Business Diary

Monday 15 February 2016 - Friday 19 February 2016

* Committee Business relates to non-substantive items of business such as the consideration of minutes of the previous meeting and consideration of correspondence or matters arising from previous meetings
TimeVenuePlenary/Committee
Monday 15 February 2016
12:00 PMAssembly ChamberPlenary Session
12:01 PMSenate ChamberCommittee for Justice

Public from 12:01 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 12:02 PM (27 mins)
SL1: Draft Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016
• Mr Mark McGuckin, DoJ
• Mr Mark McGuicken, DoJ

Public from 12:29 PM (14 mins)
Committee Business
Tuesday 16 February 2016
9:31 AMSenate ChamberCommittee for Communities

Public from 9:31 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 9:33 AM (5 mins)
Licensing Bill

Public from 9:38 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
10:09 AMRoom 29Committee for the Economy

Public from 10:09 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:15 AM (35 mins)
Oral Briefing from Ulster University Economic Policy Centre: Economic Forecast and Overview of Current Work Programme
• Professor Neil Gibson, Ulster University Economic Policy Centre

Public from 10:50 AM (40 mins)
Oral Briefing from DETI: Horizon 2020
• Mr Ciaran McGarrity, DfE
• Mr Neill Wallace, Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment

Public from 11:30 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 11:40 AM (30 mins)
Written Briefing from Cerberus: Issues raised by Bell & Company

Written Briefing from Tourism NI: Retention and Disposal Schedule

Consultation: Closure of The Northern Ireland Renewables Obligation (NIRO) to new onshore wind

Consultation: Insolvency (Amendment) Rules

Draft End of Mandate (Legacy Report)

Public from 12:10 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
10:30 AMAssembly ChamberPlenary Session
1:02 PMRoom 106Business Committee

Closed from 1:02 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
1:13 PMRoom 21Chairpersons' Liaison Group

Closed from 1:13 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business

Closed from 1:15 PM (5 mins)
Committee Structures in the Next Assembly Mandate

Closed from 1:20 PM (9 mins)
Report on Lessons Learnt from the Operation of Committees

Closed from 1:29 PM (8 mins)
Pilot Scheme for Use of Electronic Devices in Public Galleries

Closed from 1:37 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
1:38 PMRoom 30Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Closed from 1:38 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 1:48 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 1:50 PM (2 mins)
Fisheries Bill - Proposed Amendments

Public from 1:52 PM (26 mins)
Oral Brief DARD - Better Regulation Inquiry
• Mr Paul McGurnaghan, DAERA
• Ms Pauline Rooney, DAERA
• Ms Dera Watson, DAERA
• Mr John McConnell, DAERA

Closed from 2:18 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 2:26 PM (33 mins)
Oral Brief DARD - Evidence and Innovation Strategy 2015-17
• Dr Alistair Carson, DAERA
• Mr Paul Devine, DAERA

Public from 2:59 PM (22 mins)
Oral Brief DARD - Areas of Natural Constraint; Designation of areas of Natural Constraint; and Review of coupled Support Options
• Mr Norman Fulton, DAERA
• Dr Rosemary Agnew, DAERA
• Mr Mark McLean, DAERA

Public from 3:21 PM (3 mins)
SR 2016/15 The Areas of Natural Constraint Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Public from 3:24 PM (1 mins)
Written Brief DARD - Agriculture (Student Fees)(Amendment) Regulations

Public from 3:25 PM (2 mins)
SR 2016/22 The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Eradication Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

Public from 3:27 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
2:30 PMRoom 21Committee for Infrastructure

Public from 2:30 PM (15 mins)
Land Acquisition and Compensation (Amendment) Bill - Ministerial Briefing
• Miss Michelle McIlveen, Minister for Infrastructure
Wednesday 17 February 2016
10:02 AMRoom 29Committee for Employment and Learning

Public from 10:02 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:08 AM (27 mins)
Briefing from SWC and Libraries NI
• Mrs Joanne Lucas, South West College
• Ms Muriel Todd, Libraries NI

Public from 10:35 AM (57 mins)
Departmental Briefing - European Social Fund Update
• Mr Colin Jack, DEL
• Mr Conor Brady, DEL
• Ms Fiona White, DEL

Public from 11:32 AM (36 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Summary of Responses on the Consultation on Developing Modern, Efficient and Effective Employment Tribunals
• Mr John McKeown, DEL
• Dr Alan Scott, DEL

Public from 12:08 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business

Closed from 12:10 PM (12 mins)
Committee Inquiry into post Special Educational Need Provision in education, employment and training for those with Learning Disabilities - Consideration of Final Report
10:13 AMSenate ChamberCommittee for Education

Public from 10:13 AM (8 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:21 AM (77 mins)
West Belfast Partnership Board - working and addressing underachievement
• Ms Geraldine McAteer, West Belfast Partnership Board
• Mr Frank Maskey, West Belfast Partnership Board
• Ms Mairead Weir, West Belfast Partnership Board
• Ms Angela Mervyn, West Belfast Partnership Board

Public from 11:38 AM (35 mins)
Coronavirus concerns - Employers for Childcare - Oral Briefing
• Ms Celine McStravick, National Children's Bureau Northern Ireland
• Mr Richard Nugent, National Children's Bureau Northern Ireland

Public from 12:13 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
10:20 AMRoom 30Committee for Finance

Public from 10:20 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:25 AM (27 mins)
NICS People Strategy - Briefing from DFP
• Mrs Grace Nesbitt, DoF
• Ms Debbie Sherlock, DoF

Public from 10:52 AM (25 mins)
Review of the Operation of the Barnett Formula - DFP Response to Committee's Report on the Review into the Operation of the Barnett Formula - Briefing from DFP
• Tony Simpson, DoF
• Mr Alan Ramsey, DoF
• Mr Stephen Barrett, DoF

Public from 11:17 AM (27 mins)
Dormant Accounts - Update briefing from DFP
• Ms Emer Morelli, DoF
• Maryann Smith, DoF

Public from 11:44 AM (11 mins)
SL1 - The Public Service Pensions Revaluation (Prices) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

SL1 - The Public Service Pensions Revaluation (Earnings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

SL1 - The Rates (Automatic Telling Machines) (Designation of Rural Areas) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
• Mr Brian McClure, DoF
• Andrew McAvoy, DoF

SR General Register Office (Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

Public from 11:55 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business

Closed from 12:00 PM (12 mins)
Sale of National Asset Management Agency assets in Northern Ireland - Initial consideration of draft Progress Report on the Review of the Sale of NAMA Assets in NI

Public from 12:12 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
10:21 AMRoom 21Committee for Infrastructure

Public from 10:21 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:23 AM (29 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Airport Noise
• Mr Garry McKenna, DfI
• Mr Jim Sutherland, DfI
• Mr Martin Gillespie, DfI

Public from 10:52 AM (48 mins)
RNIB Briefing
• Ms Jackie Witherow, Royal National Institute for Blind People
• Mr David Galloway, Royal National Institute for Blind People
• Mr Michael Joyce, Royal National Institute for Blind People
2:02 PMRoom 21Committee on Standards and Privileges

Closed from 2:02 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business

Closed from 2:05 PM (10 mins)
Correspondence from the Northern Ireland Assembly Commissioner for Standards on a complaint against a Member

Closed from 2:15 PM (10 mins)
Review of Standing Orders

Closed from 2:25 PM (65 mins)
Report from the Assembly Commissioner for Standards on a Complaint against a Member
• Miss Angela Kelly, Examiner of Statutory Rules

Closed from 3:30 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
2:03 PMRoom 30Committee for The Executive Office

Public from 2:03 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 2:13 PM (23 mins)
Legislative Consent Motion - Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Bill
• Mr Chris McNabb, TEO
• Joanne McBurney, DoF
• Mr Simon Rogers, DoJ

Public from 2:36 PM (79 mins)
Inquiry into Building a United Community - Update on implementation of Committee recommendations by OFMDFM officials
• Dr Mark Browne, TEO
• Mrs Grainne Killen, TEO
• Miss Donna Blaney, TEO

Public from 3:55 PM (40 mins)
Delivering Social Change - Briefing by OFMDFM officials
• Dr Mark Browne, TEO
• Mr Joe Reynolds, TEO

Public from 4:35 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
2:27 PMRoom 29Public Accounts Committee

Public from 2:27 PM (18 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 2:45 PM (5 mins)
Inquiry into Account NI: Review of a Public Sector Financial Shared Service Centre - Memorandum of Reply update
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office

Closed from 2:50 PM (8 mins)
Inquiry into The Governance of Land and Property in the Northern Ireland Housing Executive - Correspondence
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Denver Lynn, Northern Ireland Audit Office

Closed from 2:58 PM (21 mins)
Inquiry into Department of Education: Sustainability of Schools - Consideration of Draft Report
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Suzanne Walsh, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office

Closed from 3:19 PM (12 mins)
Inquiry into The Northern Ireland Events Company - Consideration of Draft Press Release
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Denver Lynn, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office

Closed from 3:31 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Thursday 18 February 2016
VISITLough Neagh / Toome Sluice GatesCommittee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
10:04 AMRoom 29Committee for Communities

Public from 10:04 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:05 AM (44 mins)
Developer Contributions for Affordable Housing - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Stephen Martin, DfC
• Mr John McCord, DfC
• Ms Julie Lavery, DfC

Public from 10:49 AM (48 mins)
Housing Repossession Taskforce - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Stephen Martin, DfC
• Mr Ronan McClean, DfC
• Mr John McCord, DfC

Public from 11:37 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Licensing (Register of Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Public from 11:38 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Licensing of Pavement Cafes (Register of Licences) Regulations 2016

Public from 11:39 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Licensing of Pavement Cafes (Form Of Licence) Regulations 2016

Public from 11:40 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Public from 11:41 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Public from 11:42 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

Public from 11:43 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Social Security Benefits (Adjustment of Rates and Thresholds) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Public from 11:44 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Public from 11:45 AM (1 mins)
SR 32 The Pension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling and Compensation Cap) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

Public from 11:46 AM (1 mins)
SR 44 The Social Security (Housing Costs Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Public from 11:47 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
10:06 AMRoom 30Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure

Public from 10:06 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:07 AM (65 mins)
Briefing from IFA - Euros 2016 tickets
• Mr Patrick Nelson, Irish Football Association
• Mr Jim Shaw, Irish Football Association
• Ms Heather Wright, Irish Football Association

Public from 11:12 AM (3 mins)
BBC Charter Renewal - Clerk's Update

Public from 11:15 AM (62 mins)
Committee Business

Closed from 12:17 PM (17 mins)
Inquiry into issues around Emergency Exiting Plans, including their impact on stadium capacity, for the redeveloped Casement Park Stadium
2:03 PMRoom 30Committee for Justice

Public from 2:03 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 2:10 PM (130 mins)
Vehicle Immobilisation on Private Land in Northern Ireland - Policy and Legislation - Oral Briefing
• Ms Julie Wilson, DoJ
• Ms Doreen McClintock, DoJ

Impact and Cost on the Criminal Justice System of Alcohol and Drug Misuse
• Mr Steven McCourt, DoJ
• Detective Chief Superintendent Brian Hanna, Police Service of Northern Ireland
• Dr Geraldine O'Hare, Probation Board NI
• Mr Stephen Davis, Northern Ireland Prison Service

SR 2016/14: The Northern Ireland Police Fund Regulations 2016

SR 2016/33: The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Application of Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

Draft SR: The Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

SL1: The Draft Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) (Northern Ireland) Order 2016

SL1: Police Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

SL1: The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Power of Arrest: Code of Practice) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

SL1: Draft Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment No.2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016

Legislative Consent Motion on Northern Ireland Provisions in the Criminal Cases Review Commission (Information) Bill

Psychoactive Substances Act 2016

Update on the Delivery of the Desistance Strategy and Action Plan

Public from 4:20 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business

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