IRELAND
Irish Times
Marie O’Halloran
Mon, Jun 24, 2013
A report advising the Government on a redress scheme to compensate women incarcerated in Magdalen laundries, is expected to go to Cabinet tomorrow and be published on Wednesday.
The report by former High Court judge Mr Justice John Quirke was submitted to Minister for Justice Alan Shatter at the end of last month. Apparent details of the document were leaked to the media in the past two weeks but in the Dáil subsequently, Mr Shatter dismissed the reports.
Reconciliation
These included suggestions the retired judge had recommended a reconciliation forum between former residents and nuns from the four religious orders who ran the institutions. The proposals were dismissed as “utterly pointless” by representatives of the group Magdalene Survivors Together.
Asked about the publication date of the report a Department of Justice spokeswoman said yesterday, “we don’t have any details on this” but it is understood that after the Cabinet considers the report tomorrow, survivors and their representatives will receive the report at a briefing on Wednesday in advance of its publication later that day.
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