| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 15 November 2021 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Tuesday 16 November 2021 |
| 9:08 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Communities
Public from 9:08 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:09 AM (2 mins)
Private Tenancies Bill
Public from 9:11 AM (28 mins)
Private Tenancies Bill - Briefing by Fuel Poverty Coalition NI
• Ms Pat Austin, Fuel Poverty Coalition NI
• Mr Jamie Miller, Fuel Poverty Coalition NI
Public from 9:39 AM (1 mins)
Private Tenancies Bill - Briefing by Homeless Connect
• Mr Mark Baillie, Homeless Connect
• Ms Nicola McCrudden, Homeless Connect
Public from 9:40 AM (49 mins)
Private Tenancies Bill - Briefing by the Landlords Association for NI
• Mr Richard Smyth, Landlords Association for Northern Ireland
Public from 10:29 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 9:12 AM | Starleaf, Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Education
Public from 9:12 AM (21 mins)
Committee Business
Integrated Education Bill - Oral briefing on Assembly Research and Information Service briefing paper
• Ms Niamh Devlin, Research Officer
Committee Business
Closed from 9:33 AM (103 mins)
Integrated Education Bill - Informal Consideration |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 12:54 PM | Starleaf (Room 30), Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Health
Public from 12:54 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:55 PM (34 mins)
Hospital Parking Charges Bill - Briefing from the Bill Sponsor
• Ms Aisling Reilly, MLA
Public from 1:29 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:03 PM | Senate Chamber | Business Committee
Closed from 1:03 PM (28 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:03 PM | Starleaf, Virtual Meeting, | Chairpersons' Liaison Group
Closed from 1:03 PM (58 mins)
Committee Business
Framework for Committee Engagement
Support to MLAs in Role as Employers
Interparliamentary Forum
• Paul Gill, Clerk Assistant
• Ms Shauna Mageean, EU Affairs Manager
Induction and Development Framework for Members
• Mr Gavin Ervine, Senior Assistant Assembly Clerk
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 17 November 2021 |
| VISIT | Wrightbus | Committee for Infrastructure |
| 9:33 AM | Starleaf (Senate Chamber), Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Education
Public from 9:33 AM (13 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:46 AM (82 mins)
Anti-Bullying Measures - Oral Briefing from the Department of Education
• Mr Ricky Irwin, DE
• Mrs Julie Humphries, DE
• Ms Gillian Cuthbert, Education Authority
Closed from 11:08 AM (76 mins)
Integrated Education Bill - Legal Services Briefing
• Mr Jonathan McMillen, Head of Legal Services Office
Public from 12:24 PM (47 mins)
Integrated Education Bill - Oral Briefing from Bill Sponsor, Kellie Armstrong MLA
• Ms Kellie Armstrong, MLA
• Ms Fiona McAteer, Alliance Party
Closed from 1:11 PM (33 mins)
Integrated Education Bill - Informal Consideration of the Bill
Closed from 1:44 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (60 mins)
Small-Scale Green Energy Bill - Briefing from Power NI
• Mr William Steele, Power NI
• Mr Philip Carson, Power NI
Public from 11:05 AM (55 mins)
Research and Information Service (RaISe) Briefing - Small-Scale Green Energy Bill
• Mr Aidan Stennett, Research Officer
• Dr Orla Drummond, Research Officer
Public from 12:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:05 PM (15 mins)
Small-Scale Green Energy Bill
Departmental Written Briefing - Tourism Recovery Action Plan
Public from 12:20 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:10 AM | Corinthian Suite, Tullyglass House Hotel, Galgorm Road, Ballymena | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:10 AM (8 mins)
Committee Business
Subordinate Legislation - SL1s - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
Subordinate Legislation - SRs - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
Public from 10:18 AM (45 mins)
Department Briefing – Review of Taxi Fares
• Dr Chris Hughes, DfI
• Mr Donald Starritt, DfI
Public from 11:03 AM (82 mins)
Briefing from Wrightbus
• Mr Neil Collins, Wrightbus
• Mr John McLeister, Wrightbus
Public from 12:25 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 12:48 PM | Microsoft Teams, Virtual Meeting, | Committee on Standards and Privileges
Closed from 12:48 PM (16 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:04 PM (57 mins)
Complaint against a Member - Legal advice and Committee deliberation
• Ms Rebecca Ellis, Northern Ireland Assembly
Closed from 2:01 PM (13 mins)
Complaint against a Member - Legal advice on necessary redactions to Committee report
• Mr Simon Kelly, Legal Advisor
Closed from 2:14 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:01 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:01 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:03 PM (3 mins)
Financial Reporting (Departments and Public Bodies) Bill (NI) - Committee Stage - Agreement of Committee Report
Public from 2:06 PM (21 mins)
RaISe Oral Briefing - Spending Review
• Ms Rachel Keyes, Research Officer
• Mr Christopher Rothwell, Research Officer
Public from 2:27 PM (11 mins)
Written Briefing - SR 297 The Female Genital Mutilation Protection Order (Relevant Third Party) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021
Written Briefing - SL1: Civil Registration
Public from 2:38 PM (24 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:02 PM (1 mins)
Oral Evidence - Ministerial briefing – Budget and Policy Challenges including Non-Domestic Rates Valuations (Coronavirus) Bill and the qualification of the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts
• Mr Conor Murphy, Minister of Finance
• Joanne McBurney, DoF
• Bill Pauley, DoF
• Colum Boyle, DoF
Closed from 3:03 PM (13 mins)
Non-Domestic Rates Valuations (coronavirus) Bill
Public from 3:16 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:04 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:04 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:19 PM (99 mins)
Truth Recovery Design Panel - Oral Briefing
• Ms Deirdre Mahon, Truth Recovery Design Panel
• Prof. Phil Scraton, Truth Recovery Design Panel
• Dr Maeve O'Rourke, Truth Recovery Design Panel
Public from 3:58 PM (26 mins)
Travel Agents Coronavirus Financial Assistance Scheme - Departmental Briefing
• Siobhan Broderick, TEO
• Mr Paul McKenna, TEO
Public from 4:24 PM (34 mins)
UK Exit from EU - Oral Briefing: EU Response to the UK Command Paper on the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol - Assembly Research
• Emma Dellow-Perry, NIA Research
Committee Business |
| 2:31 PM | Room 29 | Committee on Procedures
Public from 2:31 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:35 PM (16 mins)
Review of Private Members' Bills - Oral evidence
• Dr Caoimhe Archibald, MLA
Public from 2:51 PM (13 mins)
Review of Private Members' Bills - Oral Evidence
• Mr Jim Allister KC, MLA
Public from 3:04 PM (25 mins)
Electronic Voting - Briefing by RaISe
• Mr Ray McCaffrey, Research Officer
Public from 3:29 PM (8 mins)
Statement of Entitlements for an Official Opposition - Committee actions following Assembly approval of AERC Report
Suspension from 3:37 PM (4 mins)
Public from 3:41 PM (22 mins)
Statement of Entitlements for an Official Opposition - Committee actions following Assembly approval of AERC Report
Public from 4:03 PM (3 mins)
The Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) 2022 Act - Update
Public from 4:06 PM (3 mins)
Standing Orders: Temporary Provision - Review of provisions
Public from 4:09 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 18 November 2021 |
| 9:08 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Closed from 9:08 AM (9 mins)
Effective Questioning
Public from 9:17 AM (23 mins)
Committee Business
SL1 State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions Order
SL1 The Occupational Pensions Revaluation Order (NI) 2021
SL1 The State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) Order (NI) 2021
SL1 The Universal Credit (Work allowance and Taper) (Amt) Regulations (NI) 2021
SL1 The Universal Credit (Exceptions to the requirement not to be receiving education) (amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
SR 2021 298 Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Conditions for Transfers) Regulations (NI) 2021
Public from 9:40 AM (26 mins)
Private Tenancies Bill - Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service briefing
• Paddy Gallagher, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
• Geoff Somerville, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
Public from 10:06 AM (13 mins)
Private Tenancies Bill - Electrical Safety First briefing
• Mr Martyn Allen, Electrical Safety First
Suspension from 10:19 AM (13 mins)
Public from 10:32 AM (23 mins)
Private Tenancies Bill - Propertymark briefing
• Mr Daryl McIntosh, Propertymark
Public from 10:55 AM (2 mins)
Support for Mortgage Interest Etc. (Security for Loans) Bill
Committee Business
Suspension from 10:57 AM (9 mins)
Public from 11:06 AM (28 mins)
Charities Bill - Committee Deliberations
• Ms Sharron Russell, DfC
• Mr Martin Ireland, DfC
• Ms Clare Irvine, DoJ
• Ms Gillian McClearn, Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
Closed from 11:34 AM (24 mins)
Charities Bill |
| 9:09 AM | Starleaf, Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Education
Closed from 9:09 AM (151 mins)
Committee Business
Integrated Education Bill - Informal Clause-by-Clause Consideration
Committee Business |
| 9:31 AM | Starleaf (Senate Chamber), Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Health
Public from 9:31 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:35 AM (85 mins)
Autism (Amendment) Bill - Evidence from Ulster University, NI Human Rights Commission and National Autistic Society
• Prof Laurence Taggart, Ulster University
• Prof Roy McConkey, Ulster University
• Ms Alyson Kilpatrick, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Ms Emily Mills, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Ms Shirelle Stewart, National Autistic Society NI
• Ms Sharon McDaid, National Autistic Society NI
Public from 11:00 AM (60 mins)
Autism (Amendment) Bill - Evidence from the Health and Social Care Trusts
• Mr Tom McCarthy, Western Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Mary McDaid, Western Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Denise Carroll, Southern Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Liz McMonagle, Southern Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Mandy Irvine, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Julie Kilpatrick, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Ciara McKillop, Northern Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Jayne Colville, Northern Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Moira Kearney, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
• Dr Sarah Meekin, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Public from 12:00 PM (45 mins)
Autism (Amendment) Bill - Evidence from Department of Health and the Health and Social Care Board
• Mr Mark McGuicken, DoH
• Ms Judith Finlay, DoH
• Mr Maurice Lesson, Health and Social Care Board
Public from 12:45 PM (30 mins)
SR 2021/293 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (2021 Consolidation) (Amendment No. 8) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
• Ms Debra Sharpe, DoH
• Mr Justin McCaughey, DoH
Public from 1:15 PM (11 mins)
Committee Business |
| 9:50 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 9:50 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 9:52 AM (69 mins)
Climate Change No.1 Bill - Informal Deliberations
• Ms Barbara Love, Assembly Clerk
Public from 11:01 AM (1 mins)
Climate Change No.1 Bill - Clause by Clause
Public from 11:02 AM (16 mins)
Topics for Mini-Inquiry - Clerk's Briefing
Public from 11:18 AM (25 mins)
Research and Development - Oral Briefing - DAERA
• Dr Alistair Carson, DAERA
• Ms Pauline Rooney, DAERA
• Mr Paul Devine, DAERA
Public from 11:43 AM (3 mins)
Avian Influenza Prevention Zone - Written Briefing: DAERA
Public from 11:46 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Suspension from 11:52 AM (18 mins)
Closed from 12:10 PM (61 mins)
Climate Change No.2 Bill - Informal Deliberations
• Ms Barbara Love, Assembly Clerk
• Mr Colin Breen, DAERA
• Mr Anthony Courtney, DAERA
• Ms Arlene McGowan, DAERA
• Mr Ian Fleming, DAERA |
| 2:04 PM | Room 30 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:04 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:10 PM (5 mins)
Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - Memorandum of Response
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Colette Kane, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 2:15 PM (59 mins)
Inquiry into Sports Sustainability Fund - Oral Evidence - SportNI
• Ms Antoinette McKeown, Sport NI
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Catherine O'Hagan, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Ian Weir, Sport NI
Closed from 3:14 PM (11 mins)
Inquiry into Sports Sustainability Fund - Committee Discussion of Evidence
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Catherine O'Hagan, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:25 PM (24 mins)
Inquiry into Review of Northern Ireland Budget Process - Written briefing
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Neil Gray, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Miss Karen Beattie, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Pamela Dugdale, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:49 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:09 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Justice
Closed from 2:09 PM (16 mins)
Protection from Stalking Bill - Consideration of draft amendments – Advice from the Assembly Bill Clerk
• Ms Stephanie Mallon, Assembly Clerk
Public from 2:25 PM (37 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:02 PM (139 mins)
Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Bill - Oral Evidence Session with South Eastern Area Domestic & Sexual Violence Partnership
• Ms Sheila Simons MBE, South Eastern Area Domestic & Sexual Violence and Abuse Partnership
Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Bill - Oral Evidence Session with Professor Clare McGlynn, Durham Law School, Durham University
• Professor Clare McGlynn, Durham University
Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Bill - Oral Evidence Session with Representatives of the range of organisations who contributed to the joint submission provided by the Women’s Policy Group NI
• Ms Rachel Powell, Women's Resource and Development Agency
• Ms Elaine Crory, Women's Resource and Development Agency
• Ms Danielle Roberts, HERe NI
• Ms Kendall Bousquet, Migrant Centre NI
• Ms Jonna Monaghan, Northern Ireland Women's European Platform
• Ms Karen Sweeney, Women's Support Network
• Maxine Murphy Higgins, Northern Ireland Committee - Irish Congress of Trade Unions
SL1: The County Court Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021
SL1: The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021
Increasing the General Civil Jurisdiction of the County Courts in Northern Ireland - Results of the Consultation and Proposed Way Forward – written paper
Public from 5:21 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:36 PM | Room 29 | Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
Public from 2:36 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 2:42 PM (34 mins)
Rights for Inclusion - Consideration of potential rights |
| Friday 19 November 2021 |
| 9:08 AM | Starleaf, Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Education
Closed from 9:08 AM (99 mins)
Committee Business
Integrated Education Bill - NIA Legal Serivces Briefing
• Mr Jonathan McMillen, Head of Legal Services Office
Committee Business |