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This is a vital part of our governance process, ensuring that Commission staff record any gifts and hospitality they receive. This is part of our process for ensuring that our decisions and conclusions cannot be influenced by outside parties.

ICRIR's gifts and hospitality register will be published on a regular basis.

These draft design principles will apply to all the Commission’s investigations – from those which aim to answer a particular family focused question to those which will involve a criminal investigation utilising police powers. (Please note that documents produced before 14 December 2023 were not Commission views, but initial ideas produced by Sir Declan and secretariat as part of preparatory work.)

This paper sets out some early ideas on issues that could arise in cases that are referred to the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery which were the subject of a coroners’ inquest that has been closed. (Please note that documents produced before 14 December 2023 were not Commission views, but initial ideas produced by Sir Declan and secretariat as part of preparatory work.)

A set of early design considerations for how the Commission could carry out its information recovery work. (Please note that documents produced before 14 December 2023 were not Commission views, but initial ideas produced by Sir Declan and secretariat as part of preparatory work.)

The results of ICRIR's first public 'Have Your Say' survey, collated in September 2023

ICRIR's draft register of interests. (Please note that documents produced before 14 December 2023 were not Commission views, but initial ideas produced by Sir Declan and secretariat as part of preparatory work.)

This draft governance framework sets out how the Commission's governance could operate, once established. (Please note that documents produced before 14 December 2023 were not Commission views, but initial ideas produced by Sir Declan and secretariat as part of preparatory work.)