John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Paul Graham, a survivor of the Bethany Home, has challenged the Government to explain why it has refused to pay redress to the home's former residents. The wrongs of Ireland's mother and baby homes are accepted by all in this House. Many of those who survived horrific treatment during their younger years are now elderly and in ill health. Sadly, in the case of the Bethany Home, they are increasingly few in number. In 2016, the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes stated in its second interim report: "Logically, children who were resident in the named Mother and Baby Homes and all County Homes should be eligible [for the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme]". Another Bethany Home survivor, Derek Leinster, has described the Government's refusal to extend redress to the survivors until the commission concludes its final report as a "delay and deny until they die" policy.

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