| Time | Venue | Committee |
| Thursday 23 October 2025 |
| 10:00 AM | Lord Pirrie's Office, Titanic Hotel, Belfast | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (40 mins)
Departmental Oral Evidence Session - Wildfires in NI Strategic Framework 2025-2030
• Dr Mark Hammond, Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Public from 10:45 AM (20 mins)
SR 2025/165 The Farm Sustainability Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Public from 11:05 AM (20 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy to 2040
Departmental Written Briefing - Update on Ammonia Strategy and Operational Protocol to assess the impacts of air pollution on the natural environment
Public from 11:25 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:00 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:15 AM (60 mins)
Minister for Communities: Quarterly oral briefing
• Mr Gordon Lyons, Minister for Communities
• Mr John Greer, DfC
• Ms Emer Morelli, DfC
• Mr Paddy Rooney, DfC
Public from 11:15 AM (45 mins)
Sign Language Bill - Oral evidence from the Department for Communities
• Mr Iain Greenway, DfC
• Mr Tommy McAuley, DfC
• Mr Gerard Flynn, DfC
Public from 12:00 PM (10 mins)
Pension Schemes Bill LCM: Agreement of Committee report
Public from 12:10 PM (5 mins)
SL1 - The Social Fund (Child Funeral Fund) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Public from 12:15 PM (45 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Health
Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (85 mins)
Departmental Briefing - BHSCT Departmental Intervention
• Mr Peter McBride, Department of Health Intervention Team
• Ms Jennifer Hill, Department of Health Intervention Team
Public from 3:30 PM (60 mins)
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust - Briefing from new Chief Executive
• Ms Jennifer Welsh, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Tracey McCaig, DoH
Public from 4:30 PM (5 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Maternity Review Report Implementation
Public from 4:35 PM (5 mins)
Adult Protection Bill - Draft schedule of oral evidence
Public from 4:40 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 4:45 PM (5 mins)
Committee Inquiry: Access to Palliative Care Services - Consideration of report
Closed from 4:50 PM (10 mins)
End of Session Report - consideration of report |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:00 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:10 PM (60 mins)
Justice Bill - Repeal of Vagrancy Legislation - Professor Kevin Brown, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast oral evidence
• Professor Kevin Brown, Queen's University Belfast
Public from 3:10 PM (15 mins)
Justice Bill - Fingerprint and DNA Review Mechanism – Department of Justice written paper
Justice Bill - Written papers
Renewal of the Secretary of State’s Direction under Section 1A(7) of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 as amended by Schedule 4 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010
Youth Justice Agency - Performance impact report 2024-2025
Public from 3:25 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Senate Chamber | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (25 mins)
Memorandum of Reply - Update on MOR on 'Developing the Skills for NI’s Future'
Public from 2:30 PM (30 mins)
Ministerial Direction - Licence Fee Payment to A5 Landowners
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Patrick Barr, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:00 PM (30 mins)
Inquiry into Homelessness in Northern Ireland - Preparation Session
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Barry Mitchell, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:30 PM (30 mins)
Inquiry into Access to General Practice in Northern Ireland - Update on qualitative analysis
Closed from 4:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |