TDs urged to deliver on Magdalene healthcare vow

The Government has been accused of failing to provide the healthcare package it promised to Magdalene Laundry survivors in 2013.

It comes as a bill to amend the redress scheme is passing through the Oireachtas. The scheme is being widened to include those women who worked in the laundry of one of 12 Magdalene institutions and who were resident in one of 14 adjoining institutions.