Week 1
30 April 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 29 April | Tuesday 30 April | Wednesday 1 May | Thursday 2 May | Friday 3 May |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Non-sitting day | Chair’s Opening Remarks Impact Film Opening Statements Counsel to the Inquiry Core Participants |
Eddie Lynch (Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland) Gerry Murphy (Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions) |
Chris Stewart (The Executive Office Northern Ireland) Dr Joanne McClean (Director of Public Health, Public Health Agency of Northern Ireland) |
Karen Pearson (The Executive Office (Northern Ireland) |
| Afternoon | Non-sitting day | Marion Reynolds (Northern Ireland Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice) Nuala Toman (Disability Action Northern Ireland) |
Sir David Sterling (former Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service) | Jenny Pyper (former interim Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service) | Jayne Brady (Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service) |
Week 2
6 May 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 6 May | Tuesday 7 May | Wednesday 8 May | Thursday 9 May | Friday 10 May |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Non-sitting day | Richard Pengelly (former Permanent Secretary for Department of Health Northern Ireland) |
Lord Peter Weir of Ballyholme (former Minister for Education, Northern Ireland) Diane Dodds (former Minister for the Economy, Northern Ireland) |
Naomi Long (Minister for Justice, Northern Ireland) Edwin Poots (former Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland) |
Professor Sir Michael McBride (Chief Medical Officer, Northern Ireland) |
| Afternoon | Non-sitting day | Professor Ian Young (Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Health, Northern Ireland) | Deirdre Hargey and Carál Ní Chuilín (former Ministers for Communities, Northern Ireland) | Sir Brandon Lewis (former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland) | Professor Sir Michael McBride (Chief Medical Officer, Northern Ireland) continued |
Week 3
13 May 2024
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 13 May | Tuesday 14 May | Wednesday 15 May | Thursday 16 May | Friday 17 May |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Robin Swann (Minister for Health, Northern Ireland) | Michelle O’Neill (former Deputy First Minister and current First Minister, Northern Ireland) |
Baroness Arlene Foster (former First Minister, Northern Ireland) |
Sue Gray (former Permanent Secretary, Department of Finance, Northern Ireland) Closing Statements Core Participants |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Robin Swann (Minister for Health, Northern Ireland) Continued Professors Karl O’Connor and Ann- Marie Gray (Experts, Ulster University) |
Michelle O’Neill (former Deputy First Minister and current First Minister, Northern Ireland) Continued | Baroness Arlene Foster (former First Minister, Northern Ireland) Continued Former Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd (Police Service Northern Ireland) |
Non-sitting (PM) | Non-sitting day |