Business Diary

Monday 15 June 2026 - Friday 19 June 2026

* 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 15 June 2026
12:00 PMAssembly ChamberPlenary Session
Tuesday 16 June 2026
10:00 AMSenate ChamberCommittee for The Executive Office

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

Closed from 10:05 AM (60 mins)
The Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill (closed session)

Public from 11:05 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
10:30 AMAssembly ChamberPlenary Session
1:00 PMRoom 106Business Committee

Closed from 1:00 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business
Wednesday 17 June 2026
9:45 AMSenate ChamberCommittee for the Economy

Public from 9:45 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 9:50 AM (15 mins)
Departmental evidence and consideration of responses to call for views - The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Closure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
• Catriona Harkin, DfE

Public from 10:05 AM (55 mins)
Departmental oral and written evidence – feedback on the consultation on tourism inspection/categorisation
• Stewart Matthews, DfE
• Ryan Crawford, DfE
• Suzi McIlhatton, Tourism NI

Committee Business
10:00 AMRoom 21Audit Committee

Public from 10:00 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business

Closed from 10:15 AM (45 mins)
Implications of the lack of an agreed Executive budget for the Audit Committee - Briefing by Legal Services
• Ms Maeve Corrigan, Legal Advisor

Closed from 11:00 AM (15 mins)
Committee consideration of Codification workstream - Update

Closed from 11:15 AM (10 mins)
Audit Committee Feasibility Study - Job Evaluation to determine the future salary payable for the office of Comptroller & Auditor General for Northern Ireland – Update

Closed from 11:25 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
10:00 AMRoom 29Committee for Infrastructure

Public from 10:00 AM (30 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:30 AM (15 mins)
SL1 – The Road Races (Eagles Rock Hill Climb) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration

SL1 – The Road Races (Armoy Motorcycle Road Race) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration

SL1 – The Little Victoria Street Car Park, Belfast (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Initial Consideration

SR 2026-109 The Road Races (Rallye Lecale) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

Public from 10:45 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business

Closed from 11:00 AM (45 mins)
Legal Advice – Disclosure under the Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 - Assembly Legal Services

Closed from 11:45 AM (45 mins)
Water, Sustainable Drainage and Flood Management Bill - Final Deliberations

Closed from 12:30 PM (30 mins)
Planning Review - Review of Regionally Significant Developments & Judicial Reviews – Consideration of Recommendations
11:00 AMSenate ChamberConcurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and the Committee for Education

Public from 11:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 11:05 AM (100 mins)
Department of Education and Department for the Economy joint Evidence session - Skills Strategy and TransformED NI
• Graeme Wilkinson, DfE
• Annette Palmer, DfE
• Louise Watson, DfE
• Dr Suzanne Kingon, DE
• Karen McCullough, DE

Public from 12:45 PM (5 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)
Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill - Oral Briefing by NICCY

Public from 3:00 PM (45 mins)
Irish Medium Education (Workforce Plan) Bill - Oral Briefing by Altram
• Ms Áine Andrews, Altram
• Aisling Walls, Altram
• Theresa Brady, Altram
• Sinéad McConnell, Altram

Public from 3:45 PM (30 mins)
Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill - Consideration of Survey Results

Public from 4:15 PM (30 mins)
Irish Medium Education (Workforce Plan) Bill - Consideration of Survey Results and Informal Clause by Clause

Public from 4:45 PM (30 mins)
Strategic Review of Current SEN Provision and Transformation Agenda - Consideration of Report

Public from 5:15 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMSenate ChamberCommittee for Finance

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

Public from 2:05 PM (30 mins)
Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill - Oral Briefing from the Youth Assembly
• Mr Logan Scott-McKinley, NIA Youth Assembly
• Mr Landon Woodfield, NIA Youth Assembly
• Ms Jennifer Soutar, NIA Youth Assembly
• Ms Mia Hall, NIA Youth Assembly
• Mr Lawrence Asar, NIA Youth Assembly

Public from 2:35 PM (40 mins)
Performance and Culture of the Northern Ireland Civil Service - Oral Briefing from the FDA
• Mr Robert Murtagh, FDA

Public from 3:15 PM (30 mins)
Budget - Level of Need Analysis – Oral Briefing from DoF officials
• Mr Tony Simpson, DoF
• Mr Aidan McMahon, DoF
• Mr Eamon Graham, DoF

Public from 3:45 PM (30 mins)
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill - Oral briefing from DoF
• Ms Lorraine McCaffrey, DoF
• Mr Paul Grocott, DoF

Public from 4:15 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 30Committee for The Executive Office

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

Public from 2:10 PM (70 mins)
Oral Briefing: Independent Commission for Reconciliation & Information Recovery (ICRIR) - May Report Findings
• Sir Declan Morgan, Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
• Mr Peter Sheridan, Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
• Ms Josephine Kelly, Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

Public from 3:20 PM (60 mins)
Oral Briefing: Veterans Commissioner - Armed Forces Covenant
• Mr David Johnstone, Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner's Office
• Ms Rachael Harger, Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner's Office
• Mr Michael Murdoch MBE, Reserve Forces' Cadets' Association for Northern Ireland
• Mr Darren Niven, Reserve Forces' Cadets' Association for Northern Ireland

Closed from 4:20 PM (30 mins)
Oral Briefing: Assembly Legal Services: FOI (Closed Session)
• Ms Caroline Byers, Legal Advisor

Public from 4:50 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Thursday 18 June 2026
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)
Areas with Natural Constraints (Payments) Bill - Briefing from Ulster Farmers' Union, Sheep Taskforce and NI Sheep Association
• Ms Ellen Moorehead, National Sheep Association
• Mr Edward Adamson, National Sheep Association
• Kellie McEvoy, Ulster Farmers' Union
• Clement Lynch, Ulster Farmers' Union

Public from 11:05 AM (60 mins)
Oral Briefing from AFBI and DAERA Officials - Governance Issues

Public from 12:05 PM (60 mins)
SL1 - The Agriculture (Student Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Public from 1:05 PM (15 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Update on Proposed Plans to Launch a Farming with Nature Higher Scheme in June 2026

Public from 1:20 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
10:00 AMRoom 29Committee for Communities

Public from 10:00 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:15 AM (60 mins)
Minister for Communities: Quarterly oral briefing
• Mr Gordon Lyons, Minister for Communities

Public from 11:15 AM (30 mins)
Quarterly Financial Update: Oral briefing from the Department for Communities

Public from 11:45 AM (45 mins)
Review of the Decent Homes Standard: Oral briefing from the Department of Communities
• Ms Heloise Brown, DfC
• Ms Ingrid McKinney, DfC
• Ms Donna Donnelly, DfC

Public from 12:30 PM (15 mins)
Home Heating Oil Support Scheme: Oral briefing from the Department of Communities

Public from 12:45 PM (15 mins)
Public Consultation on Liquor Licensing for Fleadh Cheoil na Éireann: Oral briefing from the Department for Communities

Public from 1:00 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 (10 mins)
SL1 - The Public Health (Notifiable Diseases - Hantavirus Diseases) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

Public from 2:15 PM (10 mins)

Public from 2:25 PM (10 mins)
SL1 - The Tobacco Retailer (Fixed Penalty) (Amount) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Public from 2:35 PM (10 mins)
SL1 - The Tobacco Retailer (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Public from 2:45 PM (60 mins)
Briefing from Mesh Ireland
• Ms Mary McLaughlin, Mesh Ireland

Public from 3:45 PM (5 mins)
Written briefing - Independent Autism Reviewer

Public from 3:50 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business

Closed from 4:00 PM (30 mins)
Adult Protection Bill - Legal Advice
• Ms Htaik Win, Legal Advisor

Closed from 4:30 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 30Committee for Justice

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

Public from 2:05 PM (60 mins)
Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill - Public Prosecution Service oral evidence
• Mr Michael Agnew, Public Prosecution Service
• Ms Cathy McGalie, Public Prosecution Service
• Mr Rcihard Scullion, Public Prosecution Service

Public from 3:05 PM (60 mins)
Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill - Police Service of Northern Ireland oral evidence
• Mr Gary McDonald, Police Service of Northern Ireland
• Ms Louise Cummings, Police Service of Northern Ireland
• Mr Paddy Mullan, Police Service of Northern Ireland

Public from 4:05 PM (10 mins)
Cross-departmental Reducing Offending and Reoffending Strategy - Call for views – Department of Justice written paper

AccessNI - Annual Performance Report 2025-2026 – Department of Justice written paper

Public from 4:15 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMSenate ChamberPublic Accounts Committee

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

Public from 2:05 PM (25 mins)
Memorandum of Reply

Closed from 2:30 PM (30 mins)
Inquiry into Northern Ireland Energy Strategy - Issues Paper

Inquiry into Major IT Projects in Northern Ireland - First Consideration of Draft Report

Closed from 3:00 PM (45 mins)

Closed from 3:45 PM (15 mins)
Legal Advice

Closed from 4:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business

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