A Queen's University Belfast report looks at compensation payments in the early Troubles years.
The Troubles was a period of conflict which lasted for 30 years and cost the lives of more than 3,500 people
It was based on an archival review of compensation payments during the height of the Troubles, focusing on the period 1966-1976. "We have cases of mothers of six or seven children being given £60 to £90 and someone else being given £19,000," he told the programme.He said that some people who received small sums of money also did not take it as it was seen as "blood money".
Based on the findings, the researchers have proposed a bereaved payment scheme, to complement the current one for seriously injured victims of the Troubles through the Victims Payment Board.
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