The Government has been left a staggering €235.6 million short of compensation by the religious orders in whose care children were abused.
It had been promised €352.6 million by the 18 different Catholic Church institutions after evil and violent nuns, priests and Christian Brothers were exposed by the 2009 Commission of Investigation into the scandal.
The Ryan Report revealed how thousands of Irish children were mistreated and abused by members of the clergy.
