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    Mute Liberté et Egalité
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    Jun 24th 2014, 5:21 PM

    Is the RCC making any contribution to this compensation fund? They were the employer and they received money both from the State and from the businesses which they carried work out for. Surely, there must be some liability there. Perhaps, a transfer of RCC school property to the State, if they are stuck for ready cash?

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    Mute Lyndsay Rehn
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    Jun 26th 2014, 12:24 AM

    The RCC have not paid one single euro into the fund nor have any of the Orders of Nuns.

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    Mute Smokeyno7
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    Jun 24th 2014, 5:04 PM

    Is it me or does the compensation sound small. They worked for years as slave labour in these laundries.

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    Mute Ross Casey
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    Jun 24th 2014, 5:18 PM

    Whether intending to or not you’ve made their claim only about money.

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    Mute Liberté et Egalité
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    Jun 24th 2014, 6:45 PM

    @Ross

    I’ve seen a few of these ladies on TV and they have stated that they are looking for an official apology.

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    Mute Ross Casey
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    Jun 24th 2014, 6:49 PM

    Read my comment fully. It was directed at the first comment who said that the money was too low.

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    Jun 24th 2014, 10:04 PM

    Maybe that’s the your mind works so you picked it up like that. If they looked for or didn’t that doesn’t change the fact they should be fairly compensated.

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    Mute Michael Looney
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    Jun 24th 2014, 5:29 PM

    Why aren’t the RCC paying the full amount?? Typical, the Irish government bend over and take it up the ar se every time from this corrupt and perverted cult!! Time to separate church and state for once and for all!!

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    Mute rachel walsh
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    Jun 24th 2014, 5:05 PM

    It’s a good start, but i think they want vindication as well.

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    Mute Shane Mullally
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    Jun 25th 2014, 1:10 AM

    It seems small change-maybe there waiting for these people to disappear off the planet for good,to reduce that €12 million compo figure!…

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    Mute Lyndsay Rehn
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    Jun 26th 2014, 12:21 AM

    The maths on that don’t add up and there is nothing wrong with my calculator.If you take 357 and even assume they were at top of scale. They got lump sum of 65,000 multiply that by 357 and you get 23,205,000 that’s not 12.8 million

    Also when she states CERTAIN MEDICAL SCHEMES I would like to know exactly what schemes she is referring to.

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