| Time | Venue | Committee |
| Wednesday 26 January 2022 |
| 9:44 AM | Starleaf (Room 30), Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Education
Public from 9:44 AM (13 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:57 AM (63 mins)
Period Products (Free Provision) Bill - Oral Briefing from Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children & Young People (NICCY)
• Ms Koulla Yiasouma, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
Public from 11:00 AM (38 mins)
Education (Curriculum Minimum Content) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 - SL1 - Oral Briefing from the Department of Education
• Mr Sam Dempster, DE
• Dr Suzanne Kingon, DE
Public from 11:38 AM (56 mins)
Period Products (Free Provision) Bill - Oral Briefing from Pat Catney MLA, Bill Sponsor
• Mr Pat Catney, MLA
• Mr Johnny McCarthy, Social Democratic and Labour Party
Closed from 12:34 PM (40 mins)
Period Products (Free Provision) Bill - Deliberation on Period Products (Free Provision) Bill
Committee Business |
| 10:01 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:01 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (90 mins)
Ministerial Briefing - Budget / ERAP/ Energy Strategy
• Mr Gordon Lyons, Minister for the Economy
• Mr Paul Grocott, DfE
• Mr Richard Rodgers, DfE
Public from 11:35 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:50 AM (4 mins)
SR 2022/004 The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Early Termination of Part 2 of Schedule 8) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022
SR 2022/009 The Mines (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022
Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill
Employment (Zero Hours Workers and Banded Weekly Working Hours) Bill
Small-Scale Green Energy Bill
Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill
Public from 11:54 AM (9 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:08 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:08 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business - Committee Business
Public from 10:10 AM (2 mins)
Subordinate Legislation - SRs - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
Subordinate Legislation - Negative Resolution
Public from 10:12 AM (2 mins)
Briefing from Translink - Budget Impact
• Mr Chris Conway, Translink
Public from 10:14 AM (77 mins)
Departmental Briefing - EV Infrastructure Task Force
• Ms Liz Loughran, DfI
• Mr Tim Weir, DfI
• Mr John Starkey, DfI
Public from 11:31 AM (21 mins)
Written Briefing - Scrutiny of Transport Common Frameworks
Public from 11:53 AM (8 mins)
Committee Business - Committee Business
Public from 12:01 PM (9 mins) |
| 12:42 PM | Room 29 | Audit Committee
Closed from 12:42 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 12:43 PM (10 mins)
Review of the governance and accountability arrangements for the Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) and the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO) - Consideration of draft report
Public from 12:53 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:01 PM (9 mins)
Comptroller and Auditor General Salary Arrangements
Public from 1:10 PM (14 mins)
Northern Ireland Assembly Commission Budget - Consideration of thresholds on Committee input to in-year adjustments
Public from 1:24 PM (5 mins)
Membership and quorum of the Audit Committee
Public from 1:29 PM (3 mins)
Draft Budget 2022- 2025
Public from 1:32 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:01 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:01 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:02 PM (9 mins)
Defamation Bill - Committee Stage - Agreement of Report
Public from 2:11 PM (94 mins)
Oral Evidence - Northern Ireland Fiscal Council - 2022-25 Draft Budget Report
• Sir Robert Chote, Northern Ireland Fiscal Council
• Maureen O'Reilly, Northern Ireland Fiscal Council
• Professor Alan Barrett, Northern Ireland Fiscal Council
• Dr Esmond Birnie, Northern Ireland Fiscal Council
Public from 3:45 PM (36 mins)
Oral Evidence - January Monitoring Round overview – Department of Finance
• Joanne McBurney, DoF
• Thomas Byrne, DoF
• Anne Scott, DoF
Public from 4:21 PM (7 mins)
Second Legislative Consent Motion – Amendments to the Public Service Pensions & Judicial Offices Bill - Written Briefing - NIC-ICTU
Public from 4:28 PM (1 mins)
Written Briefing - Subordinate Legislation: SL1: The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (Amendment) Regulations NI 2022
Public from 4:29 PM (11 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:03 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:03 PM (90 mins)
Committee Business
Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy - Departmental Officials - Oral Briefing
• Ms Claire Archbold, TEO
• Ms Geraldine Fee, TEO
Public from 3:33 PM (36 mins)
Fair Employment (School Teachers) Bill - Bill Sponsor - Oral Briefing
• Mr Chris Lyttle, MLA
Public from 4:09 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:32 PM | Starleaf, Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Communities
Public from 2:32 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:33 PM (4 mins)
Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Amendment) Bill - Committee Report
Public from 2:37 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |