Bethany exemption is unacceptable

The financial contribution from the Department of Justice towards the erection of a memorial headstone at Mount Jerome Cemetery in remembrance of those babies and children who died while in the care of the Bethany Home in Dublin is to be welcomed (Derek Leinster, Remembering Bethany, March 1).

However, this gesture is an insufficient response from a government which continues to deny its responsibility to the victims of this institution.

It appears the indignities and abuse heaped upon these children throughout their short lives is to be further endured by those few, like Derek, who managed to survive.