The Commission of Investigation into the Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Schools will launch a national survey in Autumn 2026 to examine how concerns about child sexual abuse were handled in Irish schools between 1927 and 2013. 

The survey will give survivors, witnesses and family members an opportunity to share information confidentially. Responses will help inform the next stages of the Commission's investigation.  

The Commission was established following the publication of the Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools Run by Religious Orders. It will identify and investigate the failures by schools to respond to concerns of child sexual abuse in a way that adequately protected children, as well as examining the handling by An Garda Síochána, the Health Service Executive and the Department of Education.  

Further information about the Commission, its work and upcoming survey is available on the Commission's website.