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09/03/2022
Ministers To Issue Abuse Apology On 11 March
Ministers from the Northern Ireland Assembly will issue a public apology to victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse on Friday 11 March.
In a joint statement from Michelle McIlveen, Conor Murphy, Nichola Mallon, Robin Swann and Naomi Long, the Ministers said: "On Friday 11 March we will offer a public apology to victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse on behalf of government. This will be followed by apologies from each of the institutions where systemic failings were found in the Hart Report: De La Salle Order, Sisters of Nazareth, Good Shepherd Sisters, Sisters of St. Louis, Barnardo's and Irish Church Missions.
"The state apology has been co-developed with victims and survivors and in line with the Hart report, which recommended that it should be a wholehearted and unconditional recognition of the failure to protect children from abuse that could and should have been prevented or detected.
"In light of the importance of the occasion, we are grateful that the Speaker has given special permission for the apology to take place in the Assembly Chamber of Parliament Buildings, a significant venue as the seat of our legislative Assembly.
"We have worked alongside victims and survivors to ensure that the maximum number who wish to hear the apology have been accommodated within the Assembly Chamber and throughout Parliament Buildings. However, we want to make sure that every victim and survivor who wishes to hear the apology has an opportunity to do so, and provision has been made to view the apology online, and at a number of regional centres."
• Live online streaming of apology
The apology will be streamed live from 12:30pm on Friday 11 March across NI Assembly platforms:
niassembly.tv
YouTube
Facebook
• Live streaming of apology at regional centres
The WAVE Trauma Centre will show the apology live at its centres in: Belfast; Armagh; Omagh; Ballymoney; Derry/Londonderry
Emotional support and refreshments will be available.
We would advise victims and survivors wishing to attend any Wave Trauma Centre to contact them directly in advance on 028 9077 9922.
In a joint statement from Michelle McIlveen, Conor Murphy, Nichola Mallon, Robin Swann and Naomi Long, the Ministers said: "On Friday 11 March we will offer a public apology to victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse on behalf of government. This will be followed by apologies from each of the institutions where systemic failings were found in the Hart Report: De La Salle Order, Sisters of Nazareth, Good Shepherd Sisters, Sisters of St. Louis, Barnardo's and Irish Church Missions.
"The state apology has been co-developed with victims and survivors and in line with the Hart report, which recommended that it should be a wholehearted and unconditional recognition of the failure to protect children from abuse that could and should have been prevented or detected.
"In light of the importance of the occasion, we are grateful that the Speaker has given special permission for the apology to take place in the Assembly Chamber of Parliament Buildings, a significant venue as the seat of our legislative Assembly.
"We have worked alongside victims and survivors to ensure that the maximum number who wish to hear the apology have been accommodated within the Assembly Chamber and throughout Parliament Buildings. However, we want to make sure that every victim and survivor who wishes to hear the apology has an opportunity to do so, and provision has been made to view the apology online, and at a number of regional centres."
• Live online streaming of apology
The apology will be streamed live from 12:30pm on Friday 11 March across NI Assembly platforms:
niassembly.tv
YouTube
• Live streaming of apology at regional centres
The WAVE Trauma Centre will show the apology live at its centres in: Belfast; Armagh; Omagh; Ballymoney; Derry/Londonderry
Emotional support and refreshments will be available.
We would advise victims and survivors wishing to attend any Wave Trauma Centre to contact them directly in advance on 028 9077 9922.
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