There has been a mixed reaction to recommendations in both reviews of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, published yesterday by the Minister for Education and Science, Mr Dempsey.
Mr John Kelly, of Irish SOCA, described Mr Justice Ryan's recommendation that the commission's investigation committee be allowed discretion to decide which cases it hears as "sampling by another name".
He accused the Government of going back on promises to survivors of the institutions that each one would have their case heard and would be able to confront their abuser.
He would be recommending non-co-operation with the commission to his members.
"The victims are being asked to make the sacrifice.
"They wanted to face their abuser. Where are the penalties for non-co-operation and non-compliance we had been promised?"
Ms Christine Buckley, of the Aislinn survivors' group, asked "how can we trust a review which has failed to consult victims?" She also wondered why it was necessary for the review to be published before Ms Justice Laffoy's interim report. "Is it a pre-emptive strike?" she asked.
Aislinn would consider the Ryan review in light of Ms Justice Laffoy's report "and then we will submit proposals to the Government based on the three reports, including that of the Attorney General".
The One in Four group said: "From the outset some positive elements appear evident in Mr Justice Ryan's review, namely his recommendation that the sampling approach to the investigation should not be adopted and his view that the commission now concentrate on its core function of investigation."
The Fine Gael spokeswoman on education and science, Ms Olwyn Enright, "welcomed the rejection of the 'sampling' approach by Mr Justice Ryan in his review".
Sampling would have deprived a large number of complainants of the opportunity to participate directly in the inquiry process, she said.
"However, the proposal to group cases that fall into logical units together will need to be examined very carefully, and considered in conjunction with the wishes of the victims of abuse. Additionally, to accept any elimination of cases where there is no realistic prospect of a finding will have to be undertaken with clear and objective guidelines that put a high value on consultation with the victim," she said.
