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Topical Issue Debate: Magdalen Laundries Issues (27 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...with Minister of State Kathleen Lynch, in March 2011 following my taking office as Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence. It reflects my promise to the women who resided and worked in the Magdalen laundries to see justice done. The process we initiated resulted in an unprecedented trawl of papers and records held by the State and State agencies to assist in establishing the facts...

Topical Issue Debate: Magdalen Laundries Issues (27 Jun 2013)

Magdalen Laundries Issues

Topical Issue Debate: Magdalen Laundries Issues (27 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...this issue when we brought the Quirke report before it. I very much hope the congregations do see fit to make a contribution. PricewaterhouseCoopers voluntarily reviewed the books of five of the Magdalen laundries for the McAleese report and found there was no real financial profit made by them. There is no doubt that the women resident in laundries were impacted by their experience,...

Topical Issue Debate: Magdalen Laundries Issues (27 Jun 2013)

Eamonn Maloney: I welcome the announcement of the compensation scheme for the victims of the Magdalen laundries. I thank Mr. Justice Quirke and his staff for the very good work they did on this difficult issue. It has hounded this country for decades and particularly this institution which in the past did nothing about it. I thank the Minister and his colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen...