IRELAND
Irish Times
Ciaran D’Arcy
A group of Magdalene survivors have criticised the Government which they say is denying women access to medical cards.
As part of the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014, survivors of Magdalene laundries are to receive medical cards entitling them to a wide range of primary care and hospital-based treatments.
However, Magdalene Women spokesperson Maureen Sullivan says members of the group are being made suffer while the legislation is delayed.
“A lot of the women are very ill, some of them have cancer, some of them have died, and we haven’t received our medical cards,” she said at a demonstration outside Leinster House on Thursday.
“They’re reneging on what Judge Quirke has recommended and a lot of the women haven’t been settled. It’s two years since the apology, so really Enda Kenny can have his apology back. What he’s doing is wrong- this is abuse all over again to these women.”
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