Committee for the Executive Office: 2022 - 2027 Mandate
2025 Research Papers
Below you will find details of Research Publications which have been prepared by the Assembly's Research and Information Service (RaISe) for the Committee for the Executive Office in 2025.
Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill: Review of Bill Costs
- Date: 08/09/2025
This Review of Bill Costs considers key potential financial implications for the ‘public purse’, if the proposed Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill (the Bill) is enacted as introduced into the Northern Ireland Assembly by the First Minister of The Executive Office. It should be read alongside RaISe Bill Paper NIAR 113-2025, which addresses the Bill’s key potential policy implications.
Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill
- Date: 08/09/2025
This Bill Paper provides an overview of the Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill. It also draws together comments from organisations that responded to the public consultation and lays out key scrutiny points Members may wish to consider during their examination of the Bill. This paper contains references to topics some readers may find distressing.
Designing Consultations for Sensitive Policy Issues: Insights from Other Jurisdictions
- Date: 01/08/2025
This briefing note explores how other jurisdictions design consultations and engagement on sensitive policy issues, highlighting key themes of engagement with victims, survivors and others with lived experience.
Trauma-informed Approaches
- Date: 17/06/2025
This Briefing Paper provides an overview of the definition of a trauma-informed approach, what a best practice approach looks like, the limitations of the approach and four case studies of how a trauma-informed approach has been used in the Redress Schemes in comparable jurisdictions. *Please note - This paper contains references to sexual, physical and emotional abuse, including in relation to children.*
