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Northern Ireland

Recommendations related to northern ireland

8 recommendations 50% accepted

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recommendation across 3 inquiries

Across 3 inquiries

Tagged Recommendations

8 total
COVID-M2.1 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

NI CMO Independence

The Department of Health (Northern Ireland) should reconstitute the role of the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland as an independent advisory role. The Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland …

- This recommendation is addressed to the Department of Health (Northern Ireland), not the UK government. - The UK government stated in its Module 2 …
Northern Ireland Executi…
COVID-M2.6 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

Enact Socio-economic Duty

The UK government should bring into force in England section 1 of the Equality Act 2010, implementing the socio-economic duty. The Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive should consider …

- The UK government stated in its Module 2 response (25 March 2026) that it is working toward commencement of the socio-economic duty under section …
Cabinet Office
COVID-M2.7 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

Statutory Child Rights Impact Assessments

The UK government should introduce legislation to place child rights impact assessments on a statutory footing in England. The Northern Ireland Executive should consider an equivalent provision.

- The UK government stated in its Module 2 response (25 March 2026) that it does not intend to introduce legislation to make child rights …
Cabinet Office
COVID-M2.9 No Published Response COVID-19 Inquiry

NI Emergency Powers Review

The Northern Ireland Executive and UK government (in consultation with the Irish government where necessary) should review the structures and delegated powers of government in Northern Ireland to consider: the …

- This recommendation is primarily addressed to the Northern Ireland Executive and UK government jointly. - The UK government stated in its Module 2 response …
Northern Ireland Executi…
IBI-4a(i) Accepted Infected Blood Inquiry

Duty of Candour - Northern Ireland

Duty of candour: A statutory duty of candour in healthcare should be introduced in Northern Ireland.

- The Northern Ireland Health Minister Mike Nesbitt committed to advance proposals for an organisational duty of candour, and to consider a statutory individual duty …
Northern Ireland Executi…
R1 Accepted Billy Wright Inquiry

Prison records retention

Given what we discovered about the destruction of prisoners' files, many of which would have been important historical records, we recommend that the SOSNI should satisfy himself whether any other …

Northern Ireland Executi… Secretary of State for N…
R2 Accepted Billy Wright Inquiry

HMP Maghaberry lessons learned

Many of the problems of HMP Maze in 1997 arose from the fact that by then it was the sole prison in Northern Ireland holding the most dangerous terrorist prisoners. …

Northern Ireland Executi… Secretary of State for N…
R3 Accepted Billy Wright Inquiry

Prison service reform process

We have identified a series of failures in the management of the NIPS in 1997. What we learned about the current management of the NIPS in the course of the …

Northern Ireland Executi… Secretary of State for N…