Business Diary

Monday 07 October 2024 - Friday 11 October 2024

* 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
TimeVenuePlenary/Committee
Monday 07 October 2024
12:00 PMAssembly ChamberPlenary Session
Tuesday 08 October 2024
10:30 AMAssembly ChamberPlenary Session
1:03 PMRoom 106Business Committee

Closed from 1:03 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Wednesday 09 October 2024
10:00 AMRoom 29Committee for Infrastructure

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

Public from 10:10 AM (60 mins)
Draft Programme for Government 2024-27 – Department for Infrastructure – Oral Evidence
• Ms Alison Clydesdale, DfI
• Mrs Rosemary Daly, DfI
• Mr Liam McEvoy, DfI
• Ms Adele Watters, DfI

Public from 11:10 AM (30 mins)
Ports Review Consultation - Department for Infrastructure – Oral Evidence
• Ms Sian Kerr, DfI
• Mr Seamus O'Hare, DfI
• Mrs Adele Campbell, DfI

Public from 11:40 AM (30 mins)
SL1 - The Trunk Road T3 [(Western Transport Corridor – Sion Mills (North) to Ballygawley (West)] Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 - Department for Infrastructure - Oral Evidence
• Mr Colin Hutchinson, DfI
• Mr Seamus Keenan, DfI
• Mr David Millar, DfI

Public from 12:10 PM (10 mins)
SR 2024-165 The Armagh Road Moy (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024

SR 2024-166 The Moyraverty Centre, Craigavon (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024

SL1 - The Coopers Mill Park, Dundonald (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024

SL1 - The Drumna Walk, Lurgan (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024

Subordinate Legislation - SL1s - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings

Subordinate Legislation - SRs - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings

Public from 12:20 PM (10 mins)
Proposals in a range of Road Traffic and Vehicle Policy Areas – Department for Infrastructure – Written Briefing

Public from 12:30 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
10:00 AMRoom 30Committee for the Economy

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

Public from 10:05 AM (55 mins)
Net Zero – oral and written evidence
• Professor David Rooney, Queen's University Belfast

Public from 11:00 AM (60 mins)
PfG, Business Plan, Transformation – Department for the Economy - oral and written evidence
• Mr Ian Snowden, DfE
• Mr Shane Murphy, DfE
• Mr Michael Kennedy, TEO

Public from 12:00 PM (55 mins)
Decarbonisation of housing and related skills development – oral and written evidence
• Mr David Little, Forum for Better Homes NI
• Anita Conway, Radius Housing
• Ciaran Fox, RSUA
• Gavin McGuire, Federation of Master Builders Northern Ireland

Public from 12:55 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
10:00 AMRoom 21Committee on Procedures

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

Closed from 10:05 AM (30 mins)
Proxy Voting for Parental Leave in Plenary - Consideration of Draft Standing Order and Motion

Closed from 10:35 AM (30 mins)
Proxy Voting for Parental Leave in Plenary - Committee Draft Report

Closed from 11:05 AM (30 mins)
Annual Debate on the Executive’s Legislative Timetable – Legal Advice and Draft Standing Order
• Ms Alice McKelvey, Legal Advisor

Closed from 11:35 AM (30 mins)
Schedule 6B of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 - Provision for the Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee in Standing Orders – Committee Consideration

Public from 12:05 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 29Committee for Education

Public from 2:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 2:15 PM (45 mins)
Relationships and Sexuality Education Inquiry - Oral Briefing from NSPCC
• Ms Déarbhla Sloan, NSPCC
• Ms Karen Walker, NSPCC
• Caroline Cunningham, NSPCC

Public from 3:00 PM (45 mins)
Relationships and Sexuality Education Inquiry - Oral Briefing from the Transferor Representatives' Council
• Dr Andrew Brown, Presbyterian Church in Ireland
• Dr Anita Gracie, Methodist Church in Ireland
• Dr Rebecca Stevenson, Presbyterian Church in Ireland

Public from 3:45 PM (45 mins)
Daily Mile - Oral Briefing
• Dr Barbara McConnell, Stranmillis University College
• Dr Brenda McKay Redmond, Stranmillis University College
• Dr Gavin Breslin, The Daily Mile Network Northern Ireland

Public from 4:30 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 21Committee for Finance

Public from 2:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 2:15 PM (30 mins)
Banking Issues - RaISe – Oral briefing – Banking Service Provision
• Mr Michael Scholes, Research Officer

Public from 2:45 PM (60 mins)
Banking Issues - The financial landscape in UK & Ireland - Oral briefing from the Financial Services Union
• John Burns, Financial Services Union
• John O'Connell, Financial Services Union
• Brian McDowell, Financial Services Union

Public from 3:45 PM (30 mins)
Banking Issues - Banking Hubs in NI – Oral Briefing from Cash Access UK
• Gareth Oakley, Cash Access UK

Public from 4:15 PM (20 mins)
Outturn and Forecast Outturn - Data for August 2024-25 – Written briefing

Public from 4:35 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 30Committee for The Executive Office

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

Public from 2:05 PM (60 mins)
Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Strategic Framework - Departmental Officials - Oral Briefing
• Ms Claire Archbold, TEO
• Ms Geraldine Fee, TEO
• Mr Ryan Sommerville, TEO

Public from 3:05 PM (40 mins)
Mother and Baby Institutions - Donation of Bodies for Anatomical Research - QUB Oral Briefing
• Professor Alan Smyth, Queen's University Belfast
• Mr Alistair Finlay, Queen's University Belfast

Public from 3:45 PM (40 mins)
Mother and Baby Institutions - Records and Access to Data - PRONI and Human Rights Commission - Oral Briefing
• Mr David Huddleston, Public Records Office Northern Ireland
• Mr Wesley Geddis, Public Records Office Northern Ireland
• Ms Joy Carey, Public Records Office Northern Ireland
• Ms Alyson Kilpatrick, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Dr Hannah Russell, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Ms Emma Osbourne, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

Public from 4:25 PM (5 mins)
SR 2024-XXX The Period Products (Executive Office Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (NI) 2024

Public from 4:30 PM (5 mins)
Inquiry into Gaps in Equality Legislation - Update

Public from 4:35 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Thursday 10 October 2024
VISITOireachtasCommittee for Health
10:00 AMRoom 21Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

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

Public from 10:05 AM (60 mins)
Briefing from The Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs - DAERA Business Plan & Draft Programme for Government 2024-27
• Mr David Simpson, DAERA
• Mr Hugh Quinn, DAERA

Closed from 11:05 AM (30 mins)
Draft Programme for Government 2024-2027 - Committee response to TEO Committee

Public from 11:35 AM (20 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Update on the Ruminant Genetics Programme

Environmental Improvement Plan for Northern Ireland

Public from 11:55 AM (20 mins)
Committee Business
10:00 AMRoom 29Committee for Communities

Public from 10:00 AM (20 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:20 AM (30 mins)
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill - Oral Briefing from CIPD
• Mr Charles Cotton, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Public from 10:50 AM (30 mins)
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill - Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) – Oral briefing from Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Mr Jonathan Cribb, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Public from 11:20 AM (30 mins)
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill - Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) – Oral briefing from University of Stirling
• Dr Rachel Scarfe, University of Stirling

Public from 11:50 AM (45 mins)
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill - Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) – Committee deliberations on the clauses of the Bill
• Ms Hayley Ward, DfC
• Mr Richard Jordan, DfC

Public from 12:35 PM (15 mins)
SR 2024/160 The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Public from 12:50 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business - Committee Business
10:00 AMRoom 30Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee

Closed from 10:00 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business

Closed from 10:01 AM (15 mins)
Regulation (EU) 2024/2516 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products - Legal Advice

Public from 10:16 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:17 AM (30 mins)
Regulation (EU) 2024/2516 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products - Departmental Oral Evidence

Public from 10:47 AM (5 mins)
COM (2022) 461 – Single Market Emergency Instrument (Regulation)

Public from 10:52 AM (5 mins)
COM (2022) 462 – Single Market Emergency Instrument (Directive)

Public from 10:57 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 30Committee for Justice

Closed from 2:00 PM (40 mins)
Committee Business

Post-legislative scrutiny - Committee approach

Justice Bill - Committee approach

Public from 2:40 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business

Justice Bill - extension of Committee stage

Public from 2:50 PM (60 mins)
Mental health and the criminal justice system - Cardiff University School of Medicine oral evidence session
• Professor Andrew Forrester, Cardiff University

Public from 3:50 PM (45 mins)
Programme for Government - Department of Justice oral evidence session
• Hugh Widdis, DoJ
• Ms Deborah Brown, DoJ
• Dr David Lennox, DoJ

Public from 4:35 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 21Public Accounts Committee

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

Closed from 2:05 PM (55 mins)
Inquiry into Child Poverty in Northern Ireland - Formal Consideration of draft report
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Barry Mitchell, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office

Closed from 3:00 PM (30 mins)
Inquiry into Major Capital Project - Follow-up Report - Issues Paper
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Patrick Barr, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Suzanne Murphy, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office

Closed from 3:30 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business

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