Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman

9:00 am

Mr. Jimmy Martin:

It is under way. The first step was to establish exactly which institutions it would apply to. On our reckoning, there are 12 to 14 other institutions. The next step, as the Ombudsman says, is to assess the number of women that might be involved. These institutions did not fall within the scope of the Department of Justice and Equality. We are in touch with the Department of Education and Skills to see what records it has of the number of people involved in the different industrial schools, primary schools, training units and things like that. It will take a lot of research to do that.

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