Justice Minister, Charlie Flanagan, has committed to resolving long-standing complaints from Magdalene Laundry survivors that they have been denied medical benefits promised as part of the Government's redress scheme. The issue of the enhanced medical card promised under the redress scheme has been highlighted repeatedly by the Justice For Magdalenes group since the redress scheme was introduced in 2013. Issues around the Magdalene redress scheme have been repeatedly highlighted by the Irish Examiner. In 2017, the Ombudsman published a scathing report following an almost year-long investigation into how the Department of Justice administered the Magdalene redress scheme. The report that some Magdalene laundry survivors had been wrongly refused access to the scheme and that it had been maladministered by the Department.

Source: Irish Examiner June 26, 2020 14:26 UTC