| Time | Venue | Committee |
| Thursday 20 November 2025 |
| 10:00 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:45 AM (20 mins)
Dilapidation Bill - Oral Evidence Session - Landlords Association for Northern Ireland
• Mr Robert Greer, Landlords Association for Northern Ireland
• Mr Dairmid Laird, Landlords Association for Northern Ireland
• Mr Stephen Magill, Landlords Association for Northern Ireland
• Mr Richard Smyth, Landlords Association for Northern Ireland
Public from 11:05 AM (60 mins)
Dilapidation Bill - Oral Evidence Session - Royal Society of Ulster Architects
• Mr Ciarán Fox, Royal Society of Ulster Architects
• Mr Curtis Large, Royal Society of Ulster Architects
• Mr Colin Shaw, Royal Society of Ulster Architects
Public from 12:05 PM (40 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Progress of Sustainable Utilisation of Livestock Slurry Programme Phase 2
Public from 12:45 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 106 | Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
Informal from 10:00 AM (180 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:01 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:01 AM (11 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:12 AM (48 mins)
Task and Finish Group findings on benefit fraud and error: Oral evidence from the Department for Communities
• Ms Julie Nelson, DfC
• Ms Cherrie Arnold, DfC
• Mr Mark Morrison, DfC
Public from 11:00 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 11:15 AM (10 mins)
The Northern Ireland Football Fund: Advice from Legal Services
• Mr Simon Kelly, Legal Advisor
Closed from 11:25 AM (10 mins)
Irish Language strategy: Advice from Legal Services
• Helen Smyth, Legal Advisor
Closed from 11:35 AM (25 mins)
Legal Advice - Sign Language Bill
• Ms Htaik Win, Legal Advisor
Closed from 12:00 PM (45 mins)
Sign Language Bill: Committee deliberations on the clauses of the Bill and consideration of legal advice
• Mrs Liz Marsh, Assembly Clerk
Public from 12:45 PM (5 mins)
SL1 - The State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) Order (NI) 2025
Public from 12:50 PM (5 mins)
SL1 - The State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions Order (NI) 2025
Public from 12:55 PM (5 mins)
SR 2025/175 The Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Public from 1:00 PM (5 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 (55 mins)
Adult Protection Bill - Briefing from Commissioner for Older People for Nothern Ireland
• Ms Siobhan Casey, Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland
• Ms Aimee Miller, Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland
Public from 3:00 PM (90 mins)
Ministerial Briefing - "Shift Left" Agenda
• Mr Mike Nesbitt, Minister of Health
• Mr Gearóid Cassidy, DoH
• Prof Cathy Harrison, DoH
Public from 4:30 PM (30 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Violence and Aggression towards staff
• Mr Seamus Mullan, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
• Mr John Doherty, Western Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Brona Shaw, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
• Mr Jon McGall, Southern Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Suzanne Pullins, Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Public from 5:00 PM (5 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Homecare Services
Public from 5:05 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:00 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:10 PM (80 mins)
‘Transforming the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland’ - Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland report and other matters – Department of Justice Permanent Secretary oral evidence
• Hugh Widdis, DoJ
Public from 3:30 PM (60 mins)
Enabling Access to Justice Reform Programme - and Taxation Reform update – Department of Justice oral evidence
• Mr Steven Allison, DoJ
• Mr John Bradley, DoJ
• Mr Chris Barry, DoJ
Public from 4:30 PM (25 mins)
Justice Bill - Written papers
Crime and Policing Bill - Legislative Consent - Correspondence
SR 2025/171 The County Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2025
SR 2025/173 The Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
SL1 Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
SL1 The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order (Codes of Practice) Order 2025
Police Ombudsman Retention and Disposal Schedule
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
Public from 4:55 PM (20 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 Major Capitals Project: Follow-up Report and Reducing Adult Reoffending in NI
Public from 2:30 PM (15 mins)
Disclaimed DfE Accounts - Update from DfE
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:45 PM (30 mins)
Inquiry into Homelessness in Northern Ireland - Preparation Session for Evidence Session 2
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:15 PM (45 mins)
Inquiry into Access to General Practice in Northern Ireland - First Consideration of Draft Report
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Colette Kane, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 4:00 PM (15 mins)
Excess Votes - Report on Excess Votes (NI) 24-25 and late accounts from 23-24
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 4:15 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business - Draft FWP & AOB |