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Should the Irish government revisit the compensation agreement of 2002 in the light of the Ryan Report, which catalogued decades of abuse in schools and reformatories run by Catholic religious orders? The Dail will vote tomorrow on proposals to reopen the redress scheme.

Ahead of that, , which goes out on Radio 4 at 4pm today, explores some of the legal issues around the limitations of the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. In particular it hears from campaigners and lawyers in the UK who argue that the scheme should be reopened to allow claims from victims who now live in the UK and were only made aware of the scheme after the publication of the Ryan report in May.

Producer Helen Grady writes about the programme .

The Law in Action podcast is available here.