Mr. Mickey Brady:

Thank you for the presentation. I am just interested in the compensation and pension aspect. The people who are severely injured or disabled rely on state benefits. The younger ones will be affected by the changeover from disability living allowance to the personal independence plan. There have been problems around that. Any compensation with pensions would have to be stand-alone because I am sure they find it difficult to survive on the benefits they already receive. It would have to be ensured that anything extra they get is separate from, and would not impact on, the benefits they already get. The state pension in Britain and in the North is among the meanest in the developed world. It is dreadful. This is speculation that people would, I hope, eventually be entitled to some sort of recompense for the horrific injuries that many have suffered. The disability living allowance stuff will not affect the over 65s but there are younger people it might affect. Is WAVE getting any feedback from the changeover because of the welfare cuts? They are cuts not reform or anything near it. Are any victims or people who were injured during the conflict affected by the changes occurring? This is just another insult to those people who have suffered and continue to suffer.