IRELAND
Irish Independent

Michael Brennan and Ralph Riegel– 22 February 2013

MAGDALENE survivors are seeking up to €200,000 each from the soon-to-be established state compensation fund.

This would include a payment of €20,000 for each year that a woman worked without wages in a Magdalene Laundry – and a lump-sum payment of €50,000 each for psychological damage.

The maximum amount paid to any woman would be capped at €200,000, regardless of how many years she had worked in the laundry.

The Magdalene Survivors Together (MST) group presented its proposals to Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Junior Minister for Mental Health Kathleen Lynch during a 45-minute meeting with them in Dublin.