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Two cousins are completing a 125-mile round trip from Aberdeen to Braemer in a day to raise funds for Maggie's Aberdeen, a charity that has supported their 'incredibly close' family through years of heartache.
First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill are set to kick off negotiations before the end of next month (Liam McBurney/PA)
Executive Office official Mark Browne said: “They are meeting with six relevant institutions to emphasise the moral imperative and need to make progress.”
The state is covering the cost of payments to victims, which have already begun, but is attempting to recoup much of its outlay from those in charge of operating the institutions.
Another Executive Office official, Gareth Johnston, said: “All the institutions have been willing to come forward and engage.
“All have recognised that this is a critical issue and all have said that they will continue to engage with us as we enter into discussions and negotiation.”
Religious institutions willing to engage on compensation for abuse victims The Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) survivors outside court following the announcement that judges have ruled the Stormont Executive Office has the power to compensate survivors of institutional abuse Picture Mal McCann. Michael McHugh, PA 20 January, 2021 15:33
Religious institutions have been willing to come forward to discuss compensating abuse victims, Stormont officials said.
First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O Neill are set to kick off negotiations before the end of next month with Catholic religious orders, the Church of Ireland and children s charity Barnardo s.
More intensive talks will follow with the organisations which ran residential homes where wrongdoing occurred.