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:
I will address the first part of the Deputy's question and then come to the second part of it. The Government scheme that was approved at the end of 2013 specifically excluded the question of industrial schools on the same site. It was not the words "admitted to" and "worked in" that excluded them. The scheme that was approved by the Government at the time specifically excluded industrial schools and other institutions on the same site. It distinguished between Magdalen institutions and other institutions on the same site.