Troubles pension: 'This is for the victims who have waited so long'
A judge-led board will decide who will qualify for a new government payment scheme for people who were injured during the Troubles.
Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith has signed legislation to establish a payments scheme for people injured "through no fault of their own".
Victims Commissioner Judith Thompson said the new pensions do "something to acknowledge harm", adding : "We should never be satisfied we have done enough."
"It is going to give a better life to people, many of whom have been stuck in a vacuum for decades with the disagreement around this."