Ten per cent of applications lodged by survivors - about 700 - have been put on hold because the organisations responsible for their abuse have not joined.

"It is a lot but some of those are in the process of signing up," Social Services Minister Anne Ruston said

Institutions have until June 30 to join the redress scheme, which was launched two years ago.

While some organisations responsible for abuse no longer exist, others claim they do not have the financial capacity to compensate their victims.

The Joint Select Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme has announced its first round of public hearings, beginning in Melbourne on 19 March 2020.

The National redress scheme is holding a public inquiry into the delays with hearings in capital cities and as yet unspecified regional locations.

Federal Member for Ballarat, Catherine King has called for an additional hearing to be held in Ballarat.

"These public hearings are an important opportunity for survivors' voices to be heard and for improvements to the Redress Scheme to be made," Ms King said.

"We have always said that the establishment of the National Redress Scheme was not the end of the road, it was the next step in the process towards justice".

"The Scheme as it was established was not perfect and it did not fulfil all the recommendations of the Royal Commission."

Ms King has also highlighted key recommendations of the Royal Commission that were not included in the Scheme including lifelong access to counselling and psychological care, compulsory participation in the scheme for states and institutions, and maximum of $200,000 for redress claims, rather than the $150,000 the federal government introduced.

"Ballarat has a strong community of survivors who have been a driving force behind the Royal Commission and the formation of the Redress Scheme. They deserve the opportunity to make their voices heard, and I strongly encourage the Committee to hold public hearings in Ballarat."

The announced hearing program will see the Committee visit Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane and Perth throughout March and April. Further details of hearings, including in regional locations, will be available from the Committee's website when determined by the Committee.

Anyone who would like to appear at the announced hearings should contact the committee secretariat at redress@aph.gov.au or (02) 6277 4549 to register their interest.

The Australian Olympic Committee has warned the redress scheme could push sports bodies to financial ruin.

Senator Ruston will meet with the AOC next week.

"For organisations to just say we're not coming forward because we don't think we might be to meet the requirements, I don't think is good enough," she said.

"I think organisations also need to understand the (effect on) public confidence in them as an organisation, if they're seen not to be joining up."

Senator Ruston is considering stripping the charitable status and tax concessions given to organisations who refuse.

"We will be looking at every option that we have to make sure that an organisation that we believe should be signed up is signed up," she said.

"And if that means that we have to take a big stick approach to it, that's what we'll be doing."

Senator Ruston is also looking to speed up the assessment of compensation claims.

"Many of them are much more complex than we ever imagined," she said.

With AAP