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The effect of paramilitary activity and organised crime on society in Northern Ireland

Inquiry by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, 30 March 2022 to 28 May 2024. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 18 May 2022: Dr Colm Walsh, Queen's University Belfast; Dr Siobhán McAlister, Queen's University Belfast; Prof Duncan Morrow, Ulster University
  • 26 October 2022: Naomi Long MLA, Northern Ireland Department of Justice; Richard Pengelly, Northern Ireland Department of Justice; Adele Brown, The Northern Ireland Executive Programme on Paramilitarism and Organised Crime
  • 26 October 2022: Mark McEwan, Police Service of Northern Ireland; Andy Hill, Police Service of Northern Ireland
  • 9 November 2022: Dr Conor Murray, Ulster University; Dr Brendan Coyle, Ulster University; Mark Dennison, Irish Football Association
  • 9 November 2022: Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People; Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
  • 23 November 2022: Daniel Holder, Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ); Úna Boyd, Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ)
  • 23 November 2022: Professor Marie Breen-Smyth the Independent Reviewer of the exercised powers under the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007
  • 12 December 2022: Independent Reporting Commission; Independent Reporting Commission; Independent Reporting Commission; Independent Reporting Commission
  • 18 January 2023: Ms Elaine Crory, Women’s Resource and Development Agency; Sonya McMullan, Women’s Aid Federation NI; Mrs Siobhán Harding, Women’s Support Network
  • 1 February 2023: Ian Jeffers, Commission for Victims and Survivors Northern Ireland; Sandra Peake, Wave Trauma Centre; Mr Peter Murtagh, South East Fermanagh Foundation
  • 1 February 2023: Paul Smyth, The Stop Attacks Forum; Megan Phair, The Stop Attacks Forum
  • 22 February 2023: East Belfast Mission; Christians Against Poverty (CAP)
  • 22 February 2023: Northern Ireland Prison Service; Northern Ireland Prison Service
  • 8 March 2023: Chris Heaton-Harris MP, Northern Ireland Office; Dominic Wilson, Northern Ireland Office; James Crawford, Northern Ireland Office
  • 26 April 2023: John McBurney, Independent Reporting Commission; Monica McWilliams, Independent Reporting Commission; Tim O'Connor, Independent Reporting Commission; Mitchell Reiss, Independent Reporting Commission
  • 17 October 2023: Jamie Bryson, Centre for the Union
  • 18 October 2023: Dr Aaron Edwards, The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; Dr Seán Brennan, Independent Researcher