| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 16 November 2015 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 2:02 PM | Room 30 | Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Mental Capacity Bill
Closed from 2:02 PM (67 mins)
Legal Advice on Part 10 of the Mental Capacity Bill
• Ms Tara Caul, Head of Legal Services Office
Follow up on Part 9 & 10 of the Mental Capacity Bill
Follow up on Part 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14 & 15 of the Mental Capacity Bill
Follow up on Clause 11: Advance Decisions
Follow up on Disregard Provision
Follow up on Costs Associated with the Mental Capacity Bill
Public from 3:09 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Background Papers
Public from 3:10 PM (13 mins)
Departmental Evidence Session: Clauses 1, 7, 16, 22 & 288
• Ms Lisa Trueman, DoH
• Ms Alison McCaffrey, DoH
• Ms Clare Irvine, DoJ
Public from 3:23 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 5:00 PM | Room 115 | Northern Ireland Assembly and Business Trust
Public from 5:00 PM (90 mins)
Generic Item |
| Tuesday 17 November 2015 |
| VISIT | Institute for Global Food Security | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs |
| 10:00 AM | Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham | British Irish Parliamentary Assembly
Public from 10:00 AM (135 mins)
Generic Item |
| 10:11 AM | Room 21 | Assembly and Executive Review Committee
Public from 10:11 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:13 AM (35 mins)
Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill - Evidence Session
• Professor Cathy Gormley-Heenan, Ulster University
• Professor Derek Birrell, Ulster University
Public from 10:48 AM (58 mins)
Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill - Evidence Session
• Mr J McCallister, MLA
• Mr Peter Hutchinson, Independent
Public from 11:46 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:30 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Finance
Public from 10:30 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:32 AM (60 mins)
Rates (Amendment) Bill - Ministerial Briefing
• Mrs Arlene Foster, Minister of Finance
• Mr Brian McClure, DoF
Public from 11:32 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:30 AM | Room 29 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:30 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:45 AM (10 mins)
SR: The Renewable Heat Incentive Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
• Mr Stuart Wightman, DfI
• Ms Adele Willis, Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Bill - Preliminary View
• Mr John Gamble, Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
• Mr Keith Brown, DfE
• Mr Richard Scott, DfE
Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Bill - Formal Clause by Clause
Public from 10:55 AM (35 mins)
Oral Briefing from Firmus Energy: Update on Business Plan
• Mr Michael Scott, Firmus Energy
• Mr Eric Cosgrove, Firmus Energy
• Mr Paul Stanfield, Firmus Energy
Public from 11:30 AM (33 mins)
Oral Briefing from Economic Advisory Group: Economic Update
• Ms Ellvena Graham, Economic Advisory Group
• Mr Shane Murphy, DfE
Public from 12:03 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:10 PM (8 mins)
Written Briefing from DETI: Corporation Tax Research Update
Written Briefing from Assembly Research: Northern Ireland Tourism Structure & Sectors
Written Briefing from Assembly Research: Comparison between GB Small-Scale Feed-in Tariff and NIRO
EU Matters - Issue 08/2015
Public from 12:18 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 12:30 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Public from 12:30 PM (60 mins)
BBC Charter Renewal - Ministerial Briefing
• Ms Carál Ní Chuilín, Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure
• Dr Denis McMahon, DCAL
• Ms Patricia McAuley, DCAL
• Ms Angela McAllister, DCAL
Public from 1:30 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 12:30 PM | Room 21 | Committee for Justice
Public from 12:30 PM (90 mins)
Committee Business
Justice No.2 Bill - Oral Evidence from Lord Morrow MLA on his proposed amendments regarding assaults on members of the emergency services
• Lord Morrow, MLA
Justice No.2 Bill - Oral Evidence from BASC, GTGNI and CAI on proposed amendments to firearms legislation
• Mr Tommy Mayne, British Association for Shooting and Conservation
• Mr Lyall Plant, Countryside Alliance Ireland
• Mr David Robinson, Gun Trade Guild NI
Justice No.2 Bill - Oral Evidence from Basil McCrea MLA on his proposed amendments to regulate the flying of flags on non-official buildings
• Mr B McCrea, MLA
Committee Business |
| 1:03 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:03 PM (25 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 18 November 2015 |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| VISIT | Westminster; Groceries Codes Adjudicator | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs |
| 10:03 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Employment and Learning
Public from 10:03 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:09 AM (80 mins)
Ministerial Briefing - The Big Conversation
• Dr S Farry, Minister for Employment and Learning
• Ms Sian Kerr, DEL
• Ms Laura Irvine, DEL
• Mr Alan Russell, DEL
Public from 11:29 AM (23 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Further Education (FE) Means Business Review
• Dr Mary McIvor, DEL
• Mr Daryl Young, DEL
• Mrs Margaret McKenna, DEL
Public from 11:52 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:04 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Finance
Public from 10:04 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:05 AM (10 mins)
Legislative Consent Motion: Proposed cap on Public Sector Exit Payments - Consideration of draft report
Public from 10:15 AM (12 mins)
Legal Complaints and Regulation Bill - Consideration of draft amendments
Public from 10:27 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:05 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Education
Public from 10:05 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:07 AM (20 mins)
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Bill - Overlap between Committee SEN Co-operation Amendments and Children's Services Co-operation Bill
• Mr Steven Agnew, MLA
• Mr Ross Brown, Green Party
Public from 10:27 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:20 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:20 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:23 AM (6 mins)
Water and Sewerage Services Bill - Clause by Clause
Public from 10:29 AM (5 mins)
Water and Sewerage Services Bill - Draft Report
Public from 10:34 AM (1 mins)
EU Matters
Public from 10:35 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:34 PM | Room 21 | Committee on Standards and Privileges
Closed from 1:34 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:36 PM (4 mins)
Consideration of a Committee Report
Closed from 1:40 PM (5 mins)
Correspondence from the Assembly Commissioner for Standards
• Mr Douglas Bain, Northern Ireland Assembly
Closed from 1:45 PM (149 mins)
Report from the Assembly Commissioner for Standards
• Miss Angela Kelly, Examiner of Statutory Rules
• Mr Douglas Bain, Northern Ireland Assembly
Public from 4:14 PM (2 mins)
Application for an All-Party Group
Closed from 4:16 PM (22 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Closed from 2:00 PM (30 mins)
Proposal to Update Legislation to Reform The Office of the Northern Ireland Ombudsman
• Mr Alyn Hicks, Assistant Assembly Clerk / Office Manager
Public from 2:30 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:04 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Health
Public from 2:04 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:08 PM (3 mins)
Health and Social Care (Control of Data Processing) Bill - Consideration of final report
Public from 2:11 PM (32 mins)
Human Transplantation Bill - Handling arrangements
Public from 2:43 PM (1 mins)
Health and Personal Social Services (Amendment) Bill - Handling arrangements
Public from 2:44 PM (169 mins)
Briefing from HSC Trusts on key priorities for 2015/16 and the impact of savings plans for 2015/16
• Mrs Elaine Way, Western Health and Social Care Trust
• Dr Tony Stevens, Northern Health and Social Care Trust
• Mr Hugh McCaughey, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Paula Clarke, Southern Health and Social Care Trust
• Prof. Sir Michael McBride, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Public from 5:33 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:07 PM | Room 29 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:07 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:09 PM (55 mins)
Carnegie UK Trust - Briefing on Report on Towards a Wellbeing Framework
• Mr John Woods, Queen's University Belfast
• Dr Peter Doran, Queen's University Belfast
Public from 3:04 PM (16 mins)
Inquiry into NI Fire and Rescue Service: An Organisational Assessment and Review of Departmental Oversight and Report on Accounts 2011 - 2012 - Oral update on Memorandum of Reply
• Mr Richard Pengelly, DoH
• Ms Sharon Gallagher, DoH
Public from 3:20 PM (5 mins)
Inquiry into Improving Pupil Attendance: Follow- Up Report - Memorandum of Reply update
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:25 PM (8 mins)
Inquiry into Department of Education: Sustainability of Schools - Issues paper
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Suzanne Walsh, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:33 PM (13 mins)
Inquiry into The Northern Ireland Events Company - Correspondence
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:46 PM (1 mins)
Inquiry into General Report on the Health and Social Care Sector 2012 -13 and 2013 -14 - Correspondence
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Suzanne Walsh, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:47 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 19 November 2015 |
| 10:00 AM | Bryson Recycling Ltd., Belfast Road, Newtownabbey | Committee for the Environment
Public from 10:00 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
SL1 - The draft Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/366 The Private Water Supplies (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/369 The Nitrates Action Programme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 10:10 AM (30 mins)
Environmental Better Regulation Bill - Consideration of draft report
Public from 10:40 AM (30 mins)
Water Framework Directive and river pollution - Briefing from RAiSe
• Ms Suzie Cave, Research Officer
Public from 11:10 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:02 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:02 AM (7 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:09 AM (21 mins)
Housing (Amendment) Bill - Committee Consideration
• Mr Stephen Baird, DfC
• Ms Maryann Dempsey, DfC
• Ms Avril Hiles, DfC
• Dr Heloise Brown, DfC
Public from 10:30 AM (50 mins)
Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill - Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations
• Mr Cameron Watt, Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations
• Mr Raymond Nicholl, Triangle Housing Association
Public from 11:20 AM (30 mins)
Royal Exchange Scheme - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Mark O'Donnell, DfC
• Mr Kieran Devlin, DfC
Public from 11:50 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order (NI) 2015
Public from 11:51 AM (1 mins)
SR 364 The Charities Act 2008 (Examination of Accounts) Order (NI) 2015
Public from 11:52 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 11:40 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Closed from 11:40 AM (15 mins)
Committee Inquiry into Inclusion in the Arts of Working Class Communities
Public from 11:55 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:00 PM (5 mins)
Inquiry into issues around Emergency Exiting Plans, including their impact on stadium capacity, for the redeveloped Casement Park Stadium - Inquiry Papers
Public from 12:05 PM (45 mins)
RaISe briefing on public funded building liability
• Mr Colin Pidgeon, Research Officer
Public from 12:50 PM (48 mins)
Committee Business |
| 3:07 PM | Loughview Suite, Ulster University, Jordanstown Campus, Shore Road, Newtownabbey | Committee for Justice
Public from 3:07 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:10 PM (50 mins)
Access to Justice Review Part II - Oral Evidence Session
• Mr Colin Stutt, Review of Access to Justice
SL1: The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Duty to Co-operate with Commissioner) (Northern Ireland Public Authority) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Amendment of Slavery or Human Trafficking Offences and Relevant United Kingdom Orders) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders) (Notification Requirements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Changes to the Costs Protection Scheme for Aarhus Convention cases - Proposed Consultation
Civil Legal Aid Reform - Alternative Method for Funding Money Damages Claims – Proposed Consultation
Proceeds of Crime Act 2000: Codes of Practice for Northern Ireland - Consultation Responses and Draft Codes
Public from 4:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |