Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries
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The findings of the Inter-Departmental Committee were published on 5 February 2013.
They are available below.
Introduction by the Independent Chair, Senator Martin McAleese
Chapter 2: Establishment, membership and mandate of the Committee
Chapter 3: History of the Magdalen Laundries and institutions within the scope of the Report
Chapter 4: Working methods, procedures and data protection
Chapter 7: Sources and methodology for statistical analysis
Chapter 9: Routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries (A): Criminal Justice System
Chapter 10: Routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries (B): Industrial and Reformatory Schools
Chapter 11: Routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries (C): Health authorities and Social Services
Chapter 12: The Factories Acts and Regulation of the Workplace
Chapter 13: Financial (A): State Funding and Financial Assistance
Chapter 14: Financial (B): State contracts for laundry services
Chapter 15: Financial (C): Taxation, Commercial Rates, Social Insurance and other
Chapter 18: Non-state routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries
Chapter 20: Financial viability of the Magdalen Laundries
Appendix 7: 1942 Education Memo on charges involving immorality