HIA-12 Accepted

Financial Contributions from Institutions

HIA Inquiry · Report of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry · Issued 20 January 2017 · Addressed to: Northern Ireland Executive

Source — 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

Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:

- Three of the six voluntary institutions identified by the Inquiry as having systemic failings have made financial contributions to the overall cost of the HIA Redress Board (Northern Ireland Executive, September 2024).
- Three institutions have not made financial contributions as of the most recent published update in September 2024.
- No published information on the total financial contributions received or outstanding from voluntary institutions has been identified to March 2026.

Response — verbatim from government

Northern Ireland Executive

No formal government response published.

Northern Ireland Executive · 6 Sep 2024 Written response →

Evidence trail — what's actually happened since

  • 6 Sep 2024 Three of the six voluntary institutions identified by the Inquiry as having systemic failings have made financial contributions to the overall cost of the HIA Redress Board and specialist support services: the De La Salle Order, the Sisters of Nazareth, and the Good Shepherd Sisters. As of September 2024, three institutions have not yet contributed. Source →

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Source and Response are verbatim from primary documents. The Evidence trail records published activity since — written statements, consultation outcomes, inspection findings, parliamentary references. The Index does not paraphrase or characterise intent; it tracks what has been published. Where the evidence is the absence of action (a missed deadline, a slipped timetable), that absence is documented from primary sources rather than inferred.

This recommendation's data is verified periodically against primary sources. The Index is monitored for staleness weekly.