Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter: the proposed restorative justice and reparations scheme of Justice for Magdalenes for all survivors of the Magdalene laundries as the Irish Human Rights Commission recently published an assessment of this proposed scheme in which it recommended the State establish a statutory mechanism to investigate the matters advanced by Justice for Magdalenes, and, in appropriate cases, to grant redress where warranted, and as the time is ripe for the Government to finally apologise to the survivors of this institutional abuse and to seriously consider a lump sum compensation scheme.

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