ALMOST €850 million has been paid out to date to people abused as children in institutions.
The Government said that the Residential Institutions Redress Board had made 13,669 awards up until the end of last May.
The average award has been €62,875, with the overall bill so far hitting €847m.
In April 2010, the then government announced that the Catholic religious orders, which ran these institutions, would pay half of the overall bill.
The Government released the details in its first report on Ireland’s human rights record to the United Nations.
The UN’s Universal Periodic Review will examine the report in October.
The report said that following a recent recommendation by the UN Committee Against Torture, the Government had set up an interdepartmental committee to examine the interaction between the state and the Magdalene laundries.
The report, which was published yesterday by the Department of Justice, said this would look at the need for a "restorative and reconciliation process".
In addition, any complaint of serious abuse constituting a criminal offence would be "investigated and, where appropriate, prosecuted".
The average award has been €62,875, with the overall bill so far hitting €847m.
In April 2010, the then government announced that the Catholic religious orders, which ran these institutions, would pay half of the overall bill.
The Government released the details in its first report on Ireland’s human rights record to the United Nations.
The UN’s Universal Periodic Review will examine the report in October.
The report said that following a recent recommendation by the UN Committee Against Torture, the Government had set up an interdepartmental committee to examine the interaction between the state and the Magdalene laundries.
The report, which was published yesterday by the Department of Justice, said this would look at the need for a "restorative and reconciliation process".
In addition, any complaint of serious abuse constituting a criminal offence would be "investigated and, where appropriate, prosecuted".