| Time | Venue | Committee |
| Thursday 21 November 2024 |
| 10:00 AM | FIC 8-9, CAFRE Loughry Campus, 76 Dungannon Road, Cookstown | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (60 mins)
Briefing from Rural Partnership Groups - Issues facing rural communities
• Ms Teresa Canavan, Rural Action
• Mr Michael Kelly, Rural Action
• Ms Louise Coyle, Northern Ireland Rural Women's Network
• Ms Ciara Forsythe, Northern Ireland Rural Women's Network
• Ms Kate Clifford, Rural Community Network
• Ms Samantha Gallagher, Rural Community Network
Public from 11:05 AM (60 mins)
Briefing from the Rural Support Networks (RSNs) - Issues facing rural communities
• Ms Mary T Conway, Omagh Forum for Rural Associations
• Mr Nicholas McCrickard, County Down Rural Community Network
• Ms Diane Ewart, TADA Rural Support Network
Public from 12:05 PM (25 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:00 AM (30 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:30 AM (15 mins)
Child Support Enforcement Bill - Formal clause by clause consideration
• Mr John Noble, DfC
• Ms Sinead Wylie, DfC
Public from 10:45 AM (45 mins)
Department for Communities - update on Gambling Reform
• Mr Ciaran Mee, DfC
• Ms Carol Reid, DfC
Public from 11:30 AM (45 mins)
Department for Communities – briefing from Operational Delivery Group on Welfare Supplementary Payments and Carer’s Allowance
• Ms Leonora McLaughlin, DfC
• Mr Ruairi O'Connell, DfC
Public from 12:15 PM (30 mins)
Oral briefing from NICVA
• Ms Celine McStravick, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Public from 12:45 PM (5 mins)
SL1 The Gaming (Variation Of Monetary Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 12:50 PM (5 mins)
SL1 The Gaming (Gaming Machines in Registered Clubs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 12:55 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 30 | Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
Closed from 10:00 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:01 AM (15 mins)
Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 establishing a framework of measures related to an internal market emergency and to the resilience of the internal market and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2679/98 (Internal Market Emergency and Resilience Act) - Legal Advice
• Mr Simon Kelly, Legal Advisor
Closed from 10:16 AM (15 mins)
Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 as regards emergency procedures for the conformity assessment, presumption of conformity, adoption of common specifications and market surveillance due to an internal market emergency - Legal Advice
• Mr Simon Kelly, Legal Advisor
Closed from 10:31 AM (15 mins)
Directive (EU) 2024/2749 as regards emergency procedures for the conformity assessment, presumption of conformity, adoption of common specifications and market surveillance due to an internal market emergency - Legal Advice
• Mr Simon Kelly, Legal Advisor
Public from 10:46 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:47 AM (15 mins)
Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 establishing a framework of measures related to an internal market emergency and to the resilience of the internal market and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2679/98 (Internal Market Emergency and Resilience Act) - Departmental oral evidence
Public from 11:02 AM (15 mins)
Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 as regards emergency procedures for the conformity assessment, presumption of conformity, adoption of common specifications and market surveillance due to an internal market emergency - Departmental oral evidence
Public from 11:17 AM (15 mins)
Directive (EU) 2024/2749 as regards emergency procedures for the conformity assessment, presumption of conformity, adoption of common specifications and market surveillance due to an internal market emergency - Departmental oral evidence
Public from 11:32 AM (10 mins)
COM(2023)769: Proposal for Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability - Consideration of survey responses
Public from 11:42 AM (5 mins)
COM(2022)748: Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures - Consideration of survey responses
Public from 11:47 AM (10 mins)
Committee Travel - Written report on study visit to Brussels
Public from 11:57 AM (3 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 (90 mins)
Briefing from Health and Social Care Trusts - General update and Winter Preparedness
• Ms Roisin Coulter, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Maureen Edwards, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
• Mr Owen Harkin, Northern Health and Social Care Trust
• Mr Michael Bloomfield, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust
• Mr Neil Guckian, Western Health and Social Care Trust
• Mr Colm McCafferty, Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Public from 3:35 PM (40 mins)
Departmental Briefing - October Monitoring
• Ms Brigitte Worth, DoH
• Ms Danielle Mallen, DoH
• Ms Preeta Miller, DoH
• Ms Linda Carter, DoH
Public from 4:15 PM (20 mins)
SL1 Human Medicines (Amendment) (Modular Manufacture and Point of Care) Regulations
• Mr Chris Garland, DoH
• Mr Eddie Murphy, DoH
Public from 4:35 PM (10 mins)
SL1 Period Products (Department of Health Specified Public Services Bodies) Regulations
• Ms Irene Culleton, DoH
• Mr Tim Morrison, DoH
Public from 4:45 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Closed from 2:00 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Committee Business
• Dr Frank Geddis, Clerk Assistant
Public from 2:10 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:15 PM (100 mins)
Justice Bill - and the 2024 Victim Survey - Commissioner for Victims of Crime Designate oral evidence session
• Ms Geraldine Hanna, Commissioner for Victims of Crime Northern Ireland
• Mr Aongus O’Keeffe, Commissioner for Victims of Crime Northern Ireland
Public from 3:55 PM (60 mins)
Justice Bill - Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission oral evidence session
• Ms Alyson Kilpatrick, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Dr Colin Caughey, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Dr Hannah Russell, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Dr Ivanka Antova, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Public from 4:55 PM (10 mins)
The Arbitration Bill - Legislative Consent Memorandum - Committee report
SL1 The Police Trainee (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 5:05 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 (130 mins)
Inquiry into Developing the skills for Northern Ireland's future - Evidence Session
• Mr Ian Snowden, DfE
• Mr Graeme Wilkinson, DfE
• Mrs Moira Doherty, DfI
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Stuart Stevenson, DoF
Closed from 4:15 PM (35 mins)
Inquiry into Developing the skills for Northern Ireland's future - Discussions with Northern Ireland Audit Office following Evidence session
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Patrick Barr, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Suzanne Murphy, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 4:50 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |