IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
07 NOVEMBER 2013
Some survivors of the Magdalene laundries will be paid tax free compensation before Christmas, it has been revealed.
Lump sums will be paid over the next four to six weeks to some of the 205 women who have agreed to a payment ranging from 11,500 euro to 100,000 euro.
The maximum one-off payment will be 50,000 euro with any remaining money to be paid in weekly instalments over a year.
But the Magdalene Survivors Together group, which includes about 100 women, claimed their concerns over the low level of some lump sums and weekly instalments are not being taken on board.
“The women aren’t being listened to, the Government have let them down,” he said.
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