Thirty-two Magdalene laundry survivors, who had been in dispute with the Department of Justice about the length of time they worked in a laundry, have received an increased redress payment.

The redress process put in place for survivors of institutional abuse was “adversarial, difficult, traumatic, and negative”, a new report has found.

The State Ombudsman has welcomed proposals by the government to accept his recommendations on the Redress Scheme for Magdalene survivors.

A bitter nine-month behind the scenes row with the Department of Justice led the Ombudsman to launch an investigation into the “possible maladministration” of the Magdalene redress scheme.

Immediate redress for thousands of unaccompanied children who were in mother and baby homes has been rejected by the Government.

A bank inquiry-style Oireachtas investigation is needed to “get to the bottom” of why 18 religious orders have failed to pay hundreds of millions of euro to abuse victims who were meant to benefit from a multi-billion State redress scheme.

AIB yesterday launched a redress scheme for 110,000 credit card customers who paid for insurance they didn’t need.