Three public servants who failed to act in good faith when giving evidence to a child sexual abuse inquiry will be forced to pay back more than $76,000 in state-funded legal fees.

An independent investigation was launched into $1 million in legal assistance given to 27 Tasmanian public servants who appeared before the inquiry in 2022.

It recommended the government claw back $56,430 in legal assistance provided to former Launceston General Hospital head Peter Renshaw, who resigned after the inquiry.

Dr Renshaw was found by the inquiry to have failed to comply with protocols for reporting suspected child sexual abuse.

He misled the head of the health department about former Launceston General Hospital nurse James Geoffrey Griffin, the inquiry found.

The inquiry heard harrowing evidence

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