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Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Deirdre Clune: I welcome the opportunity to recognise the Magdalen women for the work they have done and courage they have shown in coming forward to tell their story. It has been a long road for them. As an earlier speaker noted, this is not the end of the road but the start of a new chapter, one which I hope will be bright. I also commend the women's supporters and those who worked with them and helped...

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to the House. As everyone else has stated, I pay tribute to her for her great work in campaigning for so long on behalf of the survivors of the Magdalen laundries. Historic speeches were made in the Dáil last week, and when the Tánaiste spoke he singled her out as having played an enormous role in ensuring that at last we would see a form...

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I first heard about the Magdalen laundries 21 years ago this month when I saw a wonderful play, "Eclipsed", by Patricia Burke Brogan. In the aftermath of the production of her play, Ms Burke Brogan stated: ... there was some backlash and I really suffered with that play. I had someone cut my picture out of the paper and draw horns and different symbols on it and send it to me. I got up one...

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Averil Power: ...is the right person, given that commitment, to discuss this issue with us in the House. The Taoiseach spoke for all of us last week when he apologised unreservedly to the women incarcerated in the Magdalen laundries for the hurt done to them and the stigma they suffered. I was very proud of the Taoiseach last Wednesday not only in terms of his words but the genuine, warm and sincere...

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: ...issues. This report established, categorically, what survivors and their advocacy groups have told us for years, namely, that the State was directly involved and consequently, complicit, in the Magdalen laundry system. I very much welcome the State's inclusion of all surviving women in the apology, thereby avoiding any distinction being made between survivors who were sent into the...

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Susan O'Keeffe: ...support for women, the overall thrust of the report is that this is a group of unfortunate women who need punishment and then perhaps some guidance. The document appears in the appendices of the Magdalen report. I am drawn to it because it is of the time. It is official Ireland showing its views, attitude and use of language. It tells the story of how women, young women and girls were...

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: I am pleased to have the opportunity to discuss with the Seanad the final report of the interdepartmental committee set up to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen laundries, which was published on 5 February last. Much has been said since then and much has happened. For me personally, the report has been the culmination of a long journey going back more than ten years...

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Rónán Mullen: ...to be associated with the tributes paid to her for the great personal interest that she has taken in the issue over the years and for her genuine hard work in seeking to bring the stories of the Magdalen women to light. She also sought to ensure that whatever measure of justice is possible at this late stage in their lives, and in the life of the story, could be done. The Minister of...

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I wanted to speak on this matter and note it is not the end but is only the beginning for the Magdalen girls. I compliment the Minister of State on the work she contributed on this matter over the years. I also compliment the Minister, Deputy Shatter, on taking it on board when the Government was barely in the door and ensuring it was a...

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Sean Barrett: ...of their book, members of the religious congregations were not recruiting people for their institutions, families were leaving people they did not want. As the Taoiseach so graphically stated, the Magdalen laundries illustrates the level of hypocrisy in this country. While we were inventing an image of ourselves as an island of saints and scholars, appalling things were taking place. I...

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: ...one wants this process to be efficient and to not drag on forever. The Minister of State already has made this point of which I also am mindful. I refer to a specific request from the Justice for Magdalenes organisation, which I am sure it also asked of the Minister of State. It is that we need to do work to ensure that when payments are made to ladies who are on existing State benefits...

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Paul Bradford: ...many occasions, and her party leader, Deputy Martin, and others, represents good politics. It is good for the soul of the country and for its citizens and most definitely, for the survivors of the Magdalen laundries.