Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he envisages acting on the report of the Committee, chaired by Senator McAleese, into the Magdalen laundries [6094/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Report of the Committee is very comprehensive and tells a complex story about Magdalen Laundries. Approximately 10,000 women were admitted to the Magdalen Laundries in the period 1922 to 1996 and over 60% of them spent less than a year in these institutions.

Much of the information in the Report has never previously been made public and it provides an extraordinary insight not only into the operation of the Magdalen Laundries but also into the social realities of past times. It will take time to absorb the contents of the Report. The report will be given full consideration by the Government and there will be a debate in the Dail in two weeks time on the matter.