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Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: Any discussion on the Magdalen laundries, either inside or outside the House, conjures up images of a dark period in the history of our country. Such images are of women who were slaves in the institutions in question - which were run by religious orders - and who were treated in a terrible fashion. These women were either not paid or paid very little for what they did. One of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Eamonn Maloney: 1001. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that 130 survivors are in the care of the former laundry proprietors, the steps being taken to ensure that Magdalene survivors receive and handle their individual compensation without undue influence or interference from former proprietors; if consideration has been given to the appointment of an advocate in both survivors...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Agency: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Jul 2013)

Eamonn Maloney: ...of it. However, I wish to make one point and ask Ms Gibbons one question. The role of the State is one thing, but I had a telephone conversation with one of the unfortunate woman who was in the Magdalen laundries. She now lives in County Cork. She wrote to me on the basis of a comment I had made in the Dáil. We had a good conversation and she made one particularly interesting...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Eamonn Maloney: ...ask these people, who talk about wrestling with their consciences on this Bill which will protect women in difficult circumstances, where their conscience was during treatment of the women and girls in the Magdalen laundries. Where was their voice during the clerical sexual abuse which went on for 80 or 90 years? They were not to be heard. They talk about telling other people about...

Topical Issue Debate: Magdalen Laundries Issues (27 Jun 2013)

Eamonn Maloney: I welcome the announcement of the compensation scheme for the victims of the Magdalen laundries. I thank Mr. Justice Quirke and his staff for the very good work they did on this difficult issue. It has hounded this country for decades and particularly this institution which in the past did nothing about it. I thank the Minister and his colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen...

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2013)

Eamonn Maloney: Thinking of Magdalen laundries conjures up an image of a hidden history of Ireland because of their ugly nature. I always have difficulty referring to them as "laundries" or "factories". In truth, they were prisons - places in which those who were unfortunate enough to be incarcerated had no freedom. They did not have the choice to leave and did not receive any payment for the work they...

Magdalen Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2013)

Eamonn Maloney: ...not do that and this is one of them. Given the history of this issue and what happened over the past 80 years, Fianna Fáil had ample opportunity to do something about it but it turned its back on the Magdalen survivors. For a party that, with the exception of the Communist Party in China, has been in power longer than any other political party, it could easily have resolved the...