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. Peter Tyndall:
Yes. It was identified on page 31 of the report. It is identical in every other respect to An Grianán except that it was left off the list of institutions that were covered by the residential institutions redress scheme. So to say that no industrial schools were covered, and could be included, is a denial of the facts. Essentially, one has a situation where in one part of Dublin one has an institution that fits all of the criteria for the other ones that were excluded, but is included in the scheme.
Fundamentally, our interest in this is to find a resolution for the women who have been excluded, who we believe have been done an injustice and where we have made recommendations. If, in the end, the Department decides that it needs to go back and develop a scheme to make sure that this wrong is righted, we are more than happy to work with the Department to come forward with a set of proposals that will right the wrong. That is what we ordinarily do with other Departments. We are happy to engage, comment on proposals and try and find a way forward. I hope that as a consequence of the report that we will see that engagement going forward and that we can work together to find a solution for these women who continue to be excluded form this scheme.
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