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  • Closed consultation Historical Institutional Abuse consultation

    Topics:
    • Good Relations and Social Change, 
    • Good Relations and Building a United Community

    Consultation closed Consultation opened 19 November 2018, 2.00 pm and closed 10 March 2019, 11.59 pm

    Summary

    The Executive Office is seeking your views on the draft legislation required to implement a number of the recommendations in the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry Report (the Hart Report). The consultation paper and the draft legislation is provided on this page.

    Documents

    • Historical Institutional Abuse – A Consultation Paper Adobe PDF (702 KB)
    • Historical Institutional Abuse - Consultation Questionnaire Adobe PDF (1 MB)
    • Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse Bill Adobe PDF (231 KB)
    • Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse Bill – Explanatory and Financial Memorandum Adobe PDF (480 KB)
    • Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board Bill Adobe PDF (281 KB)
    • Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board Bill – Explanatory and Financial Memorandum Adobe PDF (215 KB)
    • The Historical Institutional Abuse Subordinate Legislation Adobe PDF (427 KB)

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    Consultation description

    The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry Report was published in January 2017, shortly before the collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive. Preparatory work around those recommendations in the HIA Inquiry Report which require a statutory foundation has been completed and a public consultation has now been launched on the following draft legislation:

    • a Bill for a Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse (COSICA);
    • a Bill for an HIA Redress Board; and
    • subordinate legislation dealing with the detail of compensation proposals.

    To read the ‘Historical Institutional Abuse Consultation: Report on Responses’ access the link below:

    • HIA Consultation: Report on Responses

    Ways to respond

    Consultation closed — responses are no longer being accepted.

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