Business Diary

Monday 16 September 2024 - Friday 20 September 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 16 September 2024
12:00 PMAssembly ChamberPlenary Session
Tuesday 17 September 2024
10:30 AMAssembly ChamberPlenary Session
1:00 PMRoom 106Business Committee

Closed from 1:00 PM (60 mins)
Committee Business
Wednesday 18 September 2024
VISITUlster University, Magee CampusCommittee for the Economy
10:00 AMRoom 29Committee for Infrastructure

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

Public from 10:10 AM (50 mins)
Electric Vehicle Association Northern Ireland – Oral Evidence
• Mr Mark McCall, Electric Vehicle Association Northern Ireland
• Mr Darren Henderson, Electric Vehicle Association Northern Ireland
• Mr Mark Anderson, Electric Vehicle Association Northern Ireland

Public from 11:00 AM (50 mins)
Provision of Class B Private Hire Vehicles – Inclusive Mobility and Transport Advisory Committee (IMTAC) – Oral Evidence
• Ms June Best, IMTAC
• Mr Michael Lorimer, IMTAC
• Mr Dermot Devlin, IMTAC

Public from 11:50 AM (10 mins)
Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) 2024-25 Business Plan - Written Briefing

Road Safety Strategy - Action Plan 2024-2025 - Written Briefing

Department for Infrastructure – 2024-2025 Business Plan - Written Briefing

Public from 12:00 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
12:00 PMUlster University, Magee Campus, Northland Road, Derry / LondonderryCommittee for the Economy

Public from 12:00 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 12:10 PM (60 mins)
Oral and written briefing from the Magee Expansion Taskforce
• Mr Stephen Kelly, Magee Expansion Taskforce
• Ms Moira Doherty, Magee Expansion Taskforce

Public from 1:10 PM (10 mins)
SR 2024/161 The Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2024

Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 29Committee for Education

Public from 2:00 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 2:10 PM (60 mins)
Relationships and Sexuality Education Inquiry - Oral briefing from Invisible Traffick
• Ms Megan Phair, Invisible Traffick

Public from 3:10 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 21Committee for Finance

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

Closed from 2:15 PM (15 mins)
Registration of Deaths and Still-Births Bill - Written briefing from DoF

Public from 2:30 PM (30 mins)
Financial Provisions Bill - Oral briefing from DoF
• Patrick Neeson, DoF
• Ian Fleming, DoF
• Sarah Gibson, DoF

Public from 3:00 PM (45 mins)
Budget - Update briefing from DoF
• Joanne McBurney, DoF
• Jeff McGuinness, DoF

Public from 3:45 PM (15 mins)
Outturn and Forecast Outturn - Data for June/July 2024-25 - Written briefing

Public from 4:00 PM (15 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)
Independent Commission on Reconciliation and Information Recovery - Oral Briefing
• Sir Declan Morgan, Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
• Dr Lesley Carroll, Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
• Ms Louise Warde Hunter, Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
• Mr Peter Sheridan, Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

Public from 3:05 PM (60 mins)
Recent Racist Incidents - Stakeholder Oral Briefing
• Mr Takura Donald Makoni, African and Caribbean Support Organisation NI
• Dr Naomi Green, Belfast Islamic Centre
• Mr Muhammed Atif, Belfast Multi-Cultural Association
• Ms Beverly Simpson, North West Migrants' Forum

Public from 4:05 PM (30 mins)
Inquiry into Gaps in Equality Legislation - Consultation Summary

Public from 4:35 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Thursday 19 September 2024
VISITClandeboye Estate and CourtyardCommittee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
10:00 AMThe James Frazer Room, Clandeboye Estate and Courtyard, BangorCommittee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

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

Public from 10:05 AM (30 mins)
SL1 - The Hops Certification (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 - Briefing from the Department
• Ms Samantha Swann, DAERA
• Mr Kristopher Todd, DAERA

Public from 10:35 AM (30 mins)
Research and Information Service (RaISe) Briefing - Just Transition - Climate Change
• Ms Suzie Cave, Research Officer

Public from 11:05 AM (40 mins)
Briefing from Clandeboye Estate Farm - Farm Sustainability
• Mr Mark Logan, Clandeboye Estate
• Mr Patrick Black, Clandeboye Estate

Public from 11:45 AM (10 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Launch of Phase 2 SBRI on Sustainable Utilisation of Livestock Slurry

Departmental Written Briefing - NI Environment Agency Business Plan 2024-25

Departmental Written Briefing - SIB Review of the TB Eradication Partnership

Written Briefing from the Northern Ireland Aquaculture Representative Group

Public from 11:55 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
10:00 AMRoom 29Committee for Communities

Public from 10:00 AM (40 mins)
Committee Business

Closed from 10:40 AM (20 mins)
Child Support Enforcement Bill - Briefing from the Bill Office
• Ms Aoibheann Baker, Senior Assistant Assembly Clerk

Closed from 11:00 AM (25 mins)
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill - Briefing from the Bill Office
• Mr Stephen Orme, Assembly Clerk

Public from 11:25 AM (10 mins)
SR 2024/160 The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Public from 11:35 AM (10 mins)
SR 2024/163 The Social Security (Genuine and Sufficient Link to the United Kingdom) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Public from 11:45 AM (5 mins)
SL1 The Social Security (Infected Blood Capital Disregard) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Public from 11:50 AM (30 mins)
Oral Briefing from Belfast Works Connect
• Mr Andrew Irvine, East Belfast Mission
• Ms Rosemary McCusker, Upper Springfield Development Trust
• Mr Ciaran Boylan, Locus

Public from 12:20 PM (30 mins)
Oral Briefing from NICVA
• Ms Celine McStravick, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action

Public from 12:50 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 29Committee for Health

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

Public from 2:05 PM (45 mins)
Departmental Briefing - ADHD Services

Public from 2:50 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business

Closed from 3:00 PM (60 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 30Committee for Justice

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

Justice Bill - Bill Office oral evidence session
• Mrs Liz Marsh, Assembly Clerk

Public from 2:40 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 2:45 PM (40 mins)
Justice Bill - RaISe oral evidence session
• Ms Judith Bailie, Research Officer
• Ms Annabel Reid, Senior Researcher

Public from 3:25 PM (20 mins)
SR 2024/147 The Police Service of Northern Ireland and Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve (Injury Benefit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 - Department of Justice oral evidence
• Ms Lynne Curran, DoJ
• Ms Antonia Hoskins, DoJ
• Mr Allan Crone, DoJ

Public from 3:45 PM (5 mins)
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 - Department of Justice written paper

Public from 3:50 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 21Public Accounts Committee

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

Public from 2:05 PM (25 mins)
Memorandum of Reply - Mental Health Services in Northern Ireland
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Colette Kane, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office

Closed from 2:30 PM (60 mins)
Inquiry into Child Poverty in Northern Ireland - Issues Paper and first draft report
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Barry Mitchell, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Claire Turner, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office

Closed from 3:30 PM (45 mins)
Inquiry into Major Capital Project - Follow-up Report - Briefing Session
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Suzanne Murphy, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office

Closed from 4:15 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business

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