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	Leadership Needed on Magdalene Laundries The Petition Site May 21, 2010 http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/leadership-needed-on-magdalene-laundries Urge Brian Cowen to call for State acknowledgment of its complicity in remanding women and children to Magdalene Laundries. We also have a direct e-mail form which can be sent to An Taoiseach at http://www.magdalenelaundries.com/an_taoiseach.htm. Another site: magdalene laundries.com The letter reads: Dear Taoiseach, I am writing to you, as a citizen and concerned human being, to appeal for justice and to add my voice to the call for State acknowledgment of its complicity in remanding women and children to Magdalene Laundries. Your recent assertion that there is a distinction between "children in the residential institutions" and "women in [Magdalene] laundries" is appalling in the extreme. Justice for Magdalenes has proven beyond doubt that there were children in the Magdalene laundries. The Department of Education acknowledged its awareness of this fact when Justice for Magdalenes met with senior officials on 2 February 2010. Your response signals the State’s primary concern is to limit liability with respect to anticipated claims for compensation. You and your government should be focused on providing justice for women and children denied their constitutional rights. Do you believe that the State, and in particular the Department of Education, did not have a moral and Constitutional obligation to protect every child from the exploitative work conditions in the laundry institutions?
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