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Northern Ireland Abuse Survivors "Ashamed" of Government As They Await Promised Payments

By Deborah McAleese
Care Appointments
April 12, 2017

http://www.careappointments.co.uk/care-news/northern-ireland/item/41629-northern-ireland-abuse-survivors-ashamed-of-government-as-they-await-promised-payments

Historical abuse survivors have accused Northern Ireland's politicians of putting their own needs before victims as they continue to wait for financial payments promised 17 months ago.

Victims have warned that many have been left suicidal or facing financial ruin as the current Stormont impasse means that the findings and recommendations of a four-year inquiry into state and church abuse have still not been presented to the assembly.

The report, which was published just days before Stormont collapsed in January, promised victims state-backed compensation payments of up to ?100,000. Victims and government bodies were advised in November 2015 that the report would be recommending financial redress.

However, the failure of the region's two largest parties, the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein, to form a powersharing government has meant the inquiry's recommendations have not been implemented.

 

 

 

 

 




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