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:
The answer to that question is I do not know. As I stated, we have not had access to the decisions made under the residential institutions redress scheme because under law they are not accessible to us. The term "abuse" is used. I personally would have thought forced labour would be regarded as an abuse, but I do not know because we do not have the details. I cannot give the Deputy an answer on whether it was considered by the redress board as an issue.
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