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Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, it is the role of the Office of the Attorney General to provide legal advice to the Government. In preparing the memorandum for the Government on the matter of the Magdalen institutions, my Department consulted with the Attorney General.

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: ...years of age who had been charged with criminal offences may be committed to custody to a remand institution (other than a prison) whose use for this purpose has been approved by the Minister. One Magdalen Institution was approved as a remand centre for young women who were aged between 16 and 21 years of age. That was St Mary Magdalen's Asylum, Lower Sean McDermott Street, Dublin 1. ...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: ...may be committed to custody to a remand institution, other than a prison, whose use for this purpose has been approved by the Minister. This was provided for in the Criminal Justice Act, 1960. One Magdalen institution was approved as a remand centre for young women who were aged between 16 and 21 years of age. That was St Mary Magdalen's Asylum, Lower Sean McDermott Street, Dublin 1....

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: ...Justice Act. While I have no information at this time of a provision whereby women giving birth to a second child outside marriage at a mother and baby home could be transferred directly to a Magdalen institution, I believe however that it is essential to fully establish the true facts and circumstances relating to these institutions. To this end, the Deputy will be aware that the...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 439 and 440 together. The Department of Justice and Equality did not pay any general capitation grants to Magdalen laundries for the confinement of problem girls. An arrangement was made with one institution, St Mary Magdalen's Asylum, Lower Sean McDermott Street, Dublin 1., pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act 1960 for its use as a remand centre for young...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Research has indicated that a small proportion of entrants to Magdalen institutions came through the State's criminal justice system. My Department does not hold records that would identify the number of women who were sent to Magdalen institutions since the foundation of the State. However, my Department and the National Archives do have some limited records relating to payments made in...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The information available to me to date suggests that the vast majority of women who entered Magdalen institutions were not referred by the State but by family, others or entered on their own initiative. There were a number of women found to have committed criminal offences referred to a variety of institutions including Magdalen institutions as a condition of an order under the Probation of...