Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries By Senator Martin McAleese et al. Released February 5, 2013 Complete Report [47 megabytes] • Introduction by the Chair, Senator Martin McAleese • Executive Summary • Acknowledgements Part I – Mandate, historical context and archives • Chapter 1: Terminology • Chapter 2: Establishment, membership and mandate of the Committee • Chapter 3: History of the Magdalen Laundries and institutions within the scope of the Report • Chapter 4: Working methods, procedures and data protection • Chapter 5: Relevant legislation • Chapter 6: Archive of the Committee's work Part II – Statistical analysis • Chapter 7: Sources and methodology for statistical analysis • Chapter 8: Findings of statistical analysis Part III – State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries • Chapter 9:   Routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries (A): Criminal Justice System • Chapter 10: Routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries (B): Industrial and Reformatory Schools • Chapter 11: Routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries (C): Health authorities and Social Services • Chapter 12: The Factories Acts and Regulation of the Workplace • Chapter 13: Financial (A): State Funding and Financial Assistance • Chapter 14: Financial (B): State contracts for laundry services • Chapter 15: Financial (C): Taxation, Commercial Rates, Social Insurance and other • Chapter 16: Death registration, burial and exhumation • Chapter 17: Other areas of State involvement Part IV – Other frequently asked questions relating to the operation of the Magdalen Laundries • Chapter 18: Non-state routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries • Chapter 19: Living and working conditions • Chapter 20: Financial viability of the Magdalen Laundries Appendices • Index of Appendices • Appendix 1:  Interim Report • Appendix 2:  Maps • Appendix 3:  List compiled by Maria Luddy • Appendix 4:  Statistical analysis • Appendix 5:  1941 Memo by Probation Office • Appendix 6:  Industrial Schools circular 1924 • Appendix 7:  1942 Education Memo on charges involving immorality • Appendix 8:  1933 Industrial School Rules • Appendix 9:  1906 list of institutions accepting inspection • Appendix 10: Sample Factories Act forms • Appendix 11: 1965 Industry and Commerce letter • Appendix 12: Green Book extracts • Appendix 13: 1969 letter on social insurance • Appendix 14: Rationing Circular • Appendix 15: 1942 letter on rationing

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