Results 1-20 of 103 for magdalen speaker:Alan Shatter

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Government has charged the inter-departmental committee with clarifying any State interaction with the Magdalene institutions, of which there were ten, and producing a narrative detailing such interaction. Magdalene institutions have been recognised in this and other jurisdictions as places established primarily for the purpose of providing refuge or asylum for women of all ages. At the...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Research has indicated that a small proportion of entrants to Magdalen institutions came through the State's criminal justice system. My Department does not hold records that would identify the number of women who were sent to Magdalen institutions since the foundation of the State. However, my Department and the National Archives do have some limited records relating to payments made in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (21 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Government decision of 19 February relates to Magdalen Laundries which were examined by the Inter-Departmental Committee set up to establish the facts of State involvement. There were a wide variety of institutions which had laundries run by different religious congregations and no decision has been made to include them all within the scope of the Magdalen Scheme. As regards the...

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (13 Jul 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Government has charged the inter-departmental committee with clarifying any State interaction with the Magdalen institutions and producing a narrative detailing such interaction. There are presently no plans to expand its brief beyond those institutions. Magdalen institutions are not a particularly Roman Catholic phenomenon. Many such institutions were founded by lay people in the 19th...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (25 Oct 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Government has charged the inter-departmental committee with clarifying any State interaction with the Magdalen institutions and producing a narrative detailing such interaction. There are presently no plans to expand its brief beyond those institutions. Magdalen institutions are not a particularly Roman Catholic phenomenon. Many such institutions were founded by lay people in the 19th...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The information available to me to date suggests that the vast majority of women who entered Magdalen institutions were not referred by the State but by family, others or entered on their own initiative. There were a number of women found to have committed criminal offences referred to a variety of institutions including Magdalen institutions as a condition of an order under the Probation of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Government decision of 19 February relates to Magdalen Laundries which were examined by the Inter-Departmental Committee set up to establish the facts of State involvement. Judge Quirke was asked to advise on a Scheme of supports for the women who were in these Magdalen laundries. There were a wide variety of institutions which had laundries run by different religious congregations and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Government decision of 19 February relates to Magdalen Laundries which were examined by the Inter-Departmental Committee set up to establish the facts of State involvement. Judge Quirke has been asked to advise on a Scheme of supports for the women who were in these Magdalen laundries. There were a wide variety of institutions which had laundries run by different religious congregations...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (6 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Report of the Committee is very comprehensive and tells a complex story about Magdalen Laundries. Approximately 10,000 women were admitted to the Magdalen Laundries in the period 1922 to 1996 and over 60% of them spent less than a year in these institutions. Much of the information in the Report has never previously been made public and it provides an extraordinary insight not only...

Written Answers — Report on Magdalene Laundries: Report on Magdalene Laundries (24 Mar 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 to 79, inclusive, together. On 9 November, 2010 the Human Rights Commission published their assessment of the request by the Justice for Magdalenes (JFM) group to carry out an enquiry under Section 9 of the Human Rights Commission Act, 2000 into the treatment of women and girls who resided in Magdalen Laundries. The Human Rights Commission decided not to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalene Laundries Fund (22 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: Mr Justice Quirke has been asked to advise on the establishment of a scheme for the benefit of those women who were admitted to and worked in a Magdalen Laundry and to examine how best to operate, as part of that scheme, necessary supports for women who have been in a Magdalen Laundry. It is a matter for Mr Justice Quirke to decide independently how he carries out his examination. No...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (7 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 180 together. The Government decision of 19 February relates to Magdalen Laundries which were examined by the Inter-Departmental Committee set up to establish the facts of State involvement. There were a wide variety of institutions which had laundries run by different religious congregations and no decision has been made to include them all within...

Magdalene Laundries (18 May 2011)

Alan Shatter: ...the opportunity to speak to the House on this important issue. As many Members will know, I have long believed the issues raised by, or on behalf of, those women and girls who were resident in the Magdalene laundries must be fully investigated. I have great sympathy for the women concerned and want to help in bringing closure to this issue for the individuals concerned. Senior officials...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (21 Mar 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Government decided on 19 February 2013 to establish a scheme of supports for women who had been in Magdalen laundries and requested Mr Justice Quirke to make recommendations in this regard. No decision on the details will be made until after his recommendations have been received but it is intended to apply to all women who were in Magdalen laundries even if they no longer reside in the...

Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (10 Dec 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...focusing on one or two applicants who have run into a difficulty, out of 270 odd. I particularly welcome the fact that we have this scheme in place and are processing it. Former residents of the Magdalen laundries have furnished us with their applications and are engaging with us. So far, there has been substantial acceptance of offers made in the context of timelines. I look forward...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Its concluding observations covered a wide range of areas which impact on the remit of several Government Departments.In relation to the Magdalen Laundries, the Committee recommended that "the State should institute prompt, independent, and thorough investigations into all allegations of torture, and other cruel, inhuman or...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Does the Taoiseach intend to introduce legislation in the new year to amend the redress board legislation to extend it to those who suffered barbaric cruelty in the Magdalen laundries? The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform now has irrefutable evidence that this State and the courts colluded in sending young women to what were then known as the Magdalen asylums. They ended up in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...question of upkeep and access to graves, whether in private or public graveyards, do not fall within the remit of my Department. The general position regarding the graves of those who were in Magdalen institutions is addressed in Chapter 16 of the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (25 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...that he only contemplated one situation where a payment should be made in the case of a deceased woman "where a written expression of interest has been provided to the State by or on behalf of a Magdalen woman who was alive on or after the 19th February 2013 then that woman will be eligible for consideration to be included within the Scheme." but even then he stated "additional income ex...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (15 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: A tabular breakdown of the applications received to date, by country of residence, under the ex gratia Scheme for women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen Laundries, St Mary's Training Centre, Stanhope St, and House of Mercy Training School, Summerhill, Wexford, is set out below for the Deputy's information. Applications to Magdalen Scheme by country of residence Country No....