The Government has unveiled a compensation scheme worth up to 58 million euro for the survivors of the Magdalene Laundries.
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The redress package – which is based on the recommendations of High Court judge Mr Justice John Quirke – provides for counselling services and medical cards for each of the women.
It will be available to around 700 women who kept in the laundries – with payments ranging from between 11-and-a-half thousand and 100-thousand euro depending on the length of their incarceration.
Just Minister Alan Shatter says he hopes the religious orders who ran the laundries will contribute to the fund.
