Memorial at Stormont
HIA Inquiry · Report of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry · Issued 20 January 2017 · Addressed to: Northern Ireland Executive
Government responseNorthern Ireland Executive: No response yet (Sep 2019)
DeliveryThe Executive Office (Northern Ireland) says completed (Feb 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
We recommend that a suitable physical memorial should be erected in Parliament Buildings, or in the grounds of the Stormont Estate.
HIA Inquiry, Report of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry · 20 Jan 2017 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
The Inquiry recommended erecting a physical memorial in Parliament Buildings or on the Stormont Estate. In February 2026, The Executive Office (Northern Ireland) announced that First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly unveiled a memorial plaque at Parliament Buildings, stating that it "fulfils the final recommendation" of the inquiry (The Executive Office (Northern Ireland), Feb 2026). Earlier, in September 2019, a report laid before Parliament by the department and the Northern Ireland Office recorded that recommendations had not yet been put to the Northern Ireland Executive due to its collapse (Northern Ireland Executive response, Sep 2019).
Sources
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 1 Oct 2026.
Government response
●Northern Ireland Executive · No response yet · 4 Sep 2019
No formal government response published. The Inquiry reported on 20 January 2017, the month the Northern Ireland Executive collapsed; the report The Executive Office and the Northern Ireland Office laid before Parliament in September 2019 records that, because of the collapse, the report and its recommendations had not yet been put to the Executive.
Delivery
●The Executive Office (Northern Ireland) says completed · 20 Feb 2026
First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly today unveiled a memorial plaque at Parliament Buildings to honour all victims and survivors of Historical Institutional Abuse. The plaque stands as a permanent acknowledgement to the children who suffered abuse in residential institutions over many decades and fulfils the final recommendation of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry, chaired by Sir Anthony Hart.
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