Results 61-80 of 1,419 for magdalene

Did you mean: magdalen?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Magdalen Laundries Issues (9 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Mary Lou McDonald: 142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 941 and 942 of 16 April 2013, the steps being taken to ensure that there is access to Magdalene graves and ensure the upkeep of Magdalene graves. [21967/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (17 Apr 2014)

Martin Heydon: 196. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases of magdalene survivors from Stanhope Street that are being processed under the Magdalene Restorative Justice Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18492/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (6 Nov 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the recommendation by the Ombudsman to extend the Magdalen laundry redress scheme to women that worked as children in Magdalen laundries will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45587/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Magdalen Laundries (27 Jan 2021)

Gary Gannon: 542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide victims and survivors of the Magdalene Laundries a full HAA card for public and private services as was one of the recommendations within the Magdalen Commission Report in 2013. [3202/21]

Magdalene Laundries (18 May 2011) See 1 other result from this debate

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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Magdalen Laundries (28 Jan 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy will be aware that in February, 2013, following publication of the McAleese Report, the Government appointed Justice John Quirke to devise a scheme to address the needs of Magdalen women. Justice Quirke presented his report in June, 2013 which included twelve recommendations. The Government accepted all of his recommendations in principle and the Magdalen Restorative Justice...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (10 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason An Grianán was excluded from the Magdalene laundry redress scheme, in view of the fact that evidence had been uncovered in the course of the McAleese inquiry, which showed beyond any doubt that it served as a Magdalene laundry. [22545/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (28 Jun 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The Magdalen Commission Scheme is administered by my Department on behalf of the Department of Justice and Equality. The scheme enables the women over the age of 66 who qualify to receive the equivalent of the maximum rate of State pension contributory for the remainder of their lives. The current maximum rate of State pension contributory is €233.30 per week. If a person is already...

Order of Business (10 Nov 2010) See 1 other result from this debate

Joe Costello: Yesterday Deputy Gilmore raised the issue of the Irish Human Rights Commission report on the Magdalene homes. The Taoiseach indicated he was referring the matter to the Attorney General for his opinion. Will the Taoiseach also refer the matter of the equivalent Protestant homes? The Magdalene homes were for mothers and children-----

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (16 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: 22. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps her Department will take to to ensure an interpretation of the Magdalen redress scheme that is consistent with the State's apology to the women and to ensure that all Magdalen women, including those exploited as children, receive the redress they deserve. [7679/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (28 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Magdalene Restorative Justice Ex-Gratia Scheme was established in 2013 by the then Department of Justice and Equality on foot of the recommendations contained in the Magdalen Commission Report by Judge Quirke. In his report, Judge Quirke outlined that Magdalen women should be provided with access to a comprehensive suite of health services. He specified GP services, prescribed...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Dec 2009) See 2 other results from this answer

Dermot Ahern: I understand that arrangements were occasionally made under which a female convicted of a criminal offence might be offered the choice of going to a Magdalen laundry rather than serving a prison sentence. Such arrangements had no statutory basis. A person charged with a criminal offence may in certain circumstances be remanded in custody by the courts pending trial or sentencing. The...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (17 Nov 2010) See 1 other result from this answer

Dermot Ahern: As I have indicated to the House on more than one occasion, my Department has met with representatives of Justice for the Magdalenes during which there has been an exchange of views. My Department has offered - and will continue to offer - every assistance possible to allow access to the limited available records in the normal way. It behoves all of us to have regard to the age profile of...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions: Residential Institutions (29 Sep 2010) See 1 other result from this answer

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy will be aware that the Magdalen Laundries were private, religious run institutions without any legislative or State mandate for their general operation. As I have already informed the House previously the vast majority of females who entered or were placed in Magdalen Laundries did so without any direct involvement of the State. My Department's research indicates that a small...

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 Children and Youth Affairs: Magdalen Laundries (14 Oct 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

James Reilly: ...the Commission as soon as possible. Since the decision to establish this investigation was announced, there have been calls for the inclusion of a range of other institutions, including the Magdalen Laundries and these are being considered as part of the deliberative process. With regard to the allegations by the Deputy that the State is in breach of international law as regards the...

Residential Institutions. (21 Jan 2010) See 1 other result from this debate

Joan Burton: The issue of women who were committed to Magdalene laundries is one of the last unresolved issues of the hidden Ireland of institutions, religious orders and the State so eloquently set out in the Ryan report and a whole series of articles, books, films, memoirs and television programmes. Just before Christmas last year, the Justice for Magdalene group met senior officials in the Department...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015) See 2 other results from this debate

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister and thank him for the history lesson. It was a good reminder of what we all know, to our cost in our hearts and minds, happened to the Magdalen women. I wish to emphasise the word "justice" throughout my speech. I do this because "I emphasise the word "justice"" was the major sentence in an address by Deputy Alan Shatter, who was Minister for Justice, Equality and...

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

Maureen O'Sullivan: 76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he envisages that payments will begin to be paid to the women of the Magdalen laundries as part of the redress process in view of the recent passing of another Magdalen survivor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45958/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (4 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Further to my reply to Parliamentary Questions 97 and 98 of 8 February I wish to reiterate that Magdalen Laundries were private institutions under the sole ownership and control of the religious congregations concerned and had no special statutory recognition or status. The Magdalen Institutions did interact with certain Government agencies, sometimes on the same basis as a commercial...