Spirasi (Spiritan Asylum Services Initiative) is the Irish national independent centre for the rehabilitation of victims of torture.
Spirasi, the Spiritan Asylum Services Initiative, was founded in 1999 as an English language centre by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit.
From 2001, the organisation began to provide victims of torture in Ireland with legal, medical, psychological, and psychosocial support.
[2] The group's central goals are: Spirasi was one of the organisations which attempted to aid Ms Y as she sought an abortion in Ireland in 2013.
[5][6] Spirasi utilise a multidisciplinary approach for initial assessments of victims of torture or cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment which incorporates medical, therapeutic and psychosocial elements.