Financial Contributions from Institutions
HIA Inquiry · Report of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry · Issued 20 January 2017 · Addressed to: Northern Ireland Executive
Government responseNorthern Ireland Executive: No response yet (Sep 2019)
DeliveryThe Executive Office (Northern Ireland) says in progress (Nov 2024)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry 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.
HIA Inquiry, Report of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry · 20 Jan 2017 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
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
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026.
Government response
●Northern Ireland Executive · No response yet · 4 Sep 2019
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 Nov 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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