| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 17 February 2020 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 5:06 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 5:06 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 19 February 2020 |
| 9:59 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Education
Public from 9:59 AM (9 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:08 AM (124 mins)
Department of Education - Budget Recap and Programme for Government Out-turns - Oral Briefing
• Mr Gary Fair, DE
• Ms Susan Anderson, DE
• Mrs Karen McCullough, DE
• Mrs Pauline Donnan, DE
• Mr Paul Brush, DE
• Ms Alison Chambers, DE
Public from 12:12 PM (48 mins)
BookTrust NI - Oral Briefing
• Ms Liz Canning, BookTrust NI
• Mr Conor McArdle, South Armagh Sure Start
• Dr Kate Mairs, Queen's University Belfast
• Ms Shona Johnston, Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Public from 1:00 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:10 PM (2 mins)
Forward Planning - Inquiry Options
Public from 1:12 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:02 AM | Room 29 | Committee for the Economy
Closed from 10:02 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:03 AM (121 mins)
Members' Development
• Miss Angela Kelly, Examiner of Statutory Rules
• Mr Aidan Stennett, Research Officer
Public from 12:05 PM (5 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Careers Service
• Mr Jim Wilkinson, DfE
• Ms Frances O’Hara, DfE
Public from 12:10 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
• Mr Stephen McMurray, DfE
• Ms Andrea Quail, DfE
Public from 12:20 PM (30 mins)
Public from 12:50 PM (14 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:10 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:10 AM (27 mins)
Committee Business
SL1 - The Motorways Traffic (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
• Mrs Deirdre Gallagher, DfI
• Mr Colin Sykes, DfI
• Mr Basil Hassard, DfI
Public from 10:38 AM (82 mins)
Departmental Briefing – Budget
• Mr John McGrath, DfI
• Mr Gary Boyd, DfI
• Mr Terry Deehan, DfI
Public from 12:01 PM (74 mins)
Departmental Briefing – Water & Drainage Policy & Living with Water Programme
• Ms Linda MacHugh, DfI
• Mr Simon Richardson, DfI
• Mr Damian Curran, DfI
Public from 1:15 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:58 AM | Room 21 | Committee on Standards and Privileges
Public from 10:58 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:59 AM (1 mins)
Declaration of Interests
Public from 11:00 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:01 AM (2 mins)
Introductory briefing on NI Assembly Research and Information Service (RaIse)
• Mr Ray McCaffrey, Research Officer
Public from 11:03 AM (24 mins)
Research briefing on Topical Issues in other legislatures
• Mr Ray McCaffrey, Research Officer
Public from 11:27 AM (21 mins)
Potential improvements to the Rules on All-Party Groups - Initial consideration
Public from 11:48 AM (8 mins)
All-Party Groups - Update
Public from 11:56 AM (7 mins)
Functioning of Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill - Clauses 5 and 10
Closed from 12:03 PM (15 mins)
Procedural fairness in Standards and Privileges Committee context - briefing by Assembly Legal Services
• Mr Simon Kelly, Legal Advisor
Closed from 12:18 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:10 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:10 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:11 PM (57 mins)
Oral Evidence - Overview and priorities for Public Expenditure Directorate
• Joanne McBurney, DoF
• Mr Stuart Stevenson, DoF
Public from 3:08 PM (52 mins)
Oral Evidence - Budget Bill (NI) and Spring Supplementary Estimates
• Joanne McBurney, DoF
• Barry Armstrong, DoF
Suspension from 4:00 PM (10 mins)
Public from 4:10 PM (37 mins)
Oral Evidence - Overview and priorities for Construction & Procurement Delivery
• Mr Des Armstrong, DoF
• Michael Watson, DoF
Public from 4:47 PM (1 mins)
Research - Special Advisers: Appointment and Conduct
Public from 4:48 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:15 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:15 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:17 PM (38 mins)
Communications and Executive Support - Overview Briefing
• Mr Chris Stewart, TEO
• Mr Neill Jackson, TEO
• Mr Chris McNabb, TEO
Public from 2:55 PM (84 mins)
T:BUC, Good Relations and Victims - Overview Briefing
• Dr Mark Browne, TEO
• Mr Andy Cole, TEO
• Mr Gareth Johnston, TEO
Public from 4:19 PM (51 mins)
Budget 2020-21 - Departmental Briefing
• Dr Mark Browne, TEO
• Mr Peter Toogood, TEO
Public from 5:10 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 20 February 2020 |
| 10:02 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Closed from 10:02 AM (13 mins)
UK Government Agriculture Bill - Clerks Briefing
Public from 10:15 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:20 AM (164 mins)
Oral Briefing from RaISe - UK Government Agriculture Bill
• Mr Mark Allen, Research Officer
Oral Evidence from DAERA - Oral Evidence from DAERA - UK Government Agriculture Bill
• Mr Norman Fulton, DAERA
• Dr Rosemary Agnew, DAERA
• Mr Mark McLean, DAERA
Oral Evidence from - Ulster Farmers Union & Northern Ireland Agricultural Producers' Association - UK Government Agriculture Bill
• Mr Wesley Aston, Ulster Farmers' Union
• David Brown, Ulster Farmers' Union
• Mr James Lowe, Northern Ireland Agricultural Producers Association
• Mr Ivor Ferguson, Ulster Farmers' Union
• Mr Sean McAuley, Northern Ireland Agricultural Producers Association
Suspension from 1:04 PM (61 mins)
Public from 2:05 PM (138 mins)
Oral Evidence from - Rural Community Network, Rural Action and Northern Ireland Rural Womens Network and Mid Ulster LAG - UK Government Agriculture Bill
• Mr Conor Corr, Mid Ulster Council
• Mr Aidan Campbell, Rural Community Network
• Ms Teresa Cavanan, Rural Action
• Ms Louise Coyle, Northern Ireland Rural Women's Network
Oral Evidence from - Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association & Dairy UK (NI) on the UK Government Agriculture Bill
• Dr Mike Johnston, Dairy UK
• Mr Conall Donnelly, Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association
Oral Evidence from - Northern Ireland Environment Link - UK Government Agriculture Bill
• Mr Sean Kelly, Northern Ireland Environment Link
• Ms Jennifer Fulton, Ulster Wildlife Trust
• Mr Philip Carson, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (NI)
• Mr John Martin, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (NI)
Public from 4:23 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:04 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:04 AM (146 mins)
Committee Business
Departmental briefing on Welfare Reform
• Ms Anne McCleary, DfC
• Mr David Tarr, DfC
Briefing on Welfare Mitigations
• Ms Eileen Evason BA, MSSC, CBE, Mitigation Working Party
• Mr Kevin Higgins, Mitigation Working Party
Briefing by Cliff Edge Coalition on Welfare Reform
• Ms Kate McCauley, Housing Rights Service
• Ms Ursula O'Hare, Law Centre (NI)
• Mr Andy McClenaghan, Cliffedge Coalition
• Ms Siobhán Harding, Cliffedge Coalition
Public from 12:30 PM (36 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:32 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Health
Public from 10:32 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:35 AM (73 mins)
Briefing from Royal College of General Practitioners Northern Ireland and British Medical Association Northern Ireland
• Dr Tom Black, British Medical Association
• Dr Laurence Dorman, Royal College of General Practitioners NI
Public from 11:48 AM (47 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Transformation of Health Service
• Ms Sharon Gallagher, DoH
• Ms Ciara Dolan, DoH
• Mr Gearoid Cassidy, DoH
Public from 12:35 PM (10 mins)
SR 2020/16 The Food Safety (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Public from 12:45 PM (5 mins)
SL1 - The Healthy Start Scheme and Day Care Food Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Public from 12:50 PM (2 mins)
SL1 - The Provision of Health Services to Persons Not Ordinarily Resident (Amendment) (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Public from 12:52 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:01 PM | Senate Chamber | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:01 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:09 PM (15 mins)
RaISe - Introductory Briefing
• Mr Michael Scholes, Research Officer
Closed from 2:24 PM (28 mins)
Inquiry into Major Capital Projects: Review of decision on witnesses
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Pamela McCreedy, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:52 PM (103 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 4:35 PM (15 mins)
Northern Ireland Audit Office - Briefing on NIAO Reports
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Pamela McCreedy, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Rodney Allen, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Colette Kane, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Neil Gray, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Anu Kane, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office |
| 2:03 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Closed from 2:03 PM (101 mins)
Committee Business
EU Exit - Briefing by Assembly EU Affairs Officer
• Ms Shauna Mageean, EU Affairs Manager
UK-wide draft Coronavirus Bill
• Ms Julie Wilson, DoJ
• Ms Doreen McClintock, DoJ
• Mr Alan Smyth, DoJ
• Ms Clare Irvine, DoJ
Public from 3:44 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 4:04 PM (75 mins)
Overview Briefing on the Safer Communities Directorate
• Ms Julie Harrison, DoJ
• Ms Maura Campbell, DoJ
• Ms Julie Wilson, DoJ
• Ms Katie Taylor, DoJ
Department of Justice 2020/21 Budget Resource Requirements and Priorities
Legislative Consent Motion - Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Bill
CJINI Report – A Thematic Inspection of Public Protection Arrangements in Northern Ireland – Update on Implementation of Action Plan
Public from 5:19 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |