Module 2C public hearings timetable


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)
Conor Murphy (former Minister of Finance, 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) Diane Dodds (former Minister for the Economy, 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