Results 41-48 of 48 for magdalen speaker:Charles Flanagan

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: ...to each of the four recommendations made by the Ombudsman in his report published on 23 November. It is important to note that the existing scheme remains open. To date, 684 applicants to the Magdalen scheme have received their ex gratiapayments from my Department's Vote at a cost of over €25 million. The terms of the scheme recommended to Government by Mr....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: ...to each of the four recommendations made by the Ombudsman in his report published on 23 November 2017. It is important to note that the existing Scheme remains open. To date 684 applicants to the Magdalen scheme have received their ex-gratia payments from my Department's Vote at a cost of €25.7m.  The terms of the scheme recommended to Government...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: ...on the basis that the information would be held in the strictest confidence and referred to only as a possible means of verification if an applicant to the ex-gratia scheme was resident in the Magdalen Institution in Galway.  There were only limited records surviving for this Magdalen Institution so the information was invaluable in processing the applications from the women...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (30 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 to 109, inclusive, together. I should firstly say that I am committed to honouring the commitments of then Taoiseach Enda Kenny to the Magdalen women in 2013 and the full implementation of the Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme introduced for women who were admitted to and worked in the 12 named institutions covered by the scheme. My Department was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Data (19 Oct 2017)

Charles Flanagan: To date awards totalling almost €25.7 million have been paid out to 682 women under the Ex Gratia Magdalene Restorative Justice Scheme administered by my Department. 166 of these are in respect of women who are resident outside the State and I expect 4 others to receive their payments in the coming weeks, bringing this to a total of 170. As the Deputy is aware, the women are...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: ...of Public Works and the National Archives. Following the decision to establish a commission of investigation, there have been calls for the inclusion of a range of other institutions, including the Magdalen laundries and related concerns, and those are being given consideration as part of the process under way. The position as outlined by my colleague, the Minister for Justice and...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: ...day, the formal terms of reference will be agreed. However, I must advise the Deputy that the McAleese report examined links between mother and baby homes, in particular the institution in Tuam, and Magdalen laundries. My colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, asked a valid question relating to how the inclusion of Magdalen laundries in the terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: ...the Minister for Justice and Equality, in response to a recent Parliamentary Question on this issue may be of interest to the Deputy. Minister Fitzgerald advised the House that the facts available regarding Magdalen laundries have already been set out in detail in the McAleese report which exceeds 1,000 pages. The women concerned have received an apology from the Taoiseach, had the...