THE Executive has still not properly discussed a landmark report into mother and baby homes, a month after it was published.
Survivors are waiting to hear if a public inquiry will be set up to investigate the treatment of women and their babies in the homes - as recommended by an expert panel last month.
A landmark report, published in January, found that around 10,500 women and children, including rape and incest victims and a girl as young as 12, were sent to homes in the north between 1922 and 1990.
Around 3,000 women were sent to Magdalene Laundries.
The expert panel made several recommendations, including redress payments to be paid to survivors at the start of an inquiry process.
Mother and baby homes, run by the Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland and the Salvation Army, existed in Northern Ireland until 1990.
Solicitor Claire McKeegan, of Phoenix Law, represents Birth Mothers and their Children for Justice, a group which supports women who lived in the homes and their children.
"It's been outlined in the UN committee against torture that the UK is failing in its obligation to investigate the mother and baby homes and the Magdalene laundries," she said.
"Mother and baby homes cover both sides of the community. Thousands of people were affected. All they want is the truth and the compensation that they deserve."
She said victims of the homes do not want a repeat of the 2017 Stormont collapse, and the three-year suspension of power-sharing, which saw victims of institutional abuse wait years for a redress scheme.
Institutional abuse victims are also still waiting for a public apology, almost five years after one was recommended in a key report.
A spokeswoman for the Executive Office said: "Work is ongoing to consider the (Mother and Baby home) Panel’s comprehensive report and detailed recommendations in full.
"Ministers have emphasised their commitment to move swiftly on this issue and the Executive will set out next steps at the earliest opportunity."
SDLP MLA Sinead McLaughlin, the new chair of the Executive Office committee, said she was "determined to make fast progress on issues where there is real psychological and physical distress, where these are the responsibility of the Executive Office and the First and Deputy First Ministers".
"I have already met with representatives of the campaign group supporting victims of institutional abuse, who are understandably very frustrated at the wait for an official apology and also that many of the members have yet to receive compensation payments," she said.
"My priorities in my new role include pushing for fast progress for victims of institutional abuse at children's homes and mother and baby homes and also for victims from the Troubles."
