Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002

Indemnity and contribution.

24.—Where an applicant has accepted an award made under section 13 or section 15 and has complied with section 13 (6), no cause of action or claim for indemnity and contribution or either of them, whether by third party procedure pursuant to section 27 of the Civil Liability Act, 1961 or otherwise, in any civil proceedings or otherwise, shall lie against the State or a public body if such proceedings arise out of the same, or substantially the same, acts complained of in an application made under this Act and in respect of which the applicant is a party.