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Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries


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
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Executive Summary
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Acknowledgements
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Part I - Mandate, historical context and archives

Chapter 1: Terminology
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Chapter 2: Establishment, membership and mandate of the Committee
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Chapter 3: History of the Magdalen Laundries and institutions within the scope of the Report
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Chapter 4: Working methods, procedures and data protection
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Chapter 5: Relevant legislation
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Chapter 6: Archive of the Committee's work
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Part II – Statistical analysis

Chapter 7: Sources and methodology for statistical analysis
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Chapter 8: Findings of statistical analysis
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Part III – State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries

Chapter 9: Routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries (A): Criminal Justice System
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Chapter 10: Routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries (B): Industrial and Reformatory Schools
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Chapter 11: Routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries (C): Health authorities and Social Services
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Chapter 12: The Factories Acts and Regulation of the Workplace
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Chapter 13: Financial (A): State Funding and Financial Assistance
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Chapter 14: Financial (B): State contracts for laundry services
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Chapter 15: Financial (C): Taxation, Commercial Rates, Social Insurance and other
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Chapter 16: Death registration, burial and exhumation
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Chapter 17: Other areas of State involvement
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Part IV – Other frequently asked questions relating to the operation of the Magdalen Laundries

Chapter 18: Non-state routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries
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Chapter 19: Living and working conditions
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Chapter 20: Financial viability of the Magdalen Laundries
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Appendices

Index of Appendices
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Appendix 1: Interim Report
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Appendix 2: Maps
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Appendix 3: List compiled by Maria Luddy
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Appendix 4: Statistical analysis
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Appendix 5: 1941 Memo by Probation Office
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Appendix 6: Industrial Schools circular 1924
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Appendix 7: 1942 Education Memo on charges involving immorality
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Appendix 8: 1933 Industrial School Rules
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Appendix 9: 1906 list of institutions accepting inspection
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Appendix 10: Sample Factories Act forms
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Appendix 11: 1965 Industry and Commerce letter
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Appendix 12: Green Book extracts
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Appendix 13: 1969 letter on social insurance
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Appendix 14: Rationing Circular
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Appendix 15: 1942 letter on rationing
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