Northern Ireland

RHI in numbers

The opening of the RHI inquiry at the Long Gallery in Stormont in 2017. Picture by Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker
The opening of the RHI inquiry at the Long Gallery in Stormont in 2017. Picture by Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker The opening of the RHI inquiry at the Long Gallery in Stormont in 2017. Picture by Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

:: 2,128 – applications to the non-domestic RHI scheme before it was finally shut to new claimants in 2016

:: £700m – the estimated potential overspend over 20 years before the scheme was reined in following the controversy. Since payments were drastically slashed, MLAs have been told the scheme is now operating with an underspend – drawing around £7m per year out of a budget from the British Treasury of £28m

:: 114 – days of public hearings in the RHI inquiry

:: 63 – witnesses called to the inquiry to publicly give evidence

:: 141 – people, public bodies and organisations that gave the inquiry written witness statements

:: 1.2 million – pages of evidence amassed by the public inquiry

:: 276,000 – words in the final RHI report, consisting of 56 chapters, 319 findings and 44 recommendations

:: £10m – an estimate of the expected overall cost of the RHI inquiry, including legal fees

:: 40,000 – copies sold of Burned, the book released last year chronicling the RHI scandal by News Letter political editor Sam McBride