Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 March 2013
185. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason, having included Stanhope Street Laundry, the Athy or Newtownforbes Laundries were not included in the redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14446/13]
View answerThe Government decision of 19 February relates to Magdalen Laundries which were examined by the Inter-Departmental Committee set up to establish the facts of State involvement. There were a wide variety of institutions which had laundries run by different religious congregations and no decision has been made to include them all within the scope of the Magdalen Scheme.
As regards the specific institutions referred to by the Deputy I have seen no evidence to suggest that the institutions in question share the characteristics associated with the 10 Magdalen Laundries.
