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Magdalen laundries report

Summary

Mary Lou McDonald sought confirmation of the report’s Cabinet date, contents and publication; the Taoiseach said it was complete and expected to reach Cabinet and be published the following week.

Last week I raised the matter of the interdepartmental report on the Magdalen laundries with the Taoiseach but he did not have any specifics for the date of the receipt of the report or its publication. Will he confirm now that this report will go to Cabinet on 5 February? Will he inform us whether his colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, has received any part or parts of this report? When does he imagine it will be given to him in full and will it go before the next Cabinet meeting? When will it published? Following on from that, we will need to move speedily on to a full apology for the women affected and the full redress for their real suffering for which the State is culpable.

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Enda Kenny The Taoiseach Fine Gael

The report has been completed. I expect it will come to Cabinet next Tuesday and, accordingly, it will be published next week. That is if it comes to the Cabinet on Tuesday.

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Is the Taoiseach expecting it to come to the Cabinet on Tuesday?

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Enda Kenny The Taoiseach Fine Gael

Yes, I am.

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