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The Welsh Government's statement confirmed that the new payment scheme was to be administered by Velindre NHS Trust through the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership. All beneficiaries would automatically transfer to the new scheme operational from October 2017. A new feature was payments to bereaved spouses and partners of 75% of the regular payments for three years after bereavement.

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The Welsh Government issued a written statement to explain the development and content of WIBSS.

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A memo from Clare MacDonald to the Prime Minister described slightly losing confidence in the Department of Health.

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Within her written statement to the Inquiry, Shona Robison described how the proposals made by the Financial Review Group were accepted.

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Within a parliamentary debate on contaminated blood, it was described how little notice of the consultation was given to the health ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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The Department of Health issued a further consultation relating to a proposed special category mechanism ("SCM").

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The Department of Health published its response announcing a new mechanism to enable a beneficiary with a Stage 1 infection which was having a substantial and long-term negative impact on their daily lives, to apply for a higher annual payment.

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Within the written statement of Brendan Brown to the Inquiry he explained how he was told by EIBSS that he had fallen through the net and no explanation or apology was offered for this.

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Within a letter from Jane Ellison to Michelle O'Neill it was described how advance notice of the Department of Health's response to the consultation was also not provided to Northern Ireland.

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Within a memo from Karen Simpson to Gerard Collins and Michelle O'Neill the recommendation from officials was to continue the current forms and levels of assistance on grounds of affordability

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Within a memo from Karen Simpson to Michelle O'Neill explained that the Department of Health had informed the devolved administrations that no additional money would be available for them.

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Within a memo from Karen Simpson to Gerard Collins and Michelle O'Neill it was discussed how an urgent decision was to be taken "on whether enhanced payments will apply in the north of Ireland or whether the status quo should continue.

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Within her written statement to the Inquiry, Michelle O'Neill described how after almost six months, the Minister decided that the new provisions being introduced in England should be replicated in Northern Ireland.

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It was announced by way of statement to the Assembly that new provisions which were being introduced in England should be replicated in Northern Ireland.

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The Northern Ireland Executive collapsed leaving the Department of Health without a minister for the following three years.

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Within a memo it was noted that administrative costs would be higher as there would be no shared services with the other UK health administrations.

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Vaughan Gething, as Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport for Wales, made an announcement aimed at ending uncertainty about the level of support available from the Welsh Government.

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Vaughan Gething wrote to the 280 people in Wales who were being supported through the Alliance House Organisations asking for their views on support in the future, and two workshops were held at which people could contribute their views.

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The results of the consultation on the terms of the scheme from April 2017 onwards led to Vaughan Gething making a written statement setting out the new arrangements for a Welsh scheme.

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Vaughan Gething announced the new support arrangements in Wales for those affected by Hepatitis C and HIV. In common with the AHOs, the new scheme expressly remained one for the making of ex gratia payments and were not intended to be compensatory.

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