Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 97 and 98 of 8 February 2017, if she will clarify her statement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21307/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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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 enterprise and other times as the provider of social services for particular individuals for which they received State funding. As stated previously, there was no finding in the McAleese Report which indicated that the State had any liability in the matter.

The institution the subject of the earlier Parliamentary Questions was not investigated by the McAleese Committee and is not covered by the Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-gratia Scheme. It was in fact provided for under the terms of the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme.