| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 23 March 2015 |
| 11:34 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Infrastructure
Closed from 11:34 AM (32 mins)
Public from 12:06 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Ministerial Correspondence on PAR Report
Committee Business |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Tuesday 24 March 2015 |
| VISIT | Scottish Parliament | Committee for Health |
| 10:04 AM | Room 21 | Assembly and Executive Review Committee
Public from 10:04 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business - Apologies, Draft Minutes and Matters Arising
Closed from 10:05 AM (15 mins)
Committee Report on Parts III and IV of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
Public from 10:20 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business - Any Other Business |
| 10:09 AM | Room 29 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:09 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:14 AM (56 mins)
Oral Briefing from DETI and Ulster University Economic Policy Unit: Economic Assessment of the Impact of Air Passenger Duty
• Mr Diarmuid McLean, DfE
• Mr John Simms, Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
• Gareth Hetherington, Ulster University Economic Policy Centre
Public from 11:10 AM (9 mins)
Research Briefing: Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment’s business survey – headline results
• Mr Aidan Stennett, Research Officer
Public from 11:19 AM (2 mins)
Written Briefing from Assembly Research: IDA Ireland - Regional targets and policy measures
Public from 11:21 AM (9 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:30 AM (1 mins)
Inquiry into Economic Growth and Job Creation in a Reduced Tax Environment
Public from 11:31 AM (3 mins)
Legislation: SR 2015/80 The Employer’s Liability (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Legislation: SL1 Proposed Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Legislation: SL1 Energy (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 11:34 AM (6 mins)
Written Briefing from DETI: Response to Electricity Policy Review Part III
Written Briefing from DETI: Northern Ireland Broadband Improvement Project
Written Briefing from DETI: Access to Finance
Written Briefing from DETI: Programme for Government 2011-15 Departmental Delivery Plans – Progress at 30 December 2014
Written Briefing from DETI: Invest NI Commercial Property Research – Grade A Office Space
Public from 11:40 AM (3 mins)
Consultation: Draft Consumer Protection Strategy
Consultation: Transition from the Northern Ireland Renewables Obligation to Contracts for Difference and Grace Periods
Consultation: Outcome of Consultation on Proposals to Revise and Amend the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997
Public from 11:43 AM (1 mins)
Impact on Bank Closures
Public from 11:44 AM (1 mins)
EU Matters - Issue 03/2015
Public from 11:45 AM (16 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:01 PM | Room 21 | Committee on Procedures
Public from 1:01 PM (9 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:10 PM (3 mins)
Inquiry into the extent to which Standing Orders should permit the Attorney General to participate in proceedings of the Assembly
Public from 1:13 PM (23 mins)
Review of Public Petitions Procedures
Public from 1:36 PM (1 mins)
Forward Work Programme
Public from 1:37 PM (3 mins)
Correspondence
Public from 1:40 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:30 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 1:30 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:40 PM (30 mins)
Oral Briefing DARD - The Common Agricultural Policy (Basic Payment and Support Scheme) Regulations (NI) 2015
• Mr Joseph Kerr, DAERA
• Mr Mark McLean, DAERA
• Mr David Lynch, DAERA
Public from 2:10 PM (30 mins)
Oral Briefing DARD - Interim Report of the Review of the Implementation of the Welfare of Animals Act (NI) 2011
• Ms Geraldine Fee, DAERA
• Ms Jackie Robinson, DAERA
• Mr John McConnell, DAERA
Public from 2:40 PM (30 mins)
Oral Briefing DARD - Sustainable Use of Poultry Litter Project
• Mr Brian Ervine, DAERA
• Mr Alan McVicker, Strategic Investment Board Ltd
Public from 3:10 PM (10 mins)
SR 2015/128 The Plant Health (Amendment) Order (NI) 2015
SR 2015/129 The Plant Health (Wood and Bark) (Amendment) Order (NI) 2015
SR 2015/148 The Zoonoses (Fees)(Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2015
Public from 3:20 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 4:00 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 4:00 PM (9 mins)
Committee Business |
| 4:28 PM | Room 21 | Committee for Education
Closed from 4:28 PM (10 mins)
Post-Primary Counselling - Complaints
Public from 4:38 PM (12 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 4:50 PM (1 mins)
Education Order 1988 - Commencement Order
Public from 4:51 PM (2 mins)
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Bill
Public from 4:53 PM (4 mins)
Department of Education - Retention and Disposal Schedule for Employee Records
Public from 4:57 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 25 March 2015 |
| VISIT | St Mary's Limavady | Committee for Education |
| 10:07 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Employment and Learning
Public from 10:07 AM (7 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:14 AM (9 mins)
SR 2015-91 The Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015-92 The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Parental Orders and Prospective Adopters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015-94 The Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015-99 The Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Adoption from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015-102 The Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Parental Order Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015-103 The Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015-146 The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015-169 The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 10:23 AM (64 mins)
Briefing from NISRA on the Labour Force Survey
• Dr James Gillan, DoF
• Ms Oonagh Neenan, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
• Dr Stephen Donnelly, DEL
Public from 11:27 AM (7 mins)
Briefing from Assembly Research and Information Service - The Youth Employment Initiative and Northern Ireland
• Mr Eoin Murphy, Research Officer
Public from 11:34 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:08 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Finance
Public from 10:08 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:09 AM (52 mins)
Flexible Working - DFP Response to the Committee's Report on the Flexible Working Inquiry - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Paul Wickens, DoF
• Mr Mark Bailey, DoF
Public from 11:01 AM (39 mins)
Shared Services - Enterprise Shared Services: Performance against Business Plan Objectives - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Paul Wickens, DoF
• Colm Doran, DoF
Public from 11:40 AM (22 mins)
Shared Services - HR Connect: Full Business Case Review - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Paul Wickens, DoF
• Colm Doran, DoF
Public from 12:02 PM (4 mins)
SL1 - The Public Service (Civil Service and Others) Pensions (Amendment) Regulation (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/147 The Valuation (Telecommunications, Natural Gas and Water) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/141 The Superannuation (District Councils) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 and Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 12:06 PM (9 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:11 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:11 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:16 AM (118 mins)
Ministerial Briefing: Budget Allocations 2015-16
• Mr D Kennedy, Minister for Infrastructure
• Mr Peter May, DfI
• Dr Andrew Murray, DfI
• Mr John McNeill, DfI
Suspension from 12:14 PM (7 mins)
Public from 12:21 PM (35 mins)
Departmental Briefing: Safety Barrier Replacement Policy
• Dr Andrew Murray, DfI
Public from 12:56 PM (36 mins)
QPANI Briefing:Structural Maintenance Budget
• Mr Gordon Best, QPANI
• Mr Paul Brogan, Asphalt Technical Committee
• Mr Mark Hall, Asphalt Technical Committee
• Mr Gareth Telford, Asphalt Technical Committee
Public from 1:32 PM (1 mins)
EU Matters
Public from 1:33 PM (2 mins)
SL1: The One Way Traffic (Belfast) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: Making Permanent of the Experimental Traffic Control Scheme – Circular Road, Larne 2015
SL1: The Road Races (Spamount Hill Climb) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Road Races (Tour of the Sperrins Rally) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Footways (Prohibition of Waiting) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Parking and Waiting Restrictions (Newtownabbey) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Parkside Gardens, Belfast (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Sliabh Dubh Glen and Sliabh Dubh View, Belfast (Footpath) (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: Water Legislation to Implement European Directive and Regulation
SL1: Proposed Londonderry Harbour (Variation of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Committee Business |
| 2:06 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:06 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:10 PM (10 mins)
Inquiry into Building a United Community - Committee consideration of issues paper
Public from 2:20 PM (10 mins)
Children's Services Co-operation Bill - Committee consideration of issues paper
Public from 2:30 PM (40 mins)
Programme for Government - Briefing by OFMDFM on Commitments 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38 and 67
• Dr Denis McMahon, TEO
• Mr Henry Johnston, TEO
• Mrs Grainne Killen, TEO
Public from 3:10 PM (40 mins)
Programme for Government - Briefing by OFMDFM on Commitments 15, 16, 17, 26 and 77
• Dr Mark Browne, TEO
• Dr Paul Geddis, TEO
• Mr Tony Canavan, TEO
• Ms Siobhan Broderick, TEO
Public from 3:50 PM (40 mins)
Budget - Briefing by OFMDFM on Budget 2015/16
• Dr Mark Browne, TEO
• Mr Stephen Boyd, TEO
• Ms Sinead McCartan, TEO
Public from 4:30 PM (18 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:06 PM | Room 29 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:06 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:08 PM (1 mins)
Inquiry into Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure: Management of Major Capital Projects - MOR update
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 2:09 PM (11 mins)
Inquiry into NI Fire and Rescue Service: An Organisational Assessment and Review of Departmental Oversight and Report on Accounts 2011 - 2012 - MOR update
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:20 PM (15 mins)
Ministerial Direction - DRD Ministerial Direction and related matters
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Neil Gray, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:35 PM (38 mins)
NIAO Estimate - NIAO Memorandum and Estimate for 2015 - 16
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:13 PM (17 mins)
Inquiry into The Cross- border broadband initiative: the Bytel project - Issues paper
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Neil Gray, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr David Murdie, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:30 PM (9 mins)
Excess Votes - Excess Votes (Northern Ireland) 2013 -14
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Louise Mason, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Eilis Calvert, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:39 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:07 PM | Room 21 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:07 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:09 PM (27 mins)
Statutory Time Limits - Outcome of Consultation and Proposed Way Forward
• Ms Maura Campbell, DoJ
• Mr Graham Walker, DoJ
• Ms Jean Moore, DoJ
Public from 2:36 PM (9 mins)
The Justice Bill - Consideration and Approval of Committee Report
SR 2015/143: The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Disclosure) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: Reform of Police Discipline and Unsatisfactory Performance Procedures in Northern Ireland
Reducing Avoidable Delay in the Criminal Justice System and Improving Services for Victims and Witnesses - Progress Report on the Programmes of Work
Guidance / Directions required for the Implementation of Civil Legal Services Reforms
Assembly Research Paper on Fine Collection and Enforcement Mechanisms
Public from 2:45 PM (13 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 26 March 2015 |
| VISIT | Indaver Ireland Ltd | Committee for the Environment |
| 10:08 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:08 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:13 AM (39 mins)
Regeneration Bill - Evidence by NICVA
• Mr Seamus McAleavey, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
• Ms Jenna Maghie, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Public from 10:52 AM (75 mins)
Regeneration Bill - Evidence by The Fermanagh Trust
• Mr Lauri McCusker, Fermanagh Trust
• Ms Cathy Polley, Other
• Ms Karen Sweeney, Womens Network
• Ms Lyn Moffett, Ballymoney Community Resource Centre
Public from 12:07 PM (1 mins)
SL1 The Employment and Support Allowance (Repeat Assessments and Pending Appeal Awards) (Amendment) Regs (NI) 2015
Public from 12:08 PM (1 mins)
SL1 The Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 12:09 PM (1 mins)
SR 163 The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 12:10 PM (1 mins)
SR 164 The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 12:11 PM (1 mins)
SR 165 The Pension Schemes Act 2015 (Transitional Provisions and Appropriate Independent Advice) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 12:12 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 12:14 PM (41 mins)
Inquiry into allegations, arising from a BBC NI Spotlight programme aired on 3 July 2013, of impropriety or irregularity relating to NIHE managed contracts and consideration of any resulting actions - Phase 3 Draft Report |
| 10:08 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Public from 10:08 AM (17 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:25 AM (20 mins)
DCAL Briefing re Culture Awareness Strategy
• Ms Martina Campbell, DCAL
• Mr Tommy McAuley, DCAL
Public from 10:45 AM (60 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:45 AM (15 mins)
DCAL Budget Consultation
• Mr David Carson, DCAL
• Mr Damian Brady, DCAL
Closed from 12:00 PM (25 mins)
DCAL Budget Consultation |