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Monday 31 March 2025

There is no Plenary Business scheduled for today.

* 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

Time	Venue	Committee
Thursday 27 March 2025
VISIT	Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)	Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
10:00 AM	Room 29	Committee for Communities Public from 10:00 AM (49 mins) Committee Business Public from 10:49 AM (1 mins) Sign Language Bill – update on call for evidence and engagements Public from 10:50 AM (1 mins) SL1 The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance Claims and Payments) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 Public from 10:51 AM (1 mins) Draft SR Period Products (DfC Specified Public Service Bodies) Public from 10:52 AM (54 mins) Oral briefing from Northern Ireland Anti-Poverty Network • Ms Becca Bor, Northern Ireland Anti-Poverty Network • Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick, Northern Ireland Anti-Poverty Network Suspension from 11:46 AM (11 mins) Public from 11:57 AM (29 mins) Oral briefing from People's Postcode Lottery • Mr Malcom Fleming, Postcode Lottery Group • Mr Andrew Murray, Postcode Lottery Group Public from 12:26 PM (32 mins) Oral briefing from Civic Initiative on Citizens’ Forum on Housing • Mr Les Allamby, Civic Initiative • Ms Emma DeSouza, Civic Initiative Public from 12:58 PM (5 mins) Committee Business
10:06 AM	Morrison Room, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Large Park, Hillsborough	Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Public from 10:06 AM (18 mins) Committee Business Public from 10:24 AM (44 mins) Agriculture Bill - Committee Deliberations • Mr John Terrington, DAERA • Ms Elaine McCrory, DAERA Suspension from 11:08 AM (7 mins) Public from 11:15 AM (54 mins) Briefing from The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) - Delivering a net zero nature positive future, supporting sustainable agriculture and thriving rural communities • Dr Stanley McDowell, Agri-food and Biosciences Institute • Dr Alastair Douglas, Agri-food and Biosciences Institute • Professor Elizabeth Magowan, Agri-food and Biosciences Institute • Mrs Nuala McAuley, Agri-food and Biosciences Institute • Mr Pieter-Jan Schön, Agri-food and Biosciences Institute Public from 12:09 PM (19 mins) Research and Information Service (RaISe) Briefing - Community Assets Transfer • Mr Mark Allen, Research Officer SI The Fair Dealing Obligations (Pig) Regulations 2025 Public from 12:28 PM (2 mins) Committee Business
2:02 PM	Room 29	Committee for Health Public from 2:02 PM (11 mins) Committee Business Public from 2:13 PM (93 mins) Departmental Briefing - Budget • Ms Brigitte Worth, DoH • Mr David Keenan, DoH • Ms Preeta Miller, DoH • Ms Jessica Tsang, DoH Public from 3:46 PM (19 mins) Committee Inquiry: Access to Palliative Care Services - All-Ireland Institute of Hospice & Palliative Care • Mr Fintan Fagan, All-Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care • Ms Paula Pinto, All-Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care • Ms Melanie Nugent, All-Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care • Prof Joanne Reid, Queen's University Belfast Public from 4:05 PM (10 mins) Departmental Written Briefing - General Dental Services Reform Public from 4:15 PM (5 mins) Draft SI – Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Public from 4:20 PM (10 mins) Committee Business
2:15 PM	Room 30	Committee for Justice Public from 2:15 PM (3 mins) Committee Business Public from 2:18 PM (93 mins) Justice Bill - Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People oral evidence • Mr Chris Quinn, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People • Ms Joanne McGurk, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People • Ms Rachel Woods, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People Public from 3:51 PM (41 mins) Justice Bill - Children’s Law Centre oral evidence • Ms Paddy Kelly, Children's Law Centre • Mr Eamonn McNally, Children's Law Centre • Mr Fergal McFerran, Children's Law Centre Public from 4:32 PM (10 mins) Justice Bill - Written papers Enabling Access to Justice Reform Programme - Taxation of legal aid remuneration for High Court bail applications – update on consultation proposals – Department of Justice written paper Anti-social behaviour - Response to consultation and proposed way forward – Department of Justice written paper Court-ordered Community Sentences for Children - Proposed consultation – Department of Justice written paper Public from 4:42 PM (16 mins) Committee Business
2:20 PM	Senate Chamber	Public Accounts Committee Public from 2:20 PM (4 mins) Committee Business Public from 2:24 PM (42 mins) Disclaimed Accounts - Oral evidence from the Treasury Officer of Accounts • Stuart Stevenson, DoF Closed from 3:06 PM (19 mins) Disclaimed Accounts - Discussion of evidence session • Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office • Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office • Ms Karen Costly, Northern Ireland Audit Office Closed from 3:25 PM (4 mins) Inquiry into Major Capital Projects - Follow-up Report - Final consideration of draft report and press release • Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office • Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office Closed from 3:29 PM (10 mins) Inquiry into Reducing Adult Reoffending in Northern Ireland - Preparation session • Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office • Mr Conor McGeown, Northern Ireland Audit Office • Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office • Mr Paul Turley, Northern Ireland Audit Office Closed from 3:39 PM (17 mins) Committee Business

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