Question follow-through · 36745

Omar Bombing Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to his oral contribution of 26 February 2025, Official Report, column 763, by when he plans to have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Irish government on their co-operation wit

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Tabled
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
13 Mar 2025
Answer
13 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to his oral contribution of 26 February 2025, Official Report, column 763, by when he plans to have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Irish government on their co-operation wit

  2. 13 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Government has the deepest sympathy for all of those affected by the Omagh bomb in August 1998. It was a terrible atrocity committed by the Real IRA at a time when the people of Northern Ireland were looking to a future without violence, causing immea...

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