Recommendation HIA-12: Financial Contributions from Institutions
From Report of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry, published 20 January 2017.
Recommendation
We recommend that any voluntary institution found by the Inquiry to have been guilty of systemic failings should be asked to make an appropriate financial contribution to the overall cost of the HIA Redress Board and any specialist support services recommended by the Inquiry.
In brief (written by this site)
In November 2024, Emma Little-Pengelly, deputy First Minister, stated in an Executive Office news release that the Northern Ireland Executive remained focused on reaching agreements on further financial contributions from institutions (Emma Little-Pengelly, Nov 2024). The Minister affirmed a commitment to ensuring a fair and balanced approach to discussions with all institutions, adding that it will "publish details of all payments once the process has concluded" (Emma Little-Pengelly, Nov 2024).
Sources
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Government response
No formal government response published. The Inquiry reported on 20 January 2017, the month the Northern Ireland Executive collapsed; the report The Executive Office and the Northern Ireland Office laid before Parliament in September 2019 records that, because of the collapse, the report and its recommendations had not yet been put to the Executive.
Delivery
The Executive Office (Northern Ireland) says in progress (12 November 2024)
Our commitment is to ensure a fair and balanced approach to discussions with all institutions. We remain focused on reaching agreements on further contributions and will publish details of all payments once the process has concluded.
From: Further payment received towards the cost of historical institutional abuse redress, Emma Little-Pengelly, deputy First Minister
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- Northern Ireland Executive
Response - The Executive Office (Northern Ireland)
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