Business Diary

Monday 07 September 2026 - Friday 11 September 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 07 September 2026
12:00 PMAssembly ChamberPlenary Session
Tuesday 08 September 2026
9:30 AMRoom 21Assembly and Executive Review Committee

Public from 9:30 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 9:35 AM (40 mins)
Review into Assembly and Executive Reform - Oral evidence
• Ms Claire Hanna, SDLP

Public from 10:15 AM (40 mins)
Review into Assembly and Executive Reform - Oral evidence
• Mr Gerry Carroll, People Before Profit

Public from 10:55 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
10:30 AMAssembly ChamberPlenary Session
1:00 PMRoom 29Ad Hoc Committee on the School Uniforms (Trousers) Bill

Closed from 1:00 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business

Closed from 1:01 PM (15 mins)
School Uniforms (Trousers) Bill - Oral Briefing from the Bill Office
• Mr Stephen Orme, Assembly Clerk

Public from 1:16 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 1:18 PM (41 mins)
School Uniforms (Trousers) Bill - Oral Evidence Session with the Bill Sponsor
• Mr Nick Mathison, MLA
• Mr Pat Sheehan, MLA
• Ms Aoibhinn Treanor, Assembly Clerk

School Uniforms (Trousers) Bill - Convention Rights Memorandum

School Uniforms (Trousers) Bill - RaISe briefing paper

School Uniforms (Trousers) Bill - Consideration of written evidence

School Uniforms (Trousers) Bill - Possible extension of Committee Stage

Public from 1:59 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
1:00 PMRoom 106Business Committee

Closed from 1:00 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business
Wednesday 09 September 2026
10:00 AMRoom 29Committee for Infrastructure

Public from 10:00 AM (90 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 11:30 AM (5 mins)
Harbours Bill - Consideration of a motion to extend the Committee stage

Public from 11:35 AM (55 mins)
SL1 - The Little Victoria Street Car Park, Belfast (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration

SL1 - The Parking Places (Disabled Persons' Vehicles) (Amendment No. 3) (Northern Ireland) Order 2026 - Formal Consideration

SL1 - The Loading Bays on Roads (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Initial Consideration

SL1 - The On-Street Parking (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Initial Consideration

SL1 - The Parking Places (Disabled Persons’ Vehicles) (Amendment No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Initial Consideration

SL1 - The Urban Clearways (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Initial Consideration

SL1 - The Circular Road, Newtownards (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Initial Consideration

SL1 - The Parking Places on Roads (Clogher) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Initial Consideration

SL1 - The Parking Places on Roads and Waiting Restrictions (Cookstown) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Initial Consideration

SL1 - The Parking Places on Roads, Loading Bay & Waiting Restrictions (Newcastle) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Initial Consideration

SL1 - The Roads (Speed Limit) (No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Initial Consideration

SL1 - The Parking and Waiting Restrictions (Derry Londonderry) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Initial Consideration

SR 2026-118 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

SR 2026-119 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

SR 2026-120 The Green Road, Conlig (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

SR 2026-128 The Upper Dunmurry Lane, Belfast (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

SR 2026-129 The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

SR 2026-130 The Bankmore Street, Belfast (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

SR 2026-131 The Mayfield High Street, Newtownabbey (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

SR 2026-132 The Bradford Square, Belfast (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

SR 2026-143 The Motorways Traffic (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Public from 12:30 PM (45 mins)
Permanent Secretary - Department for Infrastructure - Introductory Evidence
• Ms Emer Morelli, DfI
• Mr David Reid, DfI
• Ms Susan Anderson, DfI
• Mr Colin Sykes, DfI
• Mr Declan McGeown, DfI

Public from 1:15 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
10:00 AMRoom 30Committee for the Economy

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

Public from 10:05 AM (85 mins)
Home Heating Oil Market Review Report – Competition and Markets Authority
• Juliette Enser, Competition and Markets Authority
• Geoff Steadman, Competition and Markets Authority

Public from 11:30 AM (60 mins)
Petroleum Exploration and Licensing (Repeal) Bill - Evidence Session with Letterbreen and Mullaghdun Partnership
• Trevor Armstrong, Letterbreen and Mullaghdun Partnership
• Eddie Mitchell, Letterbreen and Mullaghdun Partnership
• Frankie McMurray, Letterbreen and Mullaghdun Partnership
• Dianne Little, Letterbreen and Mullaghdun Partnership

Public from 12:30 PM (30 mins)
Regional Balance Bill - Extension of Committee Stage

Renewable Electricity Generation Bill - Extension of Committee Stage

Committee Business
2:00 PMSenate ChamberCommittee for Finance

Public from 2:00 PM (60 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 3:00 PM (15 mins)
Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill - Committee Deliberations

Public from 3:15 PM (5 mins)
SR - The Public Service Pensions (Valuations and Employer Cost Cap) (Amendment) Directions (Northern Ireland) 2026

Public from 3:20 PM (20 mins)
Outturn and Forecast Outturn - June-July Data - Written briefing from DoF

Public from 3:40 PM (10 mins)
Performance and Culture of the Northern Ireland Civil Service - Committee deliberations

Public from 3:50 PM (40 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 30Committee for The Executive Office

Public from 2:00 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 2:20 PM (60 mins)
Oral Briefing: NI Survivor Council - Nothing About Us Expert Survivor Insights Report Findings
• Ms Nikella Holmes, NI Survivor Council
• Ms Michelle Duffy, NI Survivor Council

Public from 3:20 PM (10 mins)
SL1: The Period Products (Executive Office Specified Public Service Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Public from 3:30 PM (10 mins)
Written Briefing: Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (NIJAC)

Public from 3:40 PM (45 mins)
Committee Business
Thursday 10 September 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)
Departmental Oral Evidence Session - Farming with Nature - Landscapes Project
• Mr Manus McHenry, DAERA
• Mr Kevin Duncan, DAERA

Public from 11:05 AM (60 mins)
Hunting with Dogs Bill - Briefing from Assembly Research (RaISe)
• Mr Aidan Stennett, Research Officer
• Mr Mark Allen, Research Officer

Public from 12:05 PM (40 mins)
SL1 - The Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Departmental Written Briefing - Elasmobranch Conservation Strategy

Public from 12:45 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
10:00 AMRoom 29Committee for Communities

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

Public from 10:10 AM (35 mins)
SR 2026/149 The Home Heating Oil (Temporary Financial Assistance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
• Ms Cherrie Arnold, DfC
• Ms Anne Murdock, DfC
• Mr Conrad McConnell, DfC

Public from 10:45 AM (10 mins)
SR 2026/146 The Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, Employment and Support Allowance and State Pension Credit (Carer’s Allowance Reassessment Capital Disregard) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Public from 10:55 AM (5 mins)
SR 2026/144 The Occupational Pension Schemes (Preservation of Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Public from 11:00 AM (5 mins)
SR 2026/151 The Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Public from 11:05 AM (5 mins)
Retention and Disposal Schedule - Addendum to the Department for the Economy

Public from 11:10 AM (5 mins)
Retention and Disposal Schedule - Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry

Public from 11:15 AM (45 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 30Committee for Justice

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

Public from 2:15 PM (60 mins)
Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill - Women’s Aid and Nexus oral evidence
• Ms Joanne Barnes, Nexus
• Ms Sonya McMullan, Women's Aid Federation Northern Ireland

Public from 3:15 PM (60 mins)
Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill - Bar of Northern Ireland oral evidence
• Ms Denise Kiley KC, The Bar of Northern Ireland
• Mr Michael Forde BL, Bar Council of Northern Ireland

Closed from 4:15 PM (20 mins)
SL1 The Justice (2011 Act) (Amendment of Schedule 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Update to football bodies, championships and leagues – Advice from Assembly Legal Services

Public from 4:35 PM (20 mins)
Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill - Written papers

Victims and Witnesses of Crime Bill - Motion to extend Committee Stage

Victims and Witnesses of Crime Bill - Written papers

Police Reform Bill - Potential Legislative Consent Memorandum – Department of Justice written paper

SR 2026/0000 The Justice (2011 Act) (Amendment of Schedule 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Expansion of Out of Court Disposals

SL1 The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Provisions Relating to Live Links for Courts and Tribunals) (No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

SL1 The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

SL1 The Surrender of Offensive Weapons (Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

SL1 The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

SL1 Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

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

Adult Restorative Justice Strategy - Fourth Annual Report and Accreditation Process update – Department of Justice written paper

Supporting Change - A Strategy for Women and Girls in, or at risk of contact with, the Justice System - Progress report 2022-2025 - Department of Justice written paper

Strategic framework for Youth Justice - Annual progress report and updated action plan - Department of Justice written paper

Director of Legal Aid Casework - Annual Report 2025-26

Public from 4:55 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business

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