Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to ensure that Magdalene grave records are accurate and up to date. [17155/13]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to ensure that there is access to Magdalene graves. [17156/13]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to ensure the upkeep of Magdalene graves. [17157/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 940 to 942, inclusive, together.

The maintenance of records relating to deaths and burials and the question of upkeep and access to graves, whether in private or public graveyards, do not fall within the remit of my Department.

The general position regarding the graves of those who were in Magdalen institutions is addressed in Chapter 16 of the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries.