Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

(asked on 12th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to the public purse was for the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery since it was established.


Answered by
Steve Baker Portrait
Steve Baker
Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
This question was answered on 18th December 2023

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery was established on 14 December 2023 and has only begun to incur expenditure. The ICRIR’s expenditure will be set out in annual accounts which will be laid in Parliament.

£250 million has been allocated to the implementation of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act and the non-legislative memorialisation measures announced alongside it. This includes costs for the establishment of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery, and for the Commission’s work. These funds were set aside under the Stormont House Agreement and the New Decade, New Approach agreement.

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