Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Today at Mount Jerome Cemetery in Harold's Cross a memorial stone will be unveiled to mark the spot in which 221 babies and young children, who died in the Bethany Home in Rathgar between 1922 and 1949, are buried. The State has consistently turned away from the small number of survivors of this home. They have been refused recognition, have received no apology and have been consistently excluded from any redress scheme the State has introduced. When does the Government propose to introduce legislation to give effect to these victims' rights and bring them within the net of a redress scheme? When does the Government propose to give them the recognition they so desperately need and deserve? Does the Taoiseach propose to make an apology on behalf of the State to these children, who happen to come from Protestant churches? Many of them believe they have actively been discriminated against because of their faith beliefs?

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