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By Aoife Barry | TheJournal.ie
The government has been accused of paring back what was promised to survivors of the Magdalene Laundries.
Justice for Magdalenes Research (JFMR), the National Women’s Council of Ireland, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and Amnesty International (Ireland) have come together today to call on the government to implement all of Mr Justice John Quirke’s recommendations for a Magdalene restorative justice scheme.
Criticism
Taoiseach Enda Kenny apologised to Magdalene survivors on 19 February 2013.
Criticising the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014, Maeve O’Rourke of JFMR described it as ”an obvious and unacceptable paring back of what the government promised as part of the women’s redress package”.
She said that the Bill “promises little more than the regular medical card, which most of the women already have”.
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