NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
By Donna Deeney
PUBLISHED
13/01/2017
A survivor of institutional abuse has expressed her fears that the collapse of Stormont could leave victims without any form of compensation.
Margaret McGuckin, who helped set up the Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse group (SAVIA), was instrumental in securing the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry headed by Sir Anthony Hart.
With the Executive now in turmoil, Ms McGuckin said she and other victims have been left “out in the cold”.
“Sir Anthony’s report was presented to Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness but already it is beginning to gather dust,” she said.
“When I heard that Martin McGuinness had resigned as Deputy First Minister I just sunk.
“The collapse of the Assembly could not have come at a worse time for us. We carried this for nine years and we need the Government to support us.
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