| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 16 November 2020 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Tuesday 17 November 2020 |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:02 PM | Senate Chamber | Business Committee
Closed from 1:02 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 18 November 2020 |
| 9:37 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Education
Public from 9:37 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:43 AM (1 mins)
Public from 9:44 AM (101 mins)
Impact of COVID 19 - Children's Law Centre - Vunerable Children Support During Lockdown
• Ms Rachel Hogan, Children's Law Centre
• Mrs Kathryn Stevenson, Children's Law Centre
• Mr Eamonn McNally, Children's Law Centre
Public from 11:25 AM (126 mins)
Consultation on COVID 19 - Cross-sectoral Support Plan for Vulnerable Children - Department of Education/ Education Authority / Department of Health
• Mr Ricky Irwin, DE
• Ms Brenda Shearer, DE
• Ms Shauna Collinson, Education Authority
• Ms Eilís McDaniel, DoH
• Mr Mark Lee, DoH
• Ms Geraldine Teague, Health and Social Care Board
• Mr Maurice Leeson, Health and Social Care Board
• Ms Michele Corkey, Education Authority
Public from 1:31 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:04 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:04 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (20 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:25 AM (20 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Update on Project Stratum
Departmental Written Briefing - Consideration of responses to the DfE consultation on legislation to transpose the EU Gas Directive Amendment 2019/692 and related legislative changes
SR 2020/251 The Posted Workers (Agency Workers) Northern Ireland (Order) 2020
SL1 – The Further Education (Student Support) (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
SL1 - The Education (Student Fees and Support) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
SL1 – Transposition of the EU Electricity (Recast) Directive 2019
Public from 10:45 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:00 AM (58 mins)
Briefing from NICVA - Update on the NI European Social Fund Programme
• Mr Seamus McAleavey, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
• Mr Geoff Nuttall, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Public from 11:58 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 12:00 PM (18 mins)
Committee for the Economy Macro Economic Micro Inquiry |
| 10:25 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:25 AM (12 mins)
Committee Business
Subordinate Legislation - SL1s - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
SR 2020-249 The Taxi Driver (Coronavirus, Financial Assistance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Public from 10:37 AM (88 mins)
Joint Briefing - Department for Infrastructure & Sustrans - Active Travel
• Ms Caroline Bloomfield, Sustrans
• Ms Anne Madden, Sustrans
• Ms Liz Loughran, DfI
• Ms Claire Mulvenna, DfI
Public from 12:05 PM (44 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Living with Water in Belfast
• Mr Simon Richardson, DfI
• Mr Stuart Wightman, DfI
Public from 12:49 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:02 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:02 PM (9 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:11 PM (8 mins)
SL1 The Rate Relief (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
• Mr Ian Snowden, DoF
Public from 2:19 PM (96 mins)
Oral Evidence - Land & Property Services – Fraud and other matters
• Mr Ian Snowden, DoF
• Judith Andrews, DoF
• Christine Farrell, DoF
Closed from 3:55 PM (25 mins)
Oral Evidence - Land & Property Services - Fraud and other matters
• Mr Ian Snowden, DoF
• Judith Andrews, DoF
Public from 4:20 PM (8 mins)
Oral Evidence - Land & Property Services - Fraud and other matters
Public from 4:28 PM (1 mins)
Written Evidence - Department of Finance: Superannuation and Other Allowances Pension Schemes Statement for the year ended 31 March 2020
Public from 4:29 PM (2 mins)
Written Evidence - Westminster Hansard Report International Trade Committee Oral evidence: UK Freeports
Public from 4:31 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:06 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:06 PM (63 mins)
Committee Business
Special EU Programmes Body - Oral evidence session
• Gina McIntyre, Special EU Programmes Body
• Declan McGarrigle, Special EU Programmes Body
Public from 3:09 PM (39 mins)
Victims' Payment Scheme - Oral evidence session with Departmental officials
• Dr Mark Browne, TEO
• Mr Gareth Johnston, TEO
Public from 3:48 PM (12 mins)
Research and Information Service Briefing Paper - Information on the North-South Ministerial Council and British Irish Council NIAR 280-2020
Carnegie UK Trust – Citizen Engagement and the Programme for Government - Written Briefing
Committee Business
Closed from 4:00 PM (27 mins)
Brexit - NIA EU Affairs Manager Briefing
• Ms Shauna Mageean, EU Affairs Manager |
| 2:38 PM | Room 29 | Committee on Procedures
Public from 2:38 PM (22 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:00 PM (34 mins)
Proxy Voting - Briefing by Assembly Research and Information Services
• Mr Ray McCaffrey, Research Officer
Public from 3:34 PM (2 mins)
Members' Statements - Consideration of responses
Public from 3:36 PM (4 mins)
Legislative Consent Motions - Consideration of responses
Public from 3:40 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 19 November 2020 |
| 9:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 9:00 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:02 AM (72 mins)
Housing Policy - Ministerial Briefing
• Ms Carál Ní Chuilín, Minister for Communities
• Mr Paul Price, DfC
• Mr David Polley, DfC
Suspension from 10:14 AM (6 mins)
Public from 10:20 AM (70 mins)
Briefing by Cliff Edge Coalition on Welfare Reform
• Ms Ursula O'Hare, Law Centre (NI)
• Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick, Law Centre (NI)
• Mr Patrick Thompson, Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations
Public from 11:30 AM (10 mins)
Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Bill
• Mr John Connor, Drumbo Park Ltd
Public from 11:40 AM (3 mins)
Pension Schemes Bill - Consideration of Draft Report
Public from 11:43 AM (2 mins)
SL1 The State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) (No.2) Order (NI) 2020
Public from 11:46 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The State Pension Revaluation For Transitional Pensions (No. 2) Order 2020
Public from 11:47 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2020
Public from 11:48 AM (2 mins)
SR 2020 245 The Personal Independence Payment (Amendment) Regs (NI) 2020
Public from 11:50 AM (8 mins)
Committee Business |
| 9:32 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 9:32 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:33 AM (39 mins)
Oral Evidence from DAERA - Future Agricultural Policy and Basic Payment Scheme
• Mr Norman Fulton, DAERA
• Dr Rosemary Agnew, DAERA
Suspension from 10:12 AM (6 mins)
Public from 10:18 AM (58 mins)
Oral Evidence from - UFU - Future Agricultural Policy and Basic Payment Scheme
• Mr Wesley Aston, Ulster Farmers' Union
• Mr William Irvine, Ulster Farmers' Union
• David Brown, Ulster Farmers' Union
• Mr Victor Chestnutt, Ulster Farmers' Union
Public from 11:16 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:19 AM (6 mins)
Written Briefing DAERA - SL1 - The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations
• Mr Ian Fleming, DAERA
• Mr Owen Lyttle, DAERA
Written Briefing DAERA - SL1 - The Waste (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
• Mr Owen Lyttle, DAERA
• Mr Ian Fleming, DAERA
Written Briefing DAERA - SL1 The EU Fertilising Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Written Briefing DAERA - SL1 The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases and Ozone-Depleting Substances (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Public from 11:25 AM (17 mins)
Written Briefing DAERA - Statutory Instrument - The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
• Mr David Steele, DAERA
• Mr Patrick Smith, DAERA
• Mr Ciaran Cunningham, DAERA
Written Briefing DAERA - Statutory Instrument - The Control of Mercury (Amendment)(EU Exit) Regulations 2020
• Miss Alison Jeynes, DAERA
Public from 11:42 AM (2 mins)
Written Briefing DAERA - Common Framework for Chemicals and Pesticides
Public from 11:44 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 9:34 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Health
Public from 9:34 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:35 AM (75 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Brexit
• Ms Cathy Harrison, DoH
• Ms Patricia Quinn-Duffy, DoH
• Ms Fiona Taylor, DoH
• Ms Eimear Smyth, DoH
• Mr Brendan O'Neill, DoH
Public from 10:50 AM (5 mins)
SR 2020/228 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No.16) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
• Ms Gillian Hynes, DoH
• Mr Bryan Dooley, DoH
Public from 10:55 AM (5 mins)
SR 2020/234 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 17) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
• Ms Gillian Hynes, DoH
• Mr Bryan Dooley, DoH
Public from 11:00 AM (5 mins)
SR 2020/241 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 18) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
• Ms Gillian Hynes, DoH
• Mr Bryan Dooley, DoH
Public from 11:05 AM (5 mins)
SR 2020/243The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 19) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
• Ms Gillian Hynes, DoH
• Mr Bryan Dooley, DoH
Public from 11:10 AM (5 mins)
SR 2020/244 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 20) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
• Ms Gillian Hynes, DoH
• Mr Bryan Dooley, DoH
Public from 11:15 AM (5 mins)
SR 2020/247 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Travel from Denmark) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
• Ms Gillian Hynes, DoH
• Mr Bryan Dooley, DoH
Public from 11:20 AM (40 mins)
Legislative Consent Motion: Amendment to the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill - Further consideration
Public from 12:00 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:30 PM (30 mins)
SR 2020/235 The Children's Social Care (Coronavirus) (Temporary Modification of Children’s Social Care) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
• Ms Eilís McDaniel, DoH
• Ms Deirdre Mahon, Western Health and Social Care Trust
Public from 1:00 PM (15 mins)
Public from 1:15 PM (60 mins)
Committee Business - Adjournment to Room 21
Closed from 2:15 PM (107 mins)
Committee Inquiry: COVID-19 and its impact on Care Homes - consideration of evidence |
| 2:00 PM | Room 29 | Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
Public from 2:00 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:03 PM (60 mins)
Briefing by Colm O'Cinneide, Professor of Constitutional and Human Rights Law at University College London, on Brexit and Human Rights
• Professor Colm O'Cinneide, University College London
Public from 3:03 PM (60 mins)
Briefing by Brian Gormally and Dr Anne Smith, CAJ, on challenges facing Northern Ireland and a Bill of Rights
• Mr Brian Gormally, The Committee on the Administration of Justice
• Dr Anne Smith, The Committee on the Administration of Justice
Public from 4:03 PM (12 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:04 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:04 PM (47 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:51 PM (155 mins)
Draft Three Year Northern Ireland Organised Crime Strategy - Results of the Consultation and Proposed Next Steps
• Mrs Cathy Galway, DoJ
• Ms Sinead Simpson, DoJ
• Ms Andrea Watson, DoJ
Consultation on the Law on Child Sexual Exploitation - Summary of Responses and Proposals for Legislative Changes
• Mr Brian Grzymek, DoJ
• Ms Susanne Corr, DoJ
Criminal Justice (Committal Reform) Bill - Proposals for Committee Stage
SL1: Amendments to the Parole Commissioners (Northern Ireland) Rules 2009
Commencement of Northern Ireland Provisions of the Criminal Finances Act 2017
Funding of Support Hubs
Public from 5:26 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:23 PM | Senate Chamber | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:23 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:33 PM (90 mins)
Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - Evidence Session 1
• Mr Gavin Boyd, Education Authority
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Stuart Stevenson, DoF
Closed from 4:03 PM (3 mins)
Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - Evidence Session 1
• Mr Gavin Boyd, Education Authority
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Stuart Stevenson, DoF
Suspension from 4:06 PM (14 mins)
Public from 4:20 PM (27 mins)
Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - Evidence Session 2
• Ms Sharon O'Connor, Education Authority
• Dr Andy McMorran, Education Authority
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Stuart Stevenson, DoF
Suspension from 4:47 PM (16 mins)
Public from 5:03 PM (28 mins)
Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - Evidence Session 2
• Ms Sharon O'Connor, Education Authority
• Dr Andy McMorran, Education Authority
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Stuart Stevenson, DoF
Closed from 5:31 PM (27 mins)
Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - EvidenceSession 2
• Ms Sharon O'Connor, Education Authority
• Dr Andy McMorran, Education Authority
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Stuart Stevenson, DoF
Closed from 5:58 PM (17 mins)
Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - Discussions with NI Audit Office following evidence sessions
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Colette Kane, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Suzanne Murphy, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Karen Armstrong, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 6:15 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |