A government minister has criticised the religious congregations for not applying the moral code they expect of others to themselves.
Paschal Donohoe’s comments come after it emerged none of the religious orders have paid anything near 50% of the 1.5 billion euro cost of the child abuse redress scheme.
Education Minister Richard Bruton says he intends to meet the church organisations to ask them for a greater contribution.
And the Public Expenditure Minister says they should be paying more.
