| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 02 March 2015 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:32 PM | Room 21 | Committee for The Executive Office
Closed from 1:32 PM (14 mins)
Proposal to Update Legislation to Reform The Office of the Northern Ireland Ombudsman - Consideration of draft Bill
• Mr Alyn Hicks, Assistant Assembly Clerk / Office Manager
Public from 1:46 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:54 PM (4 mins)
European Issues - Consideration of Committee's European Priorities
Public from 1:58 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Tuesday 03 March 2015 |
| 10:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:00 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:10 AM (60 mins)
Oral Briefing from Tourism NI: Key Capital Projects
• Mrs Kathryn Thomson, Tourism NI
• Ms Laura McCorry, Tourism NI
Public from 11:10 AM (60 mins)
Assembly Research Briefing: Case Study – Foreign Direct Investment in the ROI
• Mr Aidan Stennett, Research Officer
Public from 12:10 PM (10 mins)
Insolvency (Amendment) Bill: Draft Report and Final Report
Public from 12:20 PM (5 mins)
Draft response to OFMDFM Committee: Children’s Services Co-Operation Bill
Public from 12:25 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:30 PM (15 mins)
Written Briefing from DETI: Research Agenda Update
Written Briefing from DETI: Giro d’Italia 2014 – Post Project Evaluation
Written Briefing from Advice NI: Business Debtline NI – Impact Report 2013-2014
Public from 12:45 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:04 AM | Room 21 | Assembly and Executive Review Committee
Public from 10:04 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business - Apologies, Draft Minutes and Matters Arising
Public from 10:05 AM (22 mins)
Report on the Operation of the Provisions of Parts 3&4 of the NI Act 1998
Public from 10:27 AM (1 mins)
Forward Work Programme
Public from 10:28 AM (13 mins)
Committee Business - Any Other Business |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 12:38 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 12:38 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business |
| 12:50 PM | Room 21 | Chairpersons' Liaison Group
Closed from 12:50 PM (14 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:04 PM (8 mins)
Politics Plus – Update on the Joint Initiative with the National Assembly for Wales
Closed from 1:12 PM (18 mins)
Update on Budgets for 2015-2016 / SP15+
Closed from 1:30 PM (9 mins)
Guidance on Oaths in Committee
Closed from 1:39 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:01 PM | Senate Chamber | Ad Hoc Committee to consider an AGNI Statutory Rule
Closed from 1:01 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:04 PM (2 mins)
Consideration of an AGNI Statutory Rule
Closed from 1:06 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:36 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 1:36 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:40 PM (30 mins)
Oral Briefing DARD - SL1 The Zoonoses (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2015
• Dr Stanley McDowell, Agri-food and Biosciences Institute
• Ms Sandra Dunbar, DAERA
• Mr Darren Griffiths, Agri-food and Biosciences Institute
• Mr Denis Savage, DAERA
Public from 2:10 PM (48 mins)
Oral Briefing DARD - Farm Business Improvement Scheme
• Mrs Colette McMaster, DAERA
• Ms Elaine McCrory, DAERA
• Mr Michael McLean, DAERA
• Mr George Sampson, DfE
Closed from 2:58 PM (52 mins)
Oral Briefing - TB Strategic Partnership Group
• Mr Sean Hogan, TB Strategic Partnership Group
• Dr George McIlroy, TB Strategic Partnership Group
• Dr Cecil McMurray CBE, TB Strategic Partnership Group
• Mr John Thompson, TB Strategic Partnership Group
Closed from 3:50 PM (16 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 4:06 PM (6 mins)
The Reservoirs Bill - Consideration of the Addendum to the Committee Report on the Reservoirs Bill
Public from 4:12 PM (3 mins)
Written Briefing DARD - SL1 The Plant Health (Amendment) Order (NI) 2015 and The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (NI) 2015
Written Briefing DARD - SL1 The Agriculture (Student Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2015
Written Briefing DARD - Public Consultation on Proposed Changes to Brucellosis Eradication Programme if Officially Brucellosis Free Status is Attained in Spring 2015
Public from 4:15 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 3:43 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Education
Public from 3:43 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:48 PM (9 mins)
The Teachers’ Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Seamus Gallagher, DE
Public from 3:57 PM (1 mins)
The Teachers’ Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Seamus Gallagher, DE
Public from 3:58 PM (2 mins)
The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Seamus Gallagher, DE
Public from 4:00 PM (85 mins)
Inquiry into Shared and Integrated Education - NASUWT and UTU
• Mrs Teresa Graham, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers
• Justin McCamphill, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers
• Ms Gillian Dunlop, Ulster Teachers Union
• Ms Diane Nugent, Ulster Teachers Union
Public from 5:25 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 04 March 2015 |
| 9:33 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Education
Public from 9:33 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:35 AM (95 mins)
Education Budget 2015 - 16 - Ministerial briefing
• Mr John O'Dowd, Minister of Education
• Ms Fiona Hepper, DE
• Mr Trevor Connolly, DE
• Mr Philip Irwin, DE
Public from 11:10 AM (37 mins)
Inquiry into Shared and Integrated Education - Early Years Organisation
• Ms Siobhán Fitzpatrick, Early Years
• Ms Pauline Walmsley, Early Years
Public from 11:47 AM (51 mins)
Inquiry into Shared and Integrated Education - NI Youth Council
• Mr David Guilfoyle OBE, Youth Council for Northern Ireland
• Ms Norma Rea, Youth Council for Northern Ireland
• Ms Joanne Stainsby, Youth Council for Northern Ireland
Public from 12:38 PM (1 mins)
Assembly Research - Written Briefing - Coding in Schools and Special Educational Need and Disability Bill
Public from 12:39 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:03 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Employment and Learning
Public from 10:03 AM (17 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:20 AM (2 mins)
SL1 – Time Off to Attend Adoption Appointments (Prospective Adopters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 10:22 AM (49 mins)
Briefing from VOYPIC - Life in Care Report
• Ms Eithne Gilligan, Voice of Young People in Care
• Ms Ruth Barry, Voice of Young People in Care
• Mr Darren Smith, Voice of Young People in Care
Public from 11:11 AM (62 mins)
Briefing from Action on Hearing Loss - Research into Transitions Experiences of Young People with Hearing Loss
• Ms Claire Lavery, Action on Hearing Loss
• Mr Barry Campbell, Action on Hearing Loss
• Ms Sara Kelly, Action on Hearing Loss
• Ms Sally Gillespie, Action on Hearing Loss
Public from 12:13 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:05 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Finance
Public from 10:05 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:09 AM (28 mins)
Reform of Defamation Law in Northern Ireland - Briefing from the Northern Ireland Law Commission
• Mr Ken Millar, Northern Ireland Law Commission
• Dr Andrew Scott, London School of Economics
Public from 10:37 AM (5 mins)
European Commission Work Programme - European Commission Work Programme 2015
Public from 10:42 AM (70 mins)
Rating Issues - Non-Domestic Revaluation - Briefing from the Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association
• Mr Glyn Roberts, Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association
• Mr Kenny Bradley, Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association
• Ms Una Lilley, Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association
• Mr Raymond McBrien, Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association
Public from 11:52 AM (6 mins)
SL1 - The Rates (Small Business Hereditament Relief) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1 - The Superannuation (District Councils) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1 - The Statistics and Registration Services Act 2007 (Disclosure of Patient Registration Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 11:58 AM (3 mins)
Closed from 12:01 PM (13 mins)
Sickness Absence in the Public Sector in Northern Ireland - Final Consideration of Draft Report
Public from 12:14 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:09 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:09 AM (16 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:25 AM (34 mins)
Departmental Briefing: Financing of NI Water
• Barbara Faloona, DfI
• Grainne Samm, DfI
Public from 10:59 AM (54 mins)
Consumer Council Briefing: Translink Fare Increases
• Mr Scott Kennerley, Consumer Council Northern Ireland
• Mr Don Leeson, Consumer Council Northern Ireland
Public from 11:53 AM (86 mins)
Department/Translink Briefing: Translink Fare Increases
• Mr Ciaran Doran, DfI
• Mr David Strahan, Translink
• Mr Ciaran Rogan, Translink
Public from 1:19 PM (2 mins)
Road Traffic (Speed Limits) Bill
Inquiry into the Benefits of Cycling to the Economy
SL1: The Road Races (Circuit of Ireland Rally) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Committee Business
SL1: The Parking Places on Roads (Coaches) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 |
| 1:41 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 1:41 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:42 PM (36 mins)
Children's Services Co-operation Bill - briefing by the Health and Social Care Board
• Mr Tony Rodgers, Health and Social Care Board
• Mr Maurice Leeson, Health and Social Care Board
Closed from 2:18 PM (30 mins)
Proposal to Update Legislation to Reform The Office of the Northern Ireland Ombudsman
• Mr Alyn Hicks, Assistant Assembly Clerk / Office Manager
• Mr Jonathan McMillen, Legal Advisor
Public from 2:48 PM (6 mins)
Subordinate Legislation - SL1 - THE SEX DISCRIMINATION ORDER 1976 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2015
Public from 2:54 PM (2 mins)
Subordinate Legislation - SL1 - FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND TREATMENT ORDER (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2015
Public from 2:56 PM (2 mins)
Victims and Survivors - Briefing by the Victims and Survivors Service
• Mr Oliver Wilkinson, Victims and Survivors Service
• Ms Margaret Bateson, Victims and Survivors Service
Public from 2:58 PM (42 mins)
Victims and Survivors - Briefing by OFMDFM officials
• Mr Ricky Irwin, TEO
• Mrs Patricia McIntyre, TEO
Public from 3:40 PM (37 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:03 PM | Room 21 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:03 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (73 mins)
Proposals to Vary Firearms Licensing Fees and other Miscellaneous Amendments to Firearms Legislation
• Mr Simon Rogers, DoJ
• Mr Robert Kidd, DoJ
• Ms Donna Giboney, DoJ
Public from 3:18 PM (57 mins)
Update on the Delivery of the Prison Reform Programme and the NI Prison Estate Strategy
• Ms Sue McAllister, Northern Ireland Prison Service
• Mr Mark Adam, Northern Ireland Prison Service
• Mr Paul Cawkwell, Northern Ireland Prison Service
• Mr Max Murray, Northern Ireland Prison Service
Closed from 4:15 PM (19 mins)
Update on the Delivery of the Prison Reform Programme and the NI Prison Estate Strategy
Public from 4:34 PM (28 mins)
Update on the Delivery of the Prison Reform Programme and the NI Prison Estate Strategy
Public from 5:02 PM (18 mins)
The Justice Bill - Informal Consideration of Part 1 – Single Jurisdiction, Part 2 – Committal for Trial, Part 6 – Live Links, Part 7 – Violent Offences Prevention Orders, Part 8 – Miscellaneous and Part 9 – Supplementary Provisions
The Justice Bill - Informal Consideration of Proposed Amendment by Jim Wells MLA
SR 2015/50: The Attorney General's Human Rights Guidance (Youth Justice Agency - Conditions of Detention) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/51: The Attorney General's Human Rights Guidance (Probation Board for Northern Ireland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Draft Statutory Rule: The Civil Legal Services (Appeal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Draft Statutory Rule: The Civil Legal Services (Disclosure of Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Draft Statutory Rule: The Criminal Legal Aid (Disclosure of Information) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2015
Draft Statutory Rule: The Civil Legal Services (Cost Protection) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Committee for Justice EU Priorities for 2015 and Report on EU Work Undertaken in 2014
Public from 5:35 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:12 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Health
Public from 2:12 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:15 PM (93 mins)
Food Hygiene Rating Bill - Evidence session with Food Standards Agency
• Mr Michael Jackson, Food Standards Agency NI
• Ms Kathryn Baker, Food Standards Agency NI
Public from 3:48 PM (38 mins)
Self-referral for physiotherapy - Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Briefing
• Ms Natalie Beswetherick, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Northern Ireland
• Mr Tom Sullivan, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Northern Ireland
Public from 4:26 PM (24 mins)
Self-referral for physiotherapy - Health and Social Care Board Briefing
• Mr Dean Sullivan, Health and Social Care Board
• Mrs Michelle Tennyson, Public Health Agency
Public from 4:50 PM (4 mins)
SR 2015/53 The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/54 The Misuse of Drugs (Designation) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/56 The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation), Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1 The Health and Social Care Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1 The Health and Social Care Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1 The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation Scheme and Additional Voluntary Contributions), Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1 The Health Service (Cross-Border Health Care) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 4:54 PM (11 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 05 March 2015 |
| 9:58 AM | Science Park, 38 BUNCRANA ROAD, LONDONDERRY | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Public from 9:58 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:02 AM (73 mins)
Briefing from Arts and Business NI
• Ms Mary Trainor-Nagele, Arts & Business NI
• Ms Maureen McLaughlin, Diamond Corrugated
• Ms Cara McCartney, Millennium Forum
• Dr Joanne Stuart, Northern Ireland Science Park
Public from 11:15 AM (75 mins)
Briefing from DCAL re North West Development Programme
• Ms Joanna McConway, DCAL
Public from 12:30 PM (21 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:05 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:05 AM (7 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:12 AM (73 mins)
Human Rights of Carers - Briefing by NIHRC
• Mr Les Allamby, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Ms Mary O'Neil, Other
• Mr John McCormick, CARE NI
• Mr Colin Caughey, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Public from 11:25 AM (2 mins)
Rinmore Stock Transfer
Public from 11:27 AM (1 mins)
The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 11:28 AM (1 mins)
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) (Amendment) and Transfer Values (Disapplication) (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 11:29 AM (1 mins)
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 11:30 AM (1 mins)
The Pension Schemes Act (Transitional Provisions and Appropriate Independent Advice) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 11:31 AM (1 mins)
The Maternity Allowance (Curtailment) Regulations (NI) 2015
Public from 11:32 AM (1 mins)
The Statutory Maternity Pay (Curtailment) Regulations (NI) 2015
Public from 11:33 AM (1 mins)
The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 11:34 AM (1 mins)
SR 79 The Pension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 11:35 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 11:45 AM (30 mins)
Inquiry into allegations, arising from a BBC NI Spotlight programme aired on 3 July 2013, of impropriety or irregularity relating to NIHE managed contracts and consideration of any resulting actions - Phase 2 Report
Closed from 12:15 PM (15 mins)
Inquiry Process Issues
Closed from 12:30 PM (30 mins)
Inquiry into allegations, arising from a BBC NI Spotlight programme aired on 3 July 2013, of impropriety or irregularity relating to NIHE managed contracts and consideration of any resulting actions - Phase 3 Report |
| 10:11 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for the Environment
Public from 10:11 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:16 AM (22 mins)
Synopsis Of Responses on the Consultation on the Draft Local Government (Transferred Functions Grant) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - Departmental Briefing
• Ms Linda MacHugh, DoE
• Mr Jeff Glass, DoE
Public from 10:38 AM (22 mins)
Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill
Public from 11:00 AM (30 mins)
Environmental Better Regulation Bill - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Dave Foster, DoE
• Mr Sandy Truesdale, DoE
• Mr Robert Gray, DoE
Public from 11:30 AM (64 mins)
Phase 2 - Planning Reform and Transfer of functions to Local Government - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Angus Kerr, DoE
• Mr Joe Torney, DoE
• Ms Irene Kennedy, DfI
• Mr John Conlon, DoE
SL1 - The Local Government (Transitional, Incidental, Consequential and Supplemental Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - Departmental Briefing
• Ms Linda MacHugh, DoE
• Mr Andy Pearson, DoE
• Ms Julie Broadway, DoE
SR 2015/39 The Planning General Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/40 The Planning (Use Classes) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/58 The Planning (Claims for Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/61 The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/62 The Planning (Local Development Plan) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/63 The Planning (Statement of Community Involvement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 12:34 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business |