Dianne Willmore, who passed from mesothelioma in 2009, won a landmark £240,000 case, holding Knowsley Borough Council liable for her asbestos exposure during school. Her case prompted legal and financial ramifications for local authorities nationwide, leading to increased awareness and changes in asbestos-related negligence proceedings.
Shane Flynn, 35, owner of a Mullingar clinic, was convicted of sexual assault after inappropriately touching a client seeking back pain relief. The investigation also revealed 18 hours of footage showing Flynn secretly filming 35 women during massages, raising further concerns about his conduct and abuse of trust within his practice.
Naveed Rana, a Dublin taxi driver, was sentenced to five and a half years for the assault of an 18-year-old woman after a night out. The court heard how Rana took advantage of the victim’s trust, driving erratically and assaulting her before being apprehended due to her quick actions in reporting the incident to Gardaí.
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The measure has been taken in line to the Ombudsman report last November, where the performance of the Department of Justice was criticised in regards to the administration of the redress scheme.
It has been confirmed that 14 adjoining institutions will now be covered under the scheme. A press advert will run aimed to target those who lived in one of the adjoining institutions but worked in one of the last 12 laundries covered by the initial scheme.
This advertisement deals with his recommendation that the scheme be applied to residents of those 14 adjoining institutions who worked in the laundries of the 12 Magdalen institutions concerned. In relation to the other recommendations in the Ombudsman’s report, Senior Counsel Mary O’Toole is in the process of examining the 200 or so cases where an issue may arise on the assessment of the length of stay in an institution.
“I am happy that we are making good progress in implementing the recommendations of the Ombudsman in his report of November 2017 on the operation of the scheme,” – Minister Flanagan said.
Minister for Justice Charlie Glanagan – Source: TheJournal.ie
Thus far 694 applicants have received payments under the restorative justice scheme at a cost of €26.1 million. Under the scheme, lumps sums ranging in size from €11,500 to €100,000 are payable, together with other benefits including special access to health care, the upgrading of pension entitlements to a full state pension for applicants who have reached retirement age, and payment of a weekly sum of €100 surplus to other state payments to others.
The Ombudsman’s Report entitled “Opportunity Lost“, came out on the Ombudsman’s investigation into how the Department of Justice administered the Magdalene Laundries Redress Scheme. The Ombudsman had dismissed objections made by the Department of Justice to an investigation into 27 complaints made by women who worked in Magdalen Laundries regarding the Magdalene Restorative Justice Scheme. The Ombudsman’s investigation was launched in December 2016, and was as a result of 27 complaints relating primarily to admission to the Scheme and the assessment of the duration of stay by the Department.
Ombudsman and Information Commissioner, Mr Peter Tyndall
The Ombudsman, Peter Tyndall said that he was “hopeful” that the Department of Justice would act upon his recommendations that the women who were denied redress should have their applications reassessed with a view to approving them, in light of a statement from the Minister Charlie Flanagan.
Mr. Flanagan said that “full and careful consideration will now be given to all the recommendations in… (the) report”.
“The existence and use of the Magdalen laundries was a scandal. The restorative justice scheme created an opportunity to belatedly offer some redress to the women who lived and worked in the laundries. This opportunity was lost in respect of some of those women whose cases I considered. It is now time for the State in administering the scheme to reflect the generosity of spirit which characterised the official apology.”
Peter Tyndall stated in the foreword of the Report.
The Journal – 9 July 2018 – Flanagan calls for Magdalen survivors of ‘adjoining institutions’ to contact government over redress
Shane Flynn, 35, owner of a Mullingar clinic, was convicted of sexual assault after inappropriately touching a client seeking back pain relief. The investigation also revealed 18 hours of footage showing Flynn secretly filming 35 women during massages, raising further concerns about his conduct and abuse of trust within his practice.
Naveed Rana, a Dublin taxi driver, was sentenced to five and a half years for the assault of an 18-year-old woman after a night out. The court heard how Rana took advantage of the victim’s trust, driving erratically and assaulting her before being apprehended due to her quick actions in reporting the incident to Gardaí.
Pat Murphy, a 34-year-old father, died after a ruptured artery went undiagnosed at Cork University Hospital. Despite suffering severe chest pains, he faced a nine-hour wait for a CT scan, delayed further by a malfunctioning machine. His family claims this delay contributed to his tragic death.
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