RHI Inquiry: Timeline

Key dates in the inquiry's progress, assembled from its recorded milestones and hearing phases.

Hearing-phase dates are taken from the published hearing days; some earlier milestone dates are approximate where the inquiry has not published an exact date.

Milestones & hearing phases

Milestone Hearing phase Reports & costs Still to come
24 Jan 2017
Inquiry Established
1 Jun 2017
Inquiry Established
7 Nov 2017 to 14 Dec 2018
Evidential hearings
114 sitting days
14 Dec 2018
Public Hearings Conclude
Oral evidence concluded after 114 sitting days, ending on 14 December 2018.
13 Mar 2020
Report Published
13 Mar 2020
Final report