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Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

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 — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The information available to me to date suggests that the vast majority of women who entered Magdalen institutions were not referred by the State but by family, others or entered on their own initiative. There were a number of women found to have committed criminal offences referred to a variety of institutions including Magdalen institutions as a condition of an order under the Probation of...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 439 and 440 together. The Department of Justice and Equality did not pay any general capitation grants to Magdalen laundries for the confinement of problem girls. An arrangement was made with one institution, St Mary Magdalen's Asylum, Lower Sean McDermott Street, Dublin 1., pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act 1960 for its use as a remand centre for young...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: ...may be committed to custody to a remand institution, other than a prison, whose use for this purpose has been approved by the Minister. This was provided for in the Criminal Justice Act, 1960. One Magdalen institution was approved as a remand centre for young women who were aged between 16 and 21 years of age. That was St Mary Magdalen's Asylum, Lower Sean McDermott Street, Dublin 1....

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: ...years of age who had been charged with criminal offences may be committed to custody to a remand institution (other than a prison) whose use for this purpose has been approved by the Minister. One Magdalen Institution was approved as a remand centre for young women who were aged between 16 and 21 years of age. That was St Mary Magdalen's Asylum, Lower Sean McDermott Street, Dublin 1. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice, Equality and Defence: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...Justice and Equality if he has contacted the Attorney General since taking office to request a date by which the latter will conclude his review of the Irish Human Rights Commission assessment on Magdalene laundries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15697/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, it is the role of the Office of the Attorney General to provide legal advice to the Government. In preparing the memorandum for the Government on the matter of the Magdalen institutions, my Department consulted with the Attorney General.

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 434: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the State was aware of the nature and function of the Magdalene laundries during the period from 1922 and as recently as 1996. [15698/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 435: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the State was aware that there was no statutory basis for the Irish Courts use of the Magdalene laundries. [15699/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the State was aware that it had enacted legislation to enable the use of one Magdalene laundry as a remand home. [15700/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 437: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the state was aware that children and adolescent girls were confined in the Magdalene laundries as late as 1970. [15701/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...for Justice and Equality if the State maintained a special provision whereby women giving birth to a second child outside marriage at a mother and baby home could be transferred directly to a Magdalene laundry. [15702/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures his Department has taken to protect the constitutional rights of the women and children held in the Magdalene laundries. [15723/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 439: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the State paid capitation grants to Magdalene laundries for the confinement of problem girls. [15703/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 440: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the State never inspected, licensed or certified the Magdalene laundries as approved institutions despite providing public moneys in the form of capitation grants to the institutions. [15704/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the State has yet to produce records for the women it referred to the Magdalene laundries. [15705/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 442: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the State's role in referring women and children to the Magdalene laundries. [15706/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 444: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is his view that the State's refusal to apologise for its role in referring women to the Magdalene laundries has impeded restorative justice for survivors of the laundries. [15727/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...Justice and Equality if he has contacted the Attorney General since taking office to request a date by which the latter will conclude his review of the Irish Human Rights Commission assessment on Magdalene laundries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15697/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: ...Justice Act. While I have no information at this time of a provision whereby women giving birth to a second child outside marriage at a mother and baby home could be transferred directly to a Magdalen institution, I believe however that it is essential to fully establish the true facts and circumstances relating to these institutions. To this end, the Deputy will be aware that the...