Today's Business

Thursday 16 October 2025


* Committee Business relates to non-substantive items of business such as the consideration of minutes of the previous meeting and consideration of correspondence or matters arising from previous meetings
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Thursday 16 October 2025
10:00 AMRoom 21Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:05 AM (40 mins)
Dilapidation Bill - Oral Evidence Session - Propertymark
• Mr Timothy Douglas, Propertymark
• Mr Stephen McCarron, Propertymark

Public from 10:45 AM (40 mins)
SL1 The Waste (Fees and Charges) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 - Oral Evidence from the Department
• Mr Colin Breen, DAERA
• Mrs Carmel McDowell, DAERA
• Mr Mark Cherry, Northern Ireland Environment Agency
• Mr Philip Walker, Northern Ireland Environment Agency

Public from 11:25 AM (30 mins)
Departmental Oral Evidence Session - Air Quality Common Framework
• Ms Amy Holmes, DAERA
• Ms Caroline Barry, DAERA
• Ms Kate Fitzsimmons, DAERA

Public from 11:55 AM (30 mins)
End of Session Report - Consideration of End of Session Report 2024/25

Closed from 12:25 PM (5 mins)
End of Session Report - Consideration of End of Session Report 2024/25

Public from 12:30 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
10:00 AMRoom 29Committee for Communities

Public from 10:00 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:15 AM (30 mins)
Pension Schemes LCM Bill Oral evidence from The Association of British Insurers
• Mr Justin Wray, Association of British Insurers

Public from 10:45 AM (5 mins)
End of Session Report - Consideration of End of Session Report 2024/25

Public from 10:50 AM (45 mins)
Irish Language Strategy Co-Design Group: Oral briefing on the Irish Language Strategy
• Dr Pádraig Ó Tiarnaigh, Conradh na Gaeilge
• Ms Maria Thomasson, Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta
• Mr Liam Ó Flannagáin, Coiste Forbartha Charn Tóchair
• Mr Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin, Glór na Mona

Closed from 11:35 AM (35 mins)
Legal Advice regarding Committee Powers re requests for information and papers
• Mr Simon Kelly, Legal Advisor

Public from 12:10 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 30Committee for Justice

Public from 2:00 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 2:10 PM (60 mins)
Justice Bill - Community Restorative Justice Ireland and Northern Ireland Alternatives oral evidence
• Mr Jim McCarthy, Community Restorative Justice Ireland
• Ms Debbie Watters, Northern Ireland Alternatives

Public from 3:10 PM (20 mins)
Justice Bill - Written papers

SR 2025/151 The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Provisions Relating to Live Links for Courts and Tribunals) (No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025

SL1 The County Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2025

Broadcasting of Courts - Consultation response - Department of Justice written paper

Speeding Up Justice Programme - Update – Department of Justice written paper

Committee for Justice End of Session Report - Consideration of draft report

Public from 3:30 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMSenate ChamberPublic Accounts Committee

Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 2:05 PM (25 mins)
Memorandum of Reply - Update on Major Capital Projects: Follow-up Report and Public Procurement in NI
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office

Closed from 2:30 PM (30 mins)
Inquiry into Homelessness in Northern Ireland - Draft Terms of Reference
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office

Closed from 3:00 PM (30 mins)
Major Capital Projects - A5 Casestudy - Briefing from the C&AG
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Patrick Barr, Northern Ireland Audit Office

Closed from 3:30 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
2:30 PMGransha Suite, La Mon Hotel, Gransha Suite, COMBERCommittee for Health

Public from 2:30 PM (5 mins)

Public from 2:35 PM (55 mins)
UK Government - 10 Year Health Plan
• Rt Hon. Alan Millburn, Department of Health and Social Care

Public from 3:30 PM (55 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Winter Pressures Planning
• Prof. Sir Michael McBride, DoH
• Ms Maria McIlgorm, DoH
• Mr Jim Wilkinson, DoH
• Ms Tracey McCaig, DoH

Public from 4:25 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business

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