| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 14 September 2015 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 12:08 PM | Room 30 | Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Mental Capacity Bill
Public from 12:08 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:09 PM (24 mins)
Briefing from RaISe
• Mr Colin Pidgeon, Research Officer
Public from 12:33 PM (1 mins)
Background Papers
Public from 12:34 PM (161 mins)
Mental Capacity Bill - Part 1 - Principles
• Mr John Mackie, Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland
• Ms Eilionóir Flynn, The Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the National University of Ireland Galway
• Ms Karen Hall, Disability Action
• Dr Catherine Taggart, Royal College of Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland
• Dr Colin Harper, Law Centre (NI)
• Mr Colin Caughey, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Ms Mary Murnaghan, Law Society Northern Ireland
• Ms Alison McCullough MBE, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Dr Dierdre Shields, British Medical Association
• Ms Nuala Dalcz, Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health
• Dr Gavin Davidson, Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers
• Ms Sorcha McGuinness, NI Rare Disease Partnership
• Ms Mirjam Bader, Mindwise
• Ms Elizabeth McCullough, Alzheimer's Society
• Ms Alison McCaffrey, DoH
• Mr Chris Matthews, DoH
• Ms Claire Archbold, DoF
Public from 3:15 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:47 PM | Room 29 | Ad Hoc Committee on the Public Services Ombudsperson Bill
Public from 2:47 PM (14 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:01 PM (81 mins)
Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsperson Bill - Evidence Session British Medical Association
• Ms Judith Cross, British Medical Association
• Dr Martin McCloskey, British Medical Association
• Ms Bernadette Maginnis, British Medical Association
Closed from 4:22 PM (46 mins)
Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsperson Bill - Briefing Legal Services
• Miss Angela Kelly, Examiner of Statutory Rules
Public from 5:08 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 3:32 PM | Room 21 | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Public from 3:32 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business - Committee Business
Public from 3:35 PM (85 mins)
Inquiry into issues around Emergency Exiting Plans, including their impact on stadium capacity, for the redeveloped Casement Park Stadium
Public from 5:00 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business - Committee Business |
| Tuesday 15 September 2015 |
| 10:30 AM | Room 21 | Ad Hoc Committee on the Public Services Ombudsperson Bill
Public from 10:30 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:35 AM (60 mins)
Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsperson Bill - Formal Clause by Clause Scrutiny
Public from 11:35 AM (5 mins)
Forward Work Programme
Public from 11:40 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 12:02 PM | Room 29 | Committee on Standards and Privileges
Closed from 12:02 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 12:05 PM (5 mins)
Accountability of the Commissioner for Standards
Closed from 12:10 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:01 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:01 PM (11 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:05 PM | Room 21 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 1:05 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:07 PM (2 mins)
Inquiry into Department for Social Development - Advanced Land Purchases - Correspondence
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 1:09 PM (35 mins)
Inquiry into Department for Social Development - Advanced Land Purchases - Consideration of Draft Report
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 1:44 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:30 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 1:30 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:40 PM (60 mins)
Ministerial Briefing - Dairy Crisis Update
• Ms Michelle O'Neill, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
• Mr Noel Lavery, DAERA
• Ms Louise Warde Hunter, DAERA
• Mrs Colette McMaster, DAERA
• Ms Pauline Rooney, DAERA
Public from 2:40 PM (40 mins)
Oral Briefing Livestock and Meat Commission - Role and Functions
• Mr Pat O'Rourke, Livestock and Meat Commission
• Mr Ian Stevenson, Livestock and Meat Commission
• Mr Colin Smith, Livestock and Meat Commission
• Mr Seamus McMenamin, Livestock and Meat Commission
Public from 3:20 PM (10 mins)
SR 2015/318 The Common Agricultural Policy (Review of Decisions) Regulations (NI) 2015
SR 2015/322 – The Tuberculosis (Examination and Testing) Scheme (Amendment) Order (NI) 2015
Written briefing NIFAIS update
Closed from 3:30 PM (25 mins)
Inquiry into Better Regulation - Clerks Briefing Paper
Public from 3:55 PM (40 mins)
Inquiry into Better Regulation - Oral Briefing DARD
• Mr Gerry Lavery, DAERA
• Mr Paul McGurnaghan, DAERA
• Mr Philip Gilmore, DAERA
Public from 4:35 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 4:45 PM (20 mins)
Forward Work Programme |
| Wednesday 16 September 2015 |
| 10:02 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Education
Public from 10:02 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:07 AM (3 mins)
Teachers' Superannuation (Additional Voluntary Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2015
• Mr Seamus Gallagher, DE
Public from 10:10 AM (4 mins)
End of Session Report 2014-15 - written briefing
Closed from 10:14 AM (101 mins)
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Bill - Deliberation Phase
Public from 11:55 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:03 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Employment and Learning
Public from 10:03 AM (17 mins)
Committee Business
SR 2015-276 The Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry) Order (Northern Ireland)
Public from 10:20 AM (121 mins)
Ministerial Briefing - The Term Ahead
• Dr S Farry, Minister for Employment and Learning
• Mr Derek Baker, DEL
• Mrs Catherine Bell CBE, DEL
• Ms Sheila McNeill, DEL
Public from 12:21 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:07 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:07 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:10 AM (35 mins)
Translink Briefing - Future of Translink
• Mr David Strahan, Translink
Public from 10:45 AM (57 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Governance Arrangements
• Mr Peter May, DfI
Public from 11:42 AM (36 mins)
Department for Regional Development Accounts 14/15
• Mr Peter May, DfI
• Ms Brighdin McAleenan, DfI
• Mr John McNeill, DfI
• Barbara Faloona, DfI
Public from 12:18 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 11:05 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Finance
Public from 11:05 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:06 AM (15 mins)
Legal Complaints and Regulation Bill - Assembly Research Briefing
• Mr Ray McCaffrey, Research Officer
Public from 11:21 AM (44 mins)
Legal Complaints and Regulation Bill - Departmental Briefing
• Michael Foster, DoF
Public from 12:05 PM (9 mins)
Sale of National Asset Management Agency assets in Northern Ireland - Correspondence and Next Steps
Closed from 12:14 PM (53 mins)
Sale of National Asset Management Agency assets in Northern Ireland
• Miss Angela Kelly, Examiner of Statutory Rules
Public from 1:07 PM (50 mins)
Sale of National Asset Management Agency assets in Northern Ireland
Public from 1:57 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:02 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:02 PM (1 mins)
Governance - Ministerial briefing on the work of the Department (TBC)
• Mr M McGuinness, deputy First Minister
• Mrs Arlene Foster, Acting First Minister
Public from 2:03 PM (9 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:12 PM (3 mins)
COFMDFM End of Session Report - Consideration of draft Report
Closed from 2:15 PM (52 mins)
Proposal to Update Legislation to Reform The Office of the Northern Ireland Ombudsman - Update on Committee stage
• Mr Alyn Hicks, Assistant Assembly Clerk / Office Manager
• Mr Simon Kelly, Assistant Legal Advisor
Public from 3:07 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:10 PM | Senate Chamber | Public Accounts Committee
Closed from 2:10 PM (17 mins)
Inquiry into Department for Social Development - Advanced Land Purchases - Consideration of Draft Report
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 2:27 PM (16 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:43 PM (1 mins)
End of Session Report - Public Accounts Committee End of Session Report 2014-2015
Public from 2:44 PM (96 mins)
Inquiry into General Report on the Health and Social Care Sector 2012 -13 and 2013 -14 - Evidence session
• Mr Richard Pengelly, DoH
• Dr Paddy Woods, DoH
• Ms Julie Thompson, DoH
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Jack Layberry, DoF
Closed from 4:20 PM (10 mins)
Inquiry into General Report on the Health and Social Care Sector 2012 -13 and 2013 -14 - Discussion with NIAO officials on evidence session
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Sean McKay, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 4:30 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 3:01 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Health
Closed from 3:01 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 3:02 PM (7 mins)
Review of workforce planning in the context of Transforming Your Care - Consideration of Draft Report
Public from 3:09 PM (14 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:23 PM (44 mins)
Health and Social Care (Control of Data Processing) Bill - Briefing by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Mr Les Allamby, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Dr David Russell, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Ms Fiona O'Connell, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Public from 4:07 PM (34 mins)
Health and Social Care (Control of Data Processing) Bill - Briefing by the NI Rare Disease Partnership, NIFRS and the NI Cancer Registry
• Mr Dale Ashford, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
• Dr Amy Jayne McKnight, NI Rare Disease Partnership
• Dr Anna Gavin, Northern Ireland Cancer Registry
Public from 4:41 PM (1 mins)
Draft Committee End of Session Report 2014/15
Public from 4:42 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 17 September 2015 |
| 10:00 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for the Environment
Closed from 10:00 AM (90 mins)
Development session: Effective Scruntiny of Legislation
Public from 11:30 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Synopsis of Responses to the public consultation on proposed consolidated Water Framework Directive Priority Substances and Classification Regulations
Synopsis of Responses to the UK Wide Consultation on Transportation of EU Regulation 165/2014 Tachographs in Road Transport
Synopsis of Responses to the public consultation on the draft Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1 - The Planning (Hazardous Substances) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015 327 The Local Government (Performance Indicators and Standards) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 11:46 AM (18 mins)
Environmental Better Regulation Bill - Briefing from arc 21
• Mr Ricky Burnett, ARC21
Public from 12:04 PM (18 mins)
Committee End of Session Report |
| 10:04 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Public from 10:04 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business - Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (90 mins)
Inquiry into issues around Emergency Exiting Plans, including their impact on stadium capacity, for the redeveloped Casement Park Stadium
• Ms Rosalie Flanagan, DCAL
Public from 11:35 AM (30 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:05 PM (15 mins)
Consideration of Committees End of Session report
Closed from 12:20 PM (20 mins)
Inquiry into issues around Emergency Exiting Plans, including their impact on stadium capacity, for the redeveloped Casement Park Stadium - Inquiry into issues around Emergency Exiting Plans, including their impact on stadium capacity, for the redeveloped Casement Park Stadium
Closed from 12:40 PM (25 mins)
BBC Charter Renewal - BBC Charter Renewal
Public from 1:05 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business - Committee Business |
| 11:01 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 11:01 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:11 AM (20 mins)
Consultation on Proposed Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Peter Toner, DfC
• Mr Richard Worledge DP, DfC
Public from 11:31 AM (33 mins)
Justice No.2 Bill - Social Security Agency Briefing
• Mr John McKervill, DfC
• Mr Vimal Kher, DfC
• Ms Cathy Duff, DfC
Public from 12:04 PM (11 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:15 PM (2 mins)
Consideration of draft End of Session Report
Closed from 12:17 PM (43 mins)
Development Session - Bill Session with Daniel Greenberg |
| 2:01 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:01 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:02 PM (35 mins)
Review of the Law on Unduly Lenient Sentences - Results of the Consultation and Proposed Way Forward
• Ms Karen Pearson, DoJ
• Mr Tom Haire, DoJ
SL1: The Northern Ireland Police Fund Regulations 2015
Committee Work Programme
Proposals to Extend the Powers of the Criminal Cases Review Commission - Results of the Consultation and Proposed Way Forward
Future Regulation of the Private Security Industry - Update on Policy Proposals and Cost Implications
Progress Report on Implementation of the Victim and Witness Strategy and Action Plan 2015/2018
Public from 2:37 PM (16 mins)
Committee Business |