IRELAND
Irish Examiner
Sixteen survivors of the Magdalene Laundries have sought a review of the amount of compensation they have been offered by the State.
By Conall Ó Fátharta
Irish Examiner Reporter
According to figures released by the Department of Justice, 722 survivors have applied for redress, with 321 letters of formal offer having been issued.
To date, 238 survivors have accepted the offer, with 211 payments having been issued at a cost of in excess of €7.6m.
However, 16 women have formally asked for an internal review of the offer they have received. Of that number, five have been decided by the review officer, with one survivor currently appealing her offer to the Office of the Ombudsman.
Steven O’Riordan of the Magdalene Survivors Together has repeatedly expressed concern that survivors were being offered lesser amounts of compensation than they were entitled to due to the records of the Orders not matching the accounts of the women in terms of duration of stay.
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