| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 20 October 2025 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Tuesday 21 October 2025 |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:00 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:00 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:15 PM | Room 21 | Chairpersons' Liaison Group
Closed from 1:15 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:25 PM (10 mins)
Review of Assembly Committee Engagement on Cross-cutting Executive Strategies
Closed from 1:35 PM (10 mins)
Committee Meeting Etiquette
Closed from 1:45 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 22 October 2025 |
| VISIT | Europa Hotel Belfast | Committee for The Executive Office |
| 9:15 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 9:15 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:20 AM (25 mins)
Insolvency Practitioners Association– Insolvency (Amendment) Bill
• Antoinette Thorpe, Insolvency Practitioners Association
• Lyn Green, Insolvency Practitioners Association
Closed from 9:45 AM (15 mins)
ESR brief - Insolvency (Amendment) Bill
• Miss Angela Kelly, Examiner of Statutory Rules
Public from 10:00 AM (75 mins)
Departmental oral and written evidence –apprenticeship action plan
• Kathryn McCamley, DfE
• Erin Savage, DfE
• Michael Harris, DfE
Public from 11:15 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business
SL1 – The Insolvency Practitioners (Recognised Professional Bodies) (Revocation of Recognition) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 |
| 10:00 AM | Senate Chamber | Audit Committee
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:05 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:10 AM (30 mins)
Review of arrangements in relation to the C&AG Salary - Evidence session on Role Evaluation and Salary Benchmarking report
• Mrs Sinead McDonnell, Head of Human Resources
• Joanne Kane, HeadsTogether
Closed from 10:40 AM (30 mins)
C & AG Salary - Briefing from Legal Services
• Ms Maeve Corrigan, Legal Advisor
Closed from 11:10 AM (15 mins)
Committee report on Budgets 2026-2029/30 - NIAO, NIPSO AND NIAC
Closed from 11:25 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 11:35 AM (10 mins)
Committee draft response on Fiscal Council Bill
Closed from 11:45 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:00 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:15 AM (60 mins)
Performance Update – Driver and Vehicle Agency - Oral Evidence
• Mr Jeremy Logan, Driver and Vehicle Agency
• Mr Pat Delaney, Driver and Vehicle Agency
• Ms Siobhan Lynn, Driver and Vehicle Agency
Public from 11:15 AM (30 mins)
Environmental Scan of the Department – Assembly Research and Information Service - Oral Briefing
• Mr Desmond McKibbin, Research Officer
• Ms Suzie Cave, Research Officer
Public from 11:45 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 12:00 PM (15 mins)
Assembly Legal Service - Committee engagement on the A5 Western Transport Corridor in the context of a live appeal to the High Court judgement of 23 June 2025
Closed from 12:15 PM (60 mins)
Strategic Planning |
| 10:00 AM | Room 21 | Committee on Procedures
Closed from 10:00 AM (15 mins)
Review of Committee Strategic Priorities – Further Discussion
Public from 10:15 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Review of Committee Strategic Priorities - Agreed Approach
Closed from 10:25 AM (45 mins)
Repeal of Standing Order 70 and consequential amendments to Standing Orders - Further consideration of consequential amendment to SO22(2)
Inquiry into Extension of Standing Order 27A Voting by Proxy - Further consideration of policy and principles relating to extension of SO27A for serious long-term illness and injury
Public from 11:10 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Education
Public from 2:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:15 PM (60 mins)
Strategic Review of Current SEN Provision and Transformation Agenda - Oral Briefing
• Mr Chris Donnelly, St John the Baptist PS
Public from 3:15 PM (60 mins)
SEN Policy Perspective - Oral Briefing by the Minister for Education
• Mr Paul Givan, Minister of Education
• Mrs Janis Scallon, DE
• Ms Deirdre Ward, DE
Public from 4:15 PM (15 mins)
End of Session Report
Public from 4:30 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:00 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 2:30 PM (30 mins)
Administrative and Financial Provisions Bill - Committee Deliberations and Oral briefing from the Examiner of Statutory Rules
• Miss Angela Kelly, Examiner of Statutory Rules
Public from 3:00 PM (15 mins)
Northern Ireland Fiscal Council Bill - Committee Deliberations
Public from 3:15 PM (40 mins)
Rating - Rate Collection Strategy - Oral briefing from the Department
• Mr Chris Rooney, DoF
• Ms Sharon Gallagher, DoF
Public from 3:55 PM (10 mins)
Outturn and Forecast Outturn - September data - Written briefing
Public from 4:05 PM (10 mins)
NICS Reform - Civil Service Reform Inquiry - Discussion of Priorities
Public from 4:15 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 21 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:15 PM (45 mins)
Summary of Bill Scrutiny to Date: Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill
Public from 3:00 PM (45 mins)
Oral Briefing: Programme for Government Delivery - Departmental Officials
• Mr Michael Kennedy, TEO
• Mr Matthew McFarland, TEO
Closed from 3:45 PM (60 mins)
Oral Briefing: Update on the Review of COSICA and Independent Review of the HIA Redress Process (closed session)
• Ms Roberta Dalton, TEO
• Mr Michael Mulholland, TEO
• Mr David Hall, TEO
Public from 4:45 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 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
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
Public from 11:15 AM (45 mins)
Sign Language Bill - Oral evidence from the Department for Communities
Public from 12:00 PM (10 mins)
Pension Schemes Bill LCM: Agreement of Committee report
Public from 12:10 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 30 | Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (45 mins)
COM/2023/258 Proposal for a Regulation establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 - Oral evidence
Public from 10:50 AM (5 mins)
COM/2023/414 Proposal for a Regulation on the production and marketing of plant reproductive material in the Union, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/2031, 2017/625 and 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/53/EC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC, 2002/57/EC, 2008/72/EC and 2008/90/EC (Regulation on plant reproductive material)
Public from 10:55 AM (5 mins)
COM/2023/415 Proposal for a Regulation on the production and marketing of forest reproductive material, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/2031 and 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 1999/105/EC (Regulation on forest reproductive material)
Public from 11:00 AM (5 mins)
COM/2023/224 Proposal for a Regulation on compulsory licensing for crisis management and amending Regulation (EC) 816/2006
Public from 11:05 AM (5 mins)
End of Session Report - consideration of draft report
Public from 11:10 AM (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 (85 mins)
Departmental Briefing - BHSCT Departmental Intervention
Public from 3:30 PM (60 mins)
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust - Briefing from new Chief Executive
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 (15 mins)
Adult Protection Bill - Briefing from Bill Clerk
Closed from 5:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Inquiry: Access to Palliative Care Services - Consideration of report
Closed from 5:05 PM (5 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 - 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
Closed from 3:00 PM (30 mins)
Inquiry into Homelessness in Northern Ireland - Preparation Session
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 |