Magdalene redress scheme to cost up to €58m

The Government has announced details of its redress fund for the former residents of Magdalene laundries.

The payments will range from €11,500 for women who spent three months or less in a laundry, to a maximum of €100,000 for those who were in a laundry for ten years or more.

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter said payment of these sums is not dependent on proof of hardship, injury or abuse.

Around 600 survivors are to receive forms by post to enable them to apply for redress.

The Government expects the redress scheme to cost between €34.5 million and €58 million.

Relatives of the deceased are not covered by the scheme, unless they had registered an expression of interest before 19 February 2013.

All payments will be exempt from tax and means testing.

The report is based on recommendations by Mr Justice John Quirke, who was asked by the Cabinet to devise eligibility criteria and other aspects of a non-adversarial scheme.

The former residents of the laundries will also receive a range of supports, including an enhanced medical card and pension.

Any payments already made under the Residential Redress Scheme will not be taken into account.

Last night, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said that the Cabinet had discussed Mr Justice Quirke's report and accepted his recommendations.

In February, Mr Justice Quirke was asked by the Government for proposals to set up a scheme to compensate the women for their experience and also to bring some "healing" to the process.

Mr Kenny apologised unreservedly on behalf of the State to the survivors of the laundries earlier this year.

The apology came after the publication of the report of the committee investigating State involvement with the laundries between 1922 and 1996.

It found that the State was directly involved in the running of the laundries, with just over one quarter of referrals made by or facilitated by the State.

Four congregations ran Magdalene Laundries: The Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, the Mercy Sisters, the Sisters of Charity and the Good Shepherd Sisters.

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