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Recommendations: HIA Inquiry

1,814 tracked recommendations 35 inquiries 12 match current filters

Recommendations issued by UK statutory and non-statutory inquiries, with their tracked government response and supporting evidence.

Recommendations

12 of 1,814

Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
HIA-1	Public Apology We recommend that the Northern Ireland Executive and those who were responsible for each of the institutions investigated by the Inquiry where …	HIA Inquiry (2017)	Accepted
HIA-2	Memorial at Stormont We recommend that a suitable physical memorial should be erected in Parliament Buildings, or in the grounds of the Stormont Estate.	HIA Inquiry (2017)	Accepted
HIA-3	Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse (COSICA) We therefore recommend that a designated person should act as an advocate for such children, and should be responsible for ensuring the …	HIA Inquiry (2017)	Accepted
HIA-4	Compensation as Lump Sum Payment We therefore recommend that compensation should take the form of a lump sum payment.	HIA Inquiry (2017)	Accepted
HIA-5	Publicly Funded Compensation Scheme We recommend that the Northern Ireland Executive create a publicly funded compensation scheme.	HIA Inquiry (2017)	Accepted
HIA-6	HIA Redress Board We consider the appropriate method of administering the compensation scheme is to create a specific Historic Institutional Abuse Redress Board for that …	HIA Inquiry (2017)	Accepted
HIA-7	Compensation Amounts and Caps We recommend that the amount of compensation should therefore consist of one or more of the following elements. (i) A standard payment …	HIA Inquiry (2017)	Accepted
HIA-8	Specialist Care and Assistance Facilities Sufficient funds should be made available by government on a ring-fenced basis for a fixed period of ten years, subject to a …	HIA Inquiry (2017)	Accepted
HIA-9	Social Security Payments Unaffected We also recommend that social security payments should not be affected by lump sum payments awarded by the HIA Redress Board.	HIA Inquiry (2017)	Accepted
HIA-10	Compensation Payments Tax-Free We recommend that payments of compensation should not be taxable, and that the Northern Ireland Executive make representations to the Treasury and …	HIA Inquiry (2017)	Accepted
HIA-11	Legal Aid for Applicants We recommend that applicants should be eligible for legal aid to allow them to obtain legal assistance to make an application for …	HIA Inquiry (2017)	Accepted
HIA-12	Financial Contributions from Institutions We recommend that any voluntary institution found by the Inquiry to have been guilty of systemic failings should be asked to make …	HIA Inquiry (2017)	Accepted