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2019 Northern Parties Unite To Demand Bradley People With Disabilities
Waiting Up To Ten
22nd, Releases Compensation For Abuse Victims Years For Social C

Housing
he leaders of Northern
May Ireland’s parties have pensate the victims but only has been under mounting People with disabilities are wait-
once fundamental questions
pressure to sanction the out-
| Tunited to demand that about the redress scheme are standing payments. ing up to ten years for social hous- President & Founding
Publisher
The Conservative MP
EXAMINER release compensation for abuse survivors, the said a public consultation on Wheelchair Association, which Grahame Curtis
Karen Bradley moves to
answered.
ing across Ireland.
Paddy McCarthy
Facing calls to resign by
That is according to the Irish
Editor
abuse victims.
draft legislation had identi-
fied a series of key issues that
Northern Ireland Secretary
In a joint letter, six party
made its pre-Budget submission on
Marc-Yves Tumin
IRISH leaders have asked the moved to explain her deci- needed to be hammered out Wednesday. Associate Publisher
sion to defer enacting the
Secretary of State to bring
before she could proceed
The organization is calling for
forward legislation to com-
scheme at Westminster and
News Editor
with tabling a final Bill.
7% of social-housing units to be
pensate survivors of historic instead add the issue to the Mrs Bradley said she had made wheelchair-accessible. David Carter
institutional abuse. agenda of Stormont’s power- asked the Stormont parties Its national advocacy officer, Arts & Entertainment Editor
It is signed by DUP leader sharing talks. to examine the questions as Joan Carthy, said disabled people Brad Balfour
Arlene Foster, Sinn Féin’s Compensation payments part of the talks process have major accommodation issues. Sales Director
Northern Ireland leader recommended by a because that would be the “There are over 5,000 people John O’Rourke
Michelle O’Neill, as well as Stormont-commissioned quickest way to resolve with disabilities on that social
those of the UUP, SDLP, inquiry have been on ice for them. housing list,” said Ms Carthy. Classified Advertising
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Alliance and Greens. two-and-a-half years due to “We cannot go forward “We’re trying to find what the
Earlier Mrs Bradley the collapse of the devolved until we have answered actual need is. Art Director
pledged to legislate to com- institutions and Mrs Bradley those questions,” she said. C “But we have people who could Heidi Gross Kelley
be anything up to 10 years who Contributors
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need wheelchair accessible accom- O’Brien, Mike Fitzpatrick, Seamus
modation who haven’t found Kelleher, Bert Randolph Sugar, John
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