IRELAND
Daily Mail (UK)
By PRESS ASSOCIATION
Survivors of Magdalene Laundries are getting an average compensation pay-out of almost 36,000 euro (£29,000), Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has revealed.
Before a United National human rights watchdog, Ms Fitzgerald said 12.4 million euro (£9.9m) has been paid so far to 346 women who were incarcerated in the institutions.
Although some have sought a review of the amount of compensation offered to them under the publicly-funded scheme, the minister suggested it was working well.
“Women are coming to the redress scheme, are using it and payments are being made,” she said.
“There are some issues for some of the women, obviously, in terms of records and documentary evidence which can be very difficult.
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