| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Tuesday 06 May 2025 |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:03 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:03 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 07 May 2025 |
| 10:00 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:00 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:02 AM (23 mins)
Assembly Research briefing – social enterprises international best practice
• Nathan Mulholland, Research Officer
Public from 10:25 AM (57 mins)
Work Placement – oral and written evidence
• Anne-Marie Fleming, NI Assembly Education Service
• Danielle Keenan, Kainos
• Karen Hillis, Speaker For Schools
• Nuala Ryan, Belfast Boys' Model School
Suspension from 11:22 AM (7 mins)
Public from 11:29 AM (42 mins)
NI Productivity 2040 - oral and written evidence
• Dr David Jordan, Queen's University Belfast
Public from 12:11 PM (15 mins)
SL1 – The Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations (NI) 2025
Committee Business |
| 10:01 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:01 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:06 AM (37 mins)
Research and Information Service (RaISe) Briefing - The Reservoirs Bill/Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 – An Overview On Progress To Date - Oral Evidence
• Mr Mark Allen, Research Officer
Public from 10:43 AM (60 mins)
Update on the Transport Strategy - Department for Infrastructure - Oral Evidence
• Ms Sian Kerr, DfI
• Mr James Redmond, Department for Infrastructure
• Mr Andrew McGreevy, Department for Infrastructure
Public from 11:44 AM (19 mins)
2024-25 Business Update - Driver and Vehicle Agency - Oral Evidence
• Mr Jeremy Logan, Driver and Vehicle Agency
• Mr Pat Delaney, Driver and Vehicle Agency
• Mr Jonathan Furphy, Driver and Vehicle Agency
Closed from 12:03 PM (32 mins)
Termination of the Vehicle Testing Equipment Contract - Oral Evidence
• Mr Jeremy Logan, Driver and Vehicle Agency
• Mr Pat Delaney, Driver and Vehicle Agency
Closed from 12:35 PM (15 mins)
Subordinate Legislation - SRs - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
Subordinate Legislation - SL1s - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
Closed from 12:50 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:02 AM | Room 21 | Committee on Procedures
Public from 10:02 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:03 AM (25 mins)
Annual Debate on the Executive’s Legislative Timetable - Legal Advice and Revised draft Standing Order
• Adam Leitch, Legal Advisor
Public from 10:28 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:02 AM | Room 106 | Committee on Standards and Privileges
Closed from 10:02 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:04 AM (20 mins)
Complaint against a member - consideration of draft report
Closed from 10:24 AM (41 mins)
Further consideration of decisions on inadmissible complaints - Briefing from Legal Services
Closed from 11:05 AM (2 mins)
All-Party Group issues
Closed from 11:07 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:05 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 1:05 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:06 PM (48 mins)
NI Banking and Financial Services Landscape - Oral Briefing from Association of British Insurers
• Mr Alastair Ross, Association of British Insurers
• Mr Mark Shepherd, Association of British Insurers
Suspension from 1:54 PM (6 mins)
Public from 2:00 PM (125 mins)
Ministerial Briefing - Oral briefing on current issues
• Mr John O'Dowd, Minister of Finance
• Ms Joanne McBurney, DoF
• Mr Neil Gibson, DoF
Public from 4:05 PM (62 mins)
Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Bill - Bill Provisions - Oral Briefing from Department of Finance
• Dr Philip Wales, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
• Ms Aoife Rooney, DoF
Closed from 5:07 PM (35 mins)
Public from 5:42 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Education
Public from 2:00 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 2:03 PM (39 mins)
School Uniforms (Guidelines and Allowances) Bill - Oral Briefing by the Examiner of Statutory Rules
• Miss Angela Kelly, Examiner of Statutory Rules
Public from 2:42 PM (85 mins)
School Uniforms (Guidelines and Allowances) Bill - Oral Briefing by Retail NI
• Glyn Roberts, Retail NI
• Ms Jan Buchanan, Warnocks
• Ms Francesca Cahillin, Truly Fare
• Mr Alastair McCall, McCalls of Lisburn
Public from 4:07 PM (41 mins)
Budget Update - Oral Briefing by DE Officials
• Mr Neil Palmer, DE
• Mr Stephen Van Houten, DE
Public from 4:48 PM (12 mins)
Committee Business |
| 4:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 4:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 4:15 PM (20 mins)
Inquiry: Consideration of Draft Report - Inquiry into Gaps in Equality Legislation (closed session)
Public from 4:35 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 08 May 2025 |
| VISIT | Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) Learning and Development College | Committee for Health |
| 10:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:00 AM (13 mins)
Committee Business
Suspension from 10:13 AM (1 mins)
Public from 10:14 AM (73 mins)
Budget 2025-26: Oral briefing from Department for Communities
• Mr John Greer, DfC
• Ms Kathy Sands, DfC
• Ms Cherrie Arnold, DfC
Suspension from 11:27 AM (6 mins)
Public from 11:33 AM (67 mins)
Staff Pressures and Workforce Planning: Oral briefing from Department for Communities
• Mr John Greer, DfC
• Mr Eamon O'Kane, DfC
• Ms Cherrie Arnold, DfC
Public from 12:40 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:04 AM | Room 30 | Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
Closed from 10:04 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:05 AM (9 mins)
COM/2023/411 Proposal for a Regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 - Legal Advice
• Ms Julie Byers, Legal Advisor
Public from 10:14 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:15 AM (21 mins)
COM/2023/411 Proposal for a Regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 - Departmental Oral Evidence
• Mr Colin Coates, DAERA
• Mrs Sharon Gilmore, Food Standards Agency NI
Public from 10:36 AM (1 mins)
COM/2025/137 Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2021/2115 and (EU) No 251/2014 as regards certain market rules and sectoral support measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products
Public from 10:37 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:10 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:10 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:16 AM (82 mins)
Departmental oral evidence session - The Revised Nutrients Action Programme 2025 - 2029 Consultation
• Ms Fiona Dickson, DAERA
• Mr Brian Ervine, DAERA
• Mr Mark Scott, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise
• Ms Rachel Cassidy, Agri-food and Biosciences Institute
Public from 11:38 AM (20 mins)
Briefing from Northern Ireland Sheep Scab group - An update and a path forward
• Mr Paul Crawford, Northern Ireland Sheep Scab Group
Suspension from 11:58 AM (11 mins)
Public from 12:09 PM (11 mins)
Briefing from Northern Ireland Sheep Scab group - An update and a path forward
Closed from 12:20 PM (25 mins)
Agriculture Bill
Public from 12:45 PM (25 mins)
Agriculture Bill - Formal Clause by Clause & Draft Report
Public from 1:10 PM (16 mins)
SL1 The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Other Dangerous Substances) (Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
• Ms Helen Lewis, DAERA
• Ms Aoibhinn Corrigan, DAERA
SR 2025/000 The Farming with Nature Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
• Ms Zita Hale, DAERA
• Ms Devina Park, DAERA
Departmental Written Briefing - Inland Fisheries Annual Report
Departmental Written Briefing - Policies for inclusion in the Fisheries Bill and advise of the forthcoming consultation
Departmental Written Briefing - Update on the outcome of consultation on a proposed UK-wide fairer food labelling scheme
Public from 1:26 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:04 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:04 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:09 PM (52 mins)
Justice Bill - Northern Ireland Probation Board oral evidence
• Ms Amanda Stewart, Probation Board NI
• Ms Gillian Montgomery, Probation Board NI
• Ms Aideen McLaughlin, Probation Board NI
Public from 3:01 PM (51 mins)
Justice Bill - NIACRO oral evidence
• Ms Fiona Greene, Niacro
• Ms Rachel Long, Niacro
• Ms Andrea Moreland, Niacro
Public from 3:52 PM (22 mins)
Justice Bill - RaISe written papers
Justice Bill - Written papers
SL1 The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (PACE NI) 2025
Amendments to Legal Aid Remuneration - Outcome of Consultation and Way Forward - Department of Justice written paper
SL1 The Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
SL1 The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2025
SL1 The Magistrates’ Courts and County Court Appeals (Criminal Legal Aid) (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2025
Victims and Witnesses Bill - Outcome of consultation and draft legislative proposals – Department of Justice written paper
Victim and Witness Strategy 2025-2030 - Pre-consultation proposals - Department of Justice written paper
Public from 4:14 PM (17 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:06 PM | Senate Chamber | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:06 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 2:13 PM (55 mins)
Inquiry into Developing the skills for Northern Ireland's future - First consideration of Draft Report and press release
• 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
Public from 3:08 PM (7 mins)
Memorandum of Reply - Public Procurement in Northern Ireland
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Suzanne Jones, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:15 PM (30 mins)
Northern Ireland Audit Office - Briefing - Public Report Programme 2025/26
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:45 PM (31 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:27 PM | Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) Learning and Development College, 120 DUNGANNON ROAD, COOKSTOWN | Committee for Health
Public from 2:27 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:35 PM (60 mins)
Briefing from Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service - General overview
• CFRO Aidan Jennings, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
• Mr Paul Harper, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
• Ms Paula White, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
Public from 3:35 PM (60 mins)
Briefing from Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
• Mr Neil Sinclair, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
• Ms Lynn Charlton, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
Public from 4:35 PM (5 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Hospital Car Parking Charges
Public from 4:40 PM (5 mins)
SL1 - The Health and Social Care Pension Scheme (Amendment No.2) Regulations NI 2025
Public from 4:45 PM (9 mins)
Committee Business |