222 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the practice of transferring women from State-funded mother and baby homes to Magdalene laundries was State policy, as outlined in the Department of Local Government and Public Health Annual Report 1932 to 1933; the length of time this policy was in place; the number of women who were transferred or referred; the length of time they remained in the laundries; the status of their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28018/10]

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222 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the practice of transferring women from State-funded mother and baby homes to Magdalene laundries was State policy, as outlined in the Department of Local Government and Public Health Annual Report 1932 to 1933; the length of time this policy was in place; the number of women who were transferred or referred; the length of time they remained in the laundries; the status of their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28018/10]

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1. 29 June 2010

   Departmental Correspondence

   222 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the practice of transferring women from State-funded mother and baby homes to Magdalene laundries was State policy, as outlined in the Department of Local Government and Public Health Annual Report 1932 to 1933; the length of time this policy was in place; the number of women who were transferred or referred; the length of time they remained in the laundries; the status of their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28018/10]

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