'Key RHI paper shared with DUP advisers for input'published at 10:10 British Summer Time 12 September 2018
Officials at DETI draw up a submission for their minister Mr Bell on 8 July - it outlined their plans for adding cost controls to the RHI scheme that would help to cut the vast overspend it was facing.
Mr Cairns told the inquiry yesterday that he talked Mr Bell through the details of the paper but the former minister has said there's no evidence that he ever received it.
On 16 July, Mr Cairns shared the submission with his fellow DUP advisers Dr Andrew Crawford and Stephen Brimstone for their "information and input".
He tells the inquiry he had done that on the instruction of senior DUP adviser Timothy Johnston, who advised him to talk to Dr Crawford about the changes to the scheme.
Mr Cairns says there was "no secret" that he was seeking advice on the planned changes to the RHI scheme from other party advisers.