142. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the State's duty to uphold the constitutional right to education in cases where individuals who were committed to Magdalen laundries were not considered the de jure legal responsibility of the State and therefore may have been categorised as voluntarily institutionalised, but who none the less were, according to the McAleese report, held in seriously abusive and exploitative situations without basic education; if this failure is being taken into account by the redress board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35038/14]

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142. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the State's duty to uphold the constitutional right to education in cases where individuals who were committed to Magdalen laundries were not considered the de jure legal responsibility of the State and therefore may have been categorised as voluntarily institutionalised, but who none the less were, according to the McAleese report, held in seriously abusive and exploitative situations without basic education; if this failure is being taken into account by the redress board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35038/14]

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