Jeanitta Larkin was just 10 years old when her father Peter McCabe was shot by the IRA at the family home in Newry in 1990. They both applied to the Troubles Permanent Disability Payment Scheme.
At the time, Larkin said she expected the process to be completed within 12 months.
However, her and her father’s case are being re-assessed after they were previously denied payment.
“It was very re-traumatising,” she told Good Morning Ulster programme.
“I found myself in situations that were completely unexpected. Situations of distress and despair.”
Larkin said that she has concerns about extending the deadline for applications to the scheme beyond 30 August.
“If opening this application for another year means that it is going to delay them further in completing the applications they have, I would say that’s very unfair to the victims that have waited this length of time,” she said.
Larkin said she would have no issue with extending the deadline if it did not effect “the timeline for the victims who are already waiting”.