Victims of child abuse have told a Northern Ireland Assembly
committee today that The Executive Office has failed to prepare for the
establishment of a compensation scheme following the conclusion of the
Historic Institutional Abuse Inquiry.
The representatives of a range of child abuse survivor groups told the Committee for The Executive Office that despite a November 2015 announcement by Sir Anthony Hart, chair of the Historic Institutional Abuse Inquiry, that he will recommend a financial compensation scheme for victims when he reports in January 2017, Ministers have made no preparations to set up such a scheme and some have repeatedly refused to meet with victims.
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/northern-ireland-%E2%80%98ministers-have-let-us-down%E2%80%99-child-abuse-victims-tell-assembly
The representatives of a range of child abuse survivor groups told the Committee for The Executive Office that despite a November 2015 announcement by Sir Anthony Hart, chair of the Historic Institutional Abuse Inquiry, that he will recommend a financial compensation scheme for victims when he reports in January 2017, Ministers have made no preparations to set up such a scheme and some have repeatedly refused to meet with victims.
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/northern-ireland-%E2%80%98ministers-have-let-us-down%E2%80%99-child-abuse-victims-tell-assembly