Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 March 2014
309. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the eligible applicants to the Magdalene laundry redress scheme that have sought a review of the assessment regarding length of incarceration; and the number following this assessment that have appealed his Departments implementation teams decision to the Ombudsman. [10542/14]
View answerI can advise the Deputy that 722 applications to the Restorative Justice Scheme have been received to date and 321 letters of formal offer have issued. So far, 238 of the applicants have accepted the formal offer and 211 payments have issued at a cost in excess of €7.6 million. 16 applicants have to date sought an internal review of their provisional offer. Of that number, 5 have been decided by the review officer, with one applicant appealing that decision to the Office of the Ombudsman. It may be noted that an applicant has two months to decide to accept or decline the provisional offer made by the restorative justice team and that time frame also applies to the review officer's decision.
