A campaigner for victims of institutional abuse has resigned in disgust after some victims were offered as little as £10,000 in compensation.
Martin Adams, from Survivors Together, says many victims of historical abuse have lost all faith in the redress board that was part of the late Sir Anthony Hart’s Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry recommendations.
The HIA studied allegations of abuse in 22 homes and other residential institutions between 1922 and 1995.
There were 76 homes that operated during that time and abuse victims from all of them would be eligible to apply for compensation.
The facilities were run by the state, local authorities, the Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland and the children’s charity Barnardo’s.