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Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (27 May 2010) See 1 other result from this answer

Dermot Ahern: The majority of females who entered or were placed in Magdalen Laundries in the period did so without any direct involvement of the State. Magdalen laundries were not State institutions and their records are a matter for the individual religious congregations concerned. A small proportion of entrants to Magdalen Laundries came through the criminal justice system. While my Department,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (16 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am committed to honouring the commitments made to the Magdalen women. To date, 696 women have received ex-gratia payments from my Department at a cost of €26.2m. In recommendation 6 of his Magdalen Commission Report, Judge Quirke - who devised the ex-gratia compensation scheme - refers to the issue of the various forms of memorialisation discussed with advocates and...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012) See 2 other results from this debate

...;il Éireann: notes that this motion has been drawn up with a survivor centred ethos; agrees with the State’s position, as articulated in Dáil Éireann in February 2002, that abuse occurred in the Magdalene Laundries, that the abuse was an appalling breach of trust and that the victims of that abuse suffered and continue to suffer greatly; acknowledges the hurt and...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012) See 2 other results from this debate

...;il Éireann: notes that this motion has been drawn up with a survivor centred ethos; agrees with the State’s position, as articulated in Dáil Éireann in February 2002, that abuse occurred in the Magdalene Laundries, that the abuse was an appalling breach of trust and that the victims of that abuse suffered and continue to suffer greatly; acknowledges the hurt and...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (25 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: ...for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019 seeks to amend the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions, RWRCI, Act 2015 and the nursing home support scheme. The Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-Gratia Scheme was established in 2013, as the Minister stated, to provide women who worked and resided in Magdalen institutions with access to both financial and...

Church-State Dialogue (11 May 2011) See 1 other result from this debate

Enda Kenny: As the Deputy is aware, the Magdalene laundries were not State institutions. One of the ten Magdalene laundries was used by the Department of Justice for a period from 1960 onwards for the remand of 16 to 21 year old women for short periods pending trial. Since the foundation of the State, a condition of probation sometimes imposed by a court on women found to have committed criminal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (9 Oct 2012) See 1 other result from this answer

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 — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (6 Oct 2009) See 2 other results from this answer

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1136, 1281 together. I am aware of the case being made by Justice for Magdalene. The position of the women who resided in the Magdalen laundries is one of the issues that has also been raised by groups representing survivors, following publication of the Ryan Report. The position in relation to the Magdalen laundries under the existing redress arrangements,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Data (3 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries - otherwise known as the McAleese Report - submitted its report to Government in February 2013. That Report is available on my Department's website - www.justice.ie. The Committee, with Dr. McAleese as its independent Chair, was established in July 2011 and no longer exists. I can advise...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011) See 1 other result from this answer

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 Health: Medical Cards (18 Apr 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 1480. To ask the Minister for Health if a HAA card has been provided to all survivors of Magdalene laundries as recommended by the report on Magdalene laundries; if survivors of the New Ross Magdalene laundry are included in this provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16860/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (3 Nov 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The available statistics are those in the report of the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries - otherwise known as the McAleese Report - which submitted its report to Government in February 2013. The Report is available on my Department's website - www.justice.ie. That Committee no longer exists and its report does not contain...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility (15 Nov 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...by the Residential Institutions Redress Board Scheme operated by the Department of Education and Skills. It is assumed that the Deputy is enquiring as to whether An Grianán is also covered by the Magdalen Laundries Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme under the remit of my Department. The Magdalen Scheme is limited to 12 named institutions - the 10 Magdalen laundries that were...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014) See 1 other result from this debate

Maureen O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister's statement that the inclusion of Magdalen laundries in the terms of reference of the commission of inquiry is under consideration. People who have taken oral testimonies from some of the ladies in the Magdalen laundries did say that babies were born and nursed at the Magdalen laundry in Sean MacDermott Street in Dublin. The biennial reports that were found in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (10 Mar 2015)

Clare Daly: 358. To ask the Minister for Health if the immediate relatives of Magdalen survivors who have enhanced medical cards will have the same entitlement to counselling and psychotherapy as the immediate relatives of Health Amendment Act card holders, save that the counselling for the immediate relatives of Magdalen survivors will relate to their connection to Magdalen laundries rather than...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Magdalen Laundries Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme was set up following the publication of the report in February, 2013 of an Inter-Departmental Committee set up to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. It was chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese and it is commonly referred to as the McAleese report. The material in the Report relates to 10...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (5 Mar 2015)

Anne Ferris: 173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the immediate relatives of Magdalen survivors who have enhanced medical cards will have the same entitlement to counselling and psychotherapy as the immediate relatives of Health (Amendment) Act card holders, save the counselling for the immediate relatives of Magdalen survivors will relate to their connection to Magdalen laundries...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (19 Jan 2010) See 7 other results from this answer

Ruairi Quinn: ...and Law Reform the position regarding a meeting (details supplied); if he will confirm that the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform sent women on remand to the Sean McDermott Street Magdalene following the introduction of the Criminal Justice Act 1960; if a capitation grant was awarded to the Magdalene laundries where these women were held on remand; if the Department of...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2012) See 1 other result from this debate

Mary Lou McDonald: ...;il Éireann: notes that this motion has been drawn up with a survivor centred ethos; agrees with the State’s position, as articulated in Dáil Éireann in February 2002, that abuse occurred in the Magdalene Laundries, that the abuse was an appalling breach of trust and that the victims of that abuse suffered and continue to suffer greatly; acknowledges the hurt and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (28 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As I indicated in my response to Dáíl Question No. 90 on 22 February, 2017, an Inter-Departmental Committee was set up in 2011 to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. It was chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese and it is commonly referred to as the McAleese report. The material in the Report relates to 10 different institutions which were...