of the death of Ms. Christine Buckley, institutional abuse campaigner and co-founder of the Aislinn Centre “I am greatly saddened to learn of the death of Ms Christine Buckley. Her contribution to the understanding of institutional abuse of children going back for so many years cannot…
The Commission has commenced the administrative process that will lead to its eventual closure. One of the initial stages of this process is the dismantlement of the records of the Vaccine Trials Division of the Commission whose work ceased in 2003 following a High Court ruling that the work of the Division was ultra vires…
The Commission wishes to notify all parties who may be entitled to legal representation costs, for matters which were the subject of inquiry by its Investigation Committee, that the deadline for submission of fees, from their legal representatives, is Friday, 28 October, 2011. After this time, no costs will be considered or processed by the Commission,…
Extracts from the Commission’s Report, as well as the Executive Summary, are now available in Irish Sign Language. The Report is on DVD and a copy of same can be obtained from the “Catholic Institute for Deaf People”, or from the “Irish Deaf Society”. This version of the Report contains the Commission’s findings in relation…
The Commission has been advised by the Catholic Institute for Deaf People that due to unforeseen difficulties, the proposed extract of the Commission’s Report, in Irish Sign Language, will not be completed until end-December or early-January of next year. Any further updates on this will be posted to our website but queries should be addressed…
The Commission is now closed. There will be no further inquiries into the allegations already made or into new allegations that might have fallen within the Commission’s remit. A small quota of staff remain to deal with outstanding administrative issues only
The Commission’s Report will be published at 2.30pm on Wednesday, 20th May, 2009. The Report and Executive Summary will be posted to our website at that time. The Report, in hard copy, will consist of 5 volumes and will also be available on a single disk. Any further updates will be posted to our website.…
