SINN Féin’s Karen Mullan has welcomed an Appeal Court ruling that the Stormont Executive Office has the power to compensate survivors of historical institutional abuse.
The HIA inquiry, chaired by retired High Court judge Sir Anthony Harte, ruled in January 2017 that victims of historical institutional abuse should be compensated.
But within weeks the Executive collapsed after Sinn Fein’s deputy first minister Martin McGuinness walked out of the partnership Government with the DUP over its handling of the RHI cash-for-ash scandal.
Said the Foyle MLA: “This is a win for the victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse.
“These victims have waited too long for justice or redress for an awful wrongdoing.
“The British secretary of state needs to ensure the issue of historical institutional abuse be progressed without delay and the legislation goes through before the Westminster parliament dissolves.”
