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The Government has decided it will not be introducing a redress scheme for survivors of the Protestant Bethany Home.
However, it has said it is willing to look at the questions of a memorial and the availability of records with regard to the institution.
The Government said it had confirmed the view expressed by Minister Ruairi Quinn two years ago that there was no basis for revisiting the previous government’s decision not to include the Bethany Home within the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme.
The Bethany Survivors Group has strongly criticised the Government’s decision.
Chairperson of the group Derek Leinster said: “The offer to look at records production and “modest” funding for a memorial is an insult.
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