In 2013 the Government established an ex–gratia redress scheme for the benefit of women who were admitted to and worked in one of 12 ‘Magdalen’ institutions. The Government has now decided to apply the scheme to women who worked in the laundries in those 12 institutions but who were resident in one of 14 adjoining institutions. The table below shows the 12 institutions covered by the 2013 scheme and the 14 relevant adjoining institutions covered by the recent Government decision.
| Magdalen Institutions in 2013 scheme | Institutions adjoining the ‘Magdalen’ Institutions |
| Good Shepherd Sisters | |
| Magdalen Institution New Ross | St. Aidan’s Industrial School |
| Magdalen Institution Waterford | St. Dominick’s Industrial School Gracepark Training Centre Mayfield Training Centre |
| Magdalen Institution Cork | St. Finbarr’s Industrial School Marymount Training Centre |
| Magdalen Institution Limerick | St. George’s Industrial School St. Joseph’s Reformatory School Rosemount Training Centre |
| Sisters of Our Lady of Charity | |
| St. Mary’s Refuge, High Park, Dublin 9 | An Grianán Training Centre
St. Joseph’s Industrial School Martanna House Hostel |
| Monastery of Our Lady of Charity
Sean McDermott Street, Dublin 1 | St. Anne’s Hostel |
| Sisters of Mercy | |
| House of Mercy Domestic Training School, Summerhill, Wexford Magdalen Asylum, Forster Street, Galway St. Patrick’s Refuge, Crofton Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin | St. Michael’s Industrial School,
Summerhill
No relevant adjoining institution No relevant adjoining institution |
| Sisters of Charity | |
| St. Mary’s Magdalen, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 St. Vincent’s, St Mary’s Road, Cork Domestic Training School, Stanhope Street, Dublin 7 | No relevant adjoining institution No relevant adjoining institution No relevant adjoining institution |
If you worked in the laundry of a ‘Magdalen’ institution while a resident in one of the adjoining institutions and would like to know if you might be entitled to benefits under the scheme, you should apply for and complete an “Expression of Interest” form. This form is available on the Department’s website
www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/MagdalenScheme
You may also email RJScheme@justice.ie or phone (01) 4768660 and request a form.