| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 02 November 2015 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 12:05 PM | Room 30 | Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Mental Capacity Bill
Closed from 12:05 PM (55 mins)
Committee Deliberations on Part 9 & 10 of the Mental Capacity Bill
Committee Deliberations on Part 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14 and 15 of the Mental Capacity Bill
Follow up on Parts 2, 3 & 4 on the Mental Capacity Bill
Public from 1:00 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Background Papers
Public from 1:02 PM (15 mins)
Briefing from RaISe - Clause 11: Advance Decisions
• Dr Janice Thompson, Research Officer
• Mr Tim Moore, Senior Researcher
Public from 1:17 PM (15 mins)
Clause 11: Advance Decisions - Departmental evidence session
• Ms Lisa Trueman, DoH
• Ms Alison McCaffrey, DoH
Suspension from 1:32 PM (21 mins)
Public from 1:53 PM (29 mins)
Clause 11: Advance Decisions - Departmental evidence session
Public from 2:22 PM (46 mins)
Costs associated with the Mental Capacity Bill - Departmental evidence session
• Mr Chris Matthews, DoJ
• Ms Laurene McAlpine, DoJ
• Mr Peter Luney, Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
• Ms Tara McBride, DoH
Public from 3:08 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Tuesday 03 November 2015 |
| 10:02 AM | Room 21 | Assembly and Executive Review Committee
Public from 10:02 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:04 AM (28 mins)
Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill - Evidence Session by Queen's University Belfast, School of Law
• Professor Christopher McCrudden, Queen's University Belfast
• Dr Alex Schwartz, Queen's University Belfast
Public from 10:32 AM (32 mins)
Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill - Evidence Session by Dublin City University Representative
• Dr Eoin O'Malley, Dublin City University
Public from 11:04 AM (1 mins)
Forward Work Programme
Public from 11:05 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:14 AM | Room 29 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:14 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Declaration of Interests
Public from 10:20 AM (4 mins)
Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Bill
• Mr Richard Scott, DfE
• Mr Keith Brown, DfE
Oral Briefing from DETI: Inquiry into Growing the Economy and Creating Jobs in a Reduced Tax Environment
• Mr Diarmuid McLean, DfE
• Mr Shane Murphy, DfE
• Mr Jeremy Fitch, Invest NI
Public from 10:24 AM (79 mins)
Oral Briefing from Visit Belfast: The Impact of Tourism in Belfast
• Mr Gerry Lennon, Visit Belfast
Public from 11:43 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:44 AM (51 mins)
Westminster Enterprise Bill: Small Business Commissioner LCM
Written Briefing from DETI: Final Update on INTERREG IVA
Written Briefing from DETI: Accountable Department role in Research and Innovation themes of the INTERREG VA programme (ESU)
Public from 12:35 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:03 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:03 PM (28 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:42 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 1:42 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:44 PM (71 mins)
Oral Briefing Sainsbury's – General Purchasing Policy
• Mr Damien Drumm, Sainsbury's
• Ms Nicola Heaslip, Sainsbury's
Closed from 2:55 PM (17 mins)
Rural Needs Bill - Committee Discussion
Public from 3:12 PM (50 mins)
Rural Needs Bill - Oral Briefing DARD
• Mrs Colette McMaster, DAERA
• Ms Louise Warde Hunter, DAERA
• Ms Astrid Stuart, DAERA
Public from 4:02 PM (31 mins)
Oral Briefing DARD – Role of Veterinary Staff at Meat Plants
• Mr Robert Huey, DAERA
• Mr Michael Hatch, DAERA
Public from 4:34 PM (11 mins)
Oral Briefing DARD – Departmental Restructuring
• Mr Graeme Wilkinson, DAERA
• Mr Joe Cassells, DAERA
Public from 4:45 PM (4 mins)
Written Briefing RaISe – CAP Overview of Operational Rules
Written Brief DARD - Tacking Rural Poverty and Social Isolation – Successor Framework
Written Briefing DARD – Update Sustainable Use of Poultry Litter Project
Written Brief SL1 - The Common Agricultural Policy (Review of SCMO Decisions) Regulations (NI) 2015
Suspension from 4:49 PM (15 mins)
Public from 5:04 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 5:08 PM (11 mins)
Inquiry into Better Regulation |
| Wednesday 04 November 2015 |
| VISIT | Triangle Housing | Committee for Employment and Learning |
| VISIT | ALTERNATIVE ANGLES, UNIT 1, BALLYMENA NORTH BUSINESS & RECREATION CENTRE | Committee for Employment and Learning |
| 9:30 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Education
Public from 9:30 AM (80 mins)
Shared Education Bill
• Mrs Faustina Graham, DE
• Mr Andrew Bell, DE
Closed from 10:50 AM (23 mins)
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Bill - Agreement of Committee Report
Suspension from 11:13 AM (7 mins)
Public from 11:20 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:22 AM (22 mins)
Free School Meals Entitlement & School Funding
• Dr Ian Shuttleworth, Queen's University Belfast
Public from 11:48 AM (30 mins)
Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill
• Mrs Caroline Gillan, DE
• Mr Alan Boyd, DE
Public from 12:18 PM (16 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:09 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Finance
Public from 10:09 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:10 AM (42 mins)
Legislative Consent Motion: Proposed cap on Public Sector Exit Payments
• Mrs Grace Nesbitt, DoF
• Blathnaid Smyth, DoF
Public from 10:52 AM (3 mins)
SR 2015/347 The Superannuation (Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/348 The Public Service Pensions (Assembly Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Complaints) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 10:55 AM (52 mins)
Sale of National Asset Management Agency assets in Northern Ireland - Oral briefing from David Sterling, Permanent Secretary, DFP
• Mr David Sterling, DoF
• Tony Simpson, DoF
Public from 11:47 AM (110 mins)
Sale of National Asset Management Agency assets in Northern Ireland - Oral briefing from Mr Paddy Kearney
• Mr Paddy Kearney, Individual
• Mr Alan Mains, Individual
Public from 1:37 PM (6 mins)
Sale of National Asset Management Agency assets in Northern Ireland - Correspondence and Next Steps
Public from 1:43 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:00 PM | Cardiff Bay, Cardfiff | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 1:00 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:03 PM (1 mins)
Water and Sewerage Services Bill - Draft Amendments
Public from 1:04 PM (36 mins)
Water and Sewerage Services Bill Oral Evidence - Welsh Government
• Mr Phil Chatfield, Energy, Water and Flood Division
Public from 1:40 PM (40 mins)
Water and Sewerage Services Bill Oral Evidence - Natural Resources
• Mr Robert Vaughan, Natural Resources Wales
Suspension from 2:20 PM (16 mins)
Public from 2:36 PM (31 mins)
Water and Sewerage Services Bill Oral Evidence - Welsh Water
• Mr Fergus O'Brien, Welsh Water
Public from 3:07 PM (28 mins)
Water and Sewerage Services Bill Oral Evidence - Cardiff Council
• Mr Ian Titherington, Cardiff City Council
• Mr Andrew Gregory, Cardiff City Council
Public from 3:35 PM (1 mins)
SL1 - The U125 Old Grand Jury Road, Saintfield (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Committee Business |
| 1:30 PM | Room 21 | Committee on Standards and Privileges
Closed from 1:30 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:40 PM (20 mins)
Correspondence from the Assembly Commissioner for Standards
• Mr Douglas Bain, Northern Ireland Assembly
Closed from 2:00 PM (20 mins)
Public Service Ombudsperson Bill
• Mr Douglas Bain, Northern Ireland Assembly
Closed from 2:20 PM (5 mins)
Review of the General Procedures Direction
Closed from 2:25 PM (10 mins)
Amendments to Standing Orders
Closed from 2:35 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:07 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Health
Closed from 2:07 PM (63 mins)
Committee Business
Health and Social Care (Control of Data Processing) Bill - Final deliberations
• Mr Chris Matthews, DoH
• Ms Sharon Gallagher, DoH
Public from 3:10 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:20 PM (115 mins)
Human Transplantation Bill - Briefing from Bill Sponsor
• Mrs J Dobson, MLA
• Mr Andrew Cromwell, Other
• Mr Donald Cairnduff, Northern Ireland Transplant Forum
Human Transplantation Bill - Handling arrangements
Public from 5:15 PM (2 mins)
SR 2015/355 The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Committee Business |
| 2:08 PM | Room 29 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:08 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 2:15 PM (5 mins)
Inquiry into NI Water's Response to a Suspected Fraud - Memorandum of Reply update
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 2:20 PM (8 mins)
The Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 2:28 PM (9 mins)
Inquiry into Department of Education: Sustainability of Schools - Introduction to Briefing Session
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Suzanne Walsh, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:37 PM (43 mins)
Inquiry into Department of Education: Sustainability of Schools - Briefing Session
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Suzanne Walsh, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:20 PM (3 mins)
Inquiry into Department of Education: Sustainability of Schools - Preparation Session
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Suzanne Walsh, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:23 PM (1 mins)
Inquiry into The Northern Ireland Events Company - Correspondence
Closed from 3:24 PM (12 mins)
Forward Work Programme - Draft Forward Work Programme Sept - Dec 2015
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:36 PM (6 mins)
Inquiry into The Northern Ireland Events Company - Issues paper
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:42 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:14 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Closed from 2:14 PM (56 mins)
Proposal to Update Legislation to Reform The Office of the Northern Ireland Ombudsman
• Mr Simon Kelly, Assistant Legal Advisor
• Mr Alyn Hicks, Assistant Assembly Clerk / Office Manager
Public from 3:10 PM (18 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:28 PM (61 mins)
Good Relations - Briefing on refugee and asylum seeker crisis
• Ms Ursula O'Hare, Law Centre (NI)
• Mr Justin Kouame, Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers
• Mr Neil McKittrick, British Red Cross
• Ms Denise Wright, Refugee and Asylum Forum
Public from 4:29 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 05 November 2015 |
| 10:03 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:03 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:06 AM (34 mins)
SL1 The Charities Act 2008 (Designated Religious Charities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Peter Toner, DfC
• Mr Martin Ireland, DfC
Public from 10:40 AM (8 mins)
Housing (Amendment) Bill - Departmental Briefing
• Dr Heloise Brown, DfC
• Ms Avril Hiles, DfC
• Mr Stephen Baird, DfC
• Ms Maryann Dempsey, DfC
Public from 10:48 AM (46 mins)
Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill - Housing Rights
• Ms Janet Hunter, Housing Rights Service
• Mr Christopher McGrath, Housing Rights Service
• Ms Etain Ní Fhearghail, Housing Rights Service
Public from 11:34 AM (26 mins)
Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill - Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities
• Mr Patrick Yu, Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities
• Mr Luke Kelly, Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities
Public from 12:00 PM (44 mins)
Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill - Residents Associations Joint Briefing
• Ms Bríd Ruddy, College Park Avenue Residents Association
• Ms Eileen Sung, Sans Souci Residents Association
• Mr Tony McGuinness, Belfast Holyland Regeneration Association
Public from 12:44 PM (27 mins)
Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill - Queen's University Belfast
• Mr Damien Toner, Queen's University Belfast
• Ms Caroline Young, Queen's University Belfast
Public from 1:11 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:04 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Public from 10:04 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (85 mins)
Arts Council Briefing - Further In Year Cuts
• Ms Roisín McDonough, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
• Ms Nóirín McKinney, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
• Ms Maria McAlister, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
• Ms Lorraine Calderwood, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Public from 11:30 AM (60 mins)
DCAL briefing on Further In-Year Budget Cuts to Arts Sector
• Ms Carál Ní Chuilín, Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure
• Dr Denis McMahon, DCAL
• Ms Patricia McAuley, DCAL
• Ms Joanna McConway, DCAL
Public from 12:30 PM (50 mins)
DCAL Briefing on Festivals Funding
• Ms Carál Ní Chuilín, Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure
• Dr Denis McMahon, DCAL
• Ms Joanna McConway, DCAL
• Ms Patricia McAuley, DCAL
Public from 1:20 PM (11 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:06 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for the Environment
Public from 10:06 AM (19 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:25 AM (64 mins)
The Local Government (Numbers and Addresses of Buildings in Townlands) Bill
• Mr P Flanagan, MLA
Public from 11:29 AM (30 mins)
Environmental Better Regulation Bill - Deliberation of clauses
• Mr Dave Foster, DoE
• Mr Robert Gray, DoE
Environmental Better Regulation Bill - Formal Clause by Clause consideration
• Mr Robert Gray, DoE
Public from 11:59 AM (23 mins)
SR - The Draft Local Government (Standing Orders) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 - Departmental briefing
• Ms Julie Broadway, DoE
• Ms Brenda Kelly, DoE
Suspension from 12:22 PM (5 mins)
Public from 12:27 PM (53 mins)
NIEA briefing on river basin management plans
• Mr Dave Foster, DoE
• Mr Kerry Anderson, Northern Ireland Environment Agency
• Ms Wendy McKinley, Northern Ireland Environment Agency
• Mr Eamon Campbell, Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Public from 1:20 PM (10 mins)
Synopsis of Responses to consultation on Amendments to the Government Guidance on the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009
Synopsis of Responses to consultation on the extension of the DVTA trading fund
Synopsis of Responses to consultation on Waste Management Waste Licensing (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Synopsis of Responses to Consultation on the Waste Management Licensing (Amendment No 3) Regulations (NI) 2015
SL1 - The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment No.3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1 - The Private Water Supplies (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Committee Business |
| 2:02 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:02 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:10 PM (130 mins)
Oral Evidence on possible legislative changes to improve on-line protection for children
• Mr Jim Gamble, INEQE
Justice No.2 Bill - Oral Evidence from the Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NIACRO)
• Ms Olwen Lyner, Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders
• Mr Barry McMullan, Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders
Justice No.2 Bill - Oral Evidence from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC)
• Mr Les Allamby, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Mr Colin Caughey, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Ms Fiona O'Connell, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Justice No.2 Bill - Oral Evidence from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
• Ms Nichola Murphy, Police Service of Northern Ireland
• Ms Emma Newell, Police Service of Northern Ireland
• Superintendent Sue-Ann Steen, Police Service of Northern Ireland
SL1: The Draft Civil Legal Services (Scope) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Access to Justice Review - Progress Report October 2015
Amendments to the Judicial Pensions Regulations (NI) 2015 - Proposed Consultation
Department of Justice Action Plan on Tackling Child Exploitation in Northern Ireland - Progress Report October 2015
Public from 4:20 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |