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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (30 Jan 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Maureen O'Sullivan: 151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the ex gratia scheme for women who were admitted to and worked in Magdalen Laundries, if he can clarify the section access to medical services which states that the women will be granted access to a range of public health services within the State once the necessary legislation is in place; if his attention has been drawn to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (26 Apr 2016) See 2 other results from this answer

Leo Varadkar: The Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015,inter alia, provided for a range of primary and community health services to be made available to Magdalen women by the HSE without charge in Ireland. In connection with Magdalen woman living abroad, the Minister for Primary Care, Social Care (Disabilities & Older People) and Mental Health, Kathleen Lynch, in December...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Apr 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

Enda Kenny: The Bethany homes are not the subject of this question. As I stated in reply to Deputy Mac Lochlainn, the Magdalen laundries and the Bethany homes were not the subject of a discussion we had with the cardinal and the bishops. Following the publication of the McAleese report and the full-scale debate in the House, we appointed Mr. Justice Quirke to look at the findings of the report and the...

Seanad: Residential Institutions (9 Jun 2011) See 1 other result from this debate

Ruairi Quinn: ...spoke recently in the Dáil on this important matter. He asked me to point out that he has long believed the issues raised by or on behalf of those women and girls who were resident in the Magdalene laundries must be addressed. He has great sympathy for those women who feel wronged and, in common with his Cabinet colleagues, wants to help in bringing closure to this for the individuals...

Order of Business (7 May 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: All Members have been supportive and admiring of the work of the Magdalen commission and the report it issued. One of the commission's proposals is that the restorative justice Bill be brought before the House. What is the position with regard to that Bill and in respect of the implementation of the report of the Magdalen commission? I have just received a text from the Whip's office....

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (2 Nov 2011) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Shatter: ...Deputy will appreciate that the Inter-Departmental Committee which is independently chaired by Senator Martin McAleese was set up by Government to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries, to clarify any State interaction, and to produce a narrative detailing such interaction. The working arrangements of the Committee are entirely a matter for the committee and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (22 Sep 2015) See 2 other results from this answer

Kathleen Lynch: .... In his report, Mr Justice Quirke recommended, inter alia, that legislation be introduced to give effect to his recommendation on the provision of a comprehensive suite of health services to Magdalen women. The Health (Amendment) Act 1996 provides health services to persons who contracted hepatitis C in the State from a blood product or blood transfusion. It should be noted, however,...

Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (14 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: I cannot believe we are in the Chamber discussing this again. This is another circumstance which, to my mind, represents an utter betrayal of the women who survived the Magdalen laundries. In their youth these women were violated and abandoned by the State. They had to fight for decades to receive redress for the damage done to them by the State. Now, we are about to implement this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Sep 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Frances Fitzgerald: ...was addressed in detail in the Report of the McAleese Committee and was well known when the decision to introduce a scheme was made. The most extensive and detailed records of those who entered Magdalen laundries are those created by the religious congregations who operated the institutions in question. Those records were created on the basis of entry and were not dependent on the...

Written Answers — Magdalen Laundries: Magdalen Laundries (16 Feb 2010) See 1 other result from this answer

Batt O'Keeffe: As the Deputy is aware the Magdalen Laundries were privately owned and operated institutions which were not subject to State regulation or inspection and, as a consequence, are not scheduled institutions for the purposes of the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002. My Department does not have details of every individual who was placed in a laundry. In relation to the number of children...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

...O'Kennedy: It is not for me to interpret the will of those who designed the scheme, but I can refer to some references made in the proposals to the residential institutions redress scheme and the Magdalen laundries scheme. The latter scheme, in particular, used duration of stay and commercial work undertaken without payment as key criteria in assessing the claims. Those same criteria...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can confirm that Senior Counsel, Mary O’Toole was engaged to undertake a review of 216 cases under the Magdalen ex-Gratia Scheme, where the length of time spent in the institution was deemed less than that claimed by the applicant, as recommended by the Ombudsman in his 2017 Report. Ms O’Toole carried out the review with the assistance of one Junior Counsel and 3 Department...

Topical Issue Matters (6 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: ...of cochlear implants; (3) Deputy Mary Lou McDonald - the need for the State to provide an apology and other assistance including a transparent redress scheme for the surviving women in the Magdalen laundries; (4) Deputy Catherine Murphy - the findings of the interdepartmental report of the State's involvement in the Magdalen laundries during the 20th century; (5) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan -...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: The Deputy's question relates to the Magdalen laundries and Westbank, County Wicklow. On the basis of the information available, I am satisfied that the institutions included in Schedule 1 to the draft order meet the criteria, whereas the institutions referred to by the Deputy do not, as they did not provide the specific range of services. However, it is not accurate to describe them as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries Issues (18 Dec 2013) See 3 other results from this answer

James Reilly: ...has accepted in principle the recommendations of Judge Quirke on the establishment of an ex gratia Scheme and related matters for the benefit of those women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen Laundries. The Government furthermore decided that the Minister for Justice and Equality would bring forward in one Bill, on behalf of the relevant Departments, measures to deal with the...

Order of Business (15 Jun 2011) See 1 other result from this debate

Enda Kenny: This matter is being treated very seriously by the Government. It is difficult to put in words the scale of the emotional impact for many of those women who worked in the Magdalene laundries. However, we need to find out the facts here, what happened, how many were involved, and what was the State's involvement. That is the reason the Government has decided to have an interdepartmental...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Enda Kenny: These are the results of a process put in place at the request of the Magdalen women. They asked that this matter would be dealt with speedily and effectively, that compensation would be paid and that the process would be non-adversarial, non-litigious and that it would use non-legal routes that could take years. In order to define the work records and attendance records of those who lived...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

James Reilly: ...of this investigation, including having the main function of providing sheltered and supervised ante and post-natal facilities to single mothers and their children. The Terms of Reference do include the former Magdalen Home at 8 Lower lesson Street, Dublin 2, as a Mother and Baby Home, although the information available indicates that the Magdalen Laundries did not provide this specific...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (3 Feb 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Frances Fitzgerald: ...women receive medical services equivalent to those provided by the holder of a HAA card and he also advised that “not all of the services described in the Guide may be directly relevant to the Magdalen women and any comparable Guide for the Magdalen women would require suitable adaptation. Judge Quirke also recommended that legislation was required to give effect to this...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (13 Mar 2012) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Shatter: ...who resided in the Laundries at its meeting on 14 June, 2011. As a first step, the Government decided that it was essential to fully establish the true facts and circumstances relating to the Magdalen Laundries and a number of actions were agreed. This included the setting up of an Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries, to...