Troubles victims face further delay in applying to compensation scheme

Mrs Long warned that timetable was contingent on funding being secured and an impasse between the executive and Government on who should pay for the scheme being resolved. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Injured victims of the Troubles potentially face another six-month wait before they can apply for a compensation scheme, the justice minister has said.

It will be longer still before the first payments are made, MEP Naomi Long acknowledged.