The Irish Human Rights Commission has called on the Government to establish a comprehensive redress scheme for survivors of the Magdalene Laundries. The agency believes that a redress scheme should be established as they say that the state failed to protect the human rights of the women.

The Department of Justice has confirmed that it has received the report prepared by Mr. Justice John Quirke in relation to a redress scheme for survivors of the Magdalene laundries.

The government is considering what sort of redress scheme will be put in place for Magdalene laundry survivors.

Two nuns who were involved in running Magdalene laundries have defended the role of the four congregations which operated the 10 such institutions in Ireland up to 1996.