No price given for orders’ contribution to Magdalene fund

The Government is refusing to say what contributions it will seek from religious orders for a fund being established for victims of the Magdalene laundries.

Four religious orders involved in the running of the laundries are due to meet with Justice Minister Alan Shatter and junior minister Kathleen Lynch, who said they would “discuss in greater detail how we can manage this between us”.

Ms Lynch said the question of what would be considered a fair contribution was “debatable” and she did not want to go into it at this early stage.