| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 29 February 2016 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 2:03 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for the Environment
Public from 2:03 PM (29 mins)
Report on River Pollution stakeholder event
Local Government Auditors Draft Code of Audit Practice 2016
SL1 - The Waste Management Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Waste (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2016
SL1 - Amendments to the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 and the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (NI) 1996
SL1 - The Taxi Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) Order (NI) 2016
SL1 - The Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2016
SL1 - The Planning (Listed Buildings) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2016
Draft SR The Driver and Vehicle Agency Trading Fund Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Committee Business |
| Tuesday 01 March 2016 |
| 10:13 AM | Room 29 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:13 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:14 AM (36 mins)
Oral Briefing from Consumer Council NI: Online Parcel Premium
• Mr John French, Utility Regulator Northern Ireland
• Ms Kellin McCloskey, Consumer Council Northern Ireland
Public from 10:50 AM (45 mins)
Oral Briefing from InterTradeIreland: Report ‘Mapping the Potential for All-Island Sectoral Ecosystems'
• Mr Aidan Gough, InterTradeIreland
• Dr Eoin Magennis, InterTradeIreland
Public from 11:35 AM (24 mins)
Oral Briefing from Invest NI: InterTradeIreland Report
• Mr Brian Dolaghan, Invest NI
• Mrs Olive Hill, Invest NI
Public from 11:59 AM (8 mins)
Draft End of Mandate (Legacy Report)
Public from 12:07 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:28 AM | Room 21 | Assembly and Executive Review Committee
Public from 10:28 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:29 AM (9 mins)
Legacy Report 2011-2016
Public from 10:38 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 12:05 PM | Room 30 | Committee on Standards and Privileges
Closed from 12:05 PM (2 mins)
Closed from 12:07 PM (8 mins)
Committee Report to be published
Closed from 12:15 PM (2 mins) |
| 12:32 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Public from 12:32 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:35 PM (60 mins)
Sport NI - Briefing on IELT & Facilities for Sport
• Mr Arthur Scott, DCAL
• Ms Claire Doyle, Interim Executive Leadership Team
• Ms Gillian McAfee, Interim Executive Leadership Team
Public from 1:35 PM (60 mins)
Briefing from Strategic Investment Board - Regarding The MAC
• Dr Bryan Gregory, Strategic Investment Board
• Mr Phelim Maguire, Strategic Investment Board
Public from 2:35 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:00 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:28 PM | Room 21 | Committee on Procedures
Closed from 1:28 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:29 PM (30 mins)
Fresh Start Agreement - provision in Standing Orders
• Mr Jonathan McMillen, Legal Advisor
• Paul Gill, Clerk Assistant
Closed from 1:59 PM (1 mins)
Forward Work Programme
Closed from 2:00 PM (1 mins)
Correspondence
Closed from 2:01 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:36 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 1:36 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:40 PM (44 mins)
Oral Brief HSENI - Farm Safety
• Mr George Lucas, Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland
• Mr Ian Marshall, Ulster Farmers' Union
• Dr Bryan Monson, Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland
• Mr Keith Morrison, Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland
Public from 2:24 PM (49 mins)
Oral Brief DARD - Beef Sector/Suckler Cow Industry
• Mr Stephen Johnston, DAERA
• Mr Jim Freeburn, DAERA
• Ms Elaine McCrory, DAERA
• Dr Perpetua McNamee, DAERA
Public from 3:13 PM (1 mins)
Written Brief DARD - The NI Poultry Health Assurance Scheme (Fees)(Amendment) Order (NI) 2016
Public from 3:14 PM (3 mins)
Written Brief DARD - The Scrapie (Fees)(Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2016
Public from 3:17 PM (22 mins)
Oral Brief DARD - Public Consultation for a successor for the TRPSI Framework & Update on Committee Review
• Mrs Colette McMaster, DAERA
• Mr Paul Donnelly, DAERA
• Mr Niall Heaney, DAERA
Public from 3:39 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 02 March 2016 |
| 10:04 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Employment and Learning
Public from 10:04 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
SL1 - Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 10:09 AM (14 mins)
Legislative Consent Motion - Enterprise Bill - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Michael Gould, DEL
• Mrs Joyce Rutherford, DEL
Public from 10:24 AM (27 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Careers Strategy
• Ms June Ingram, DEL
• Ms Frances O'Hara, DEL
• Mr Nigel Keery, DEL
• Mrs Angela Rooney, DEL
Public from 11:18 AM (73 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Steps 2 Success
• Mrs Carol McCabe, DEL
• Ms Alison Lowry, DEL
• Mrs Angela Whiteside, DEL
Public from 12:31 PM (1 mins)
Legislative Consent Motion - Enterprise Bill - Final Report
Committee Business |
| 10:10 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Finance
Public from 10:10 AM (11 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:21 AM (40 mins)
Public Sector Innovation Labs - Update briefing from DFP
• Mr Malcolm Beattie, DoF
• Mr Christopher Farrington, DoF
Public from 11:01 AM (51 mins)
Dormant Accounts - Briefing from Community Foundation NI
• Mr Nigel McKinney, Community Foundation NI
• Ms Tiziana O'Hara, Co-operative Alternatives
• Mr Patrick Minne, Charity Bank
Public from 11:52 AM (2 mins)
SR 2016/00 The Public Service Pensions Revaluation (Prices) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 2016/50 The Public Service Pensions Revaluation (Earnings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 2016/69 The Rates (Automatic Telling Machines) (Designation of Rural Areas) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 11:54 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:14 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Education
Public from 10:14 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:15 AM (56 mins)
Promotion of STEM in Schools
• Mr Dale Heaney, DE
• Mr Sam Dempster, DE
• Ms Kim Scott, Education Authority
Public from 11:11 AM (6 mins)
The Complaints Tribunal (Curriculum and Related Matters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
• Mr Dale Heaney, DE
Public from 11:17 AM (11 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:28 AM (58 mins)
Early Years Pathways
• Mrs Linda Drysdale, DE
• Ms Pauline Walmsley, Early Years
• Mr Alan MacDonald, Education Authority
Public from 12:26 PM (17 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:19 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:19 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:22 AM (72 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Flagship Projects
• Mr Tom Reid, DfI
• Mr Philip Hamilton, DfI
• Mr Robin Totten, DfI
• Mr Philip O'Neill, Translink
Public from 11:34 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:44 AM (33 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Health and Safety Issues on The Road Network
• Mr Stephen Tweed, DfI
• Mr Philip Hamilton, DfI
Public from 12:17 PM (6 mins)
Austin Smyth - Changes to Enterprise Timetable
Public from 12:23 PM (4 mins)
Committee for Regional Development Legacy Report
Public from 12:27 PM (3 mins)
Schemes to Alleviate Flooding and Stormwater
Public from 12:30 PM (7 mins)
S.R. 2016/73 The Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Loading Bays and Parking Places on Roads (Amendment) order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Parking Places on Roads (Coaches) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Road Races (Mourne Rally) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 Neg Res - The Trunk Road T10 (Coramuck realignment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - Parking Places on Roads (Motor Cycles) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Prohibition of Left Hand Turn (Castle Street Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 Neg Res - The River Lagan Foot Cycle Bridge Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 and the River Lagan (Diversion of Navigable Watercourse and extinguishment
SL1 Neg Res - The Trunk road T7, T17 and T22 (Londonderry to Dungiven) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013
Committee Business |
| 2:03 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Health
Public from 2:03 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:08 PM (103 mins)
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill - Further Consideration Stage
Protect Life Strategy - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Gerard Collins, DoH
• Ms Mary Black, Public Health Agency
Public from 3:51 PM (2 mins)
SR - Tobacco Retailer (Fixed Penalty) (Amount) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - Recovery of Health Services Charges (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1 - The Health and Social Care (Disciplinary Procedures) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 3:53 PM (13 mins)
Legacy Report 2011/2016
Committee Business |
| 2:10 PM | Room 29 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:10 PM (12 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 2:22 PM (2 mins)
NIAO Estimate - NIAO Memorandum and Estimate for 2016 - 2017
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:24 PM (1 mins)
Inquiry into Invest to Save funding in Northern Ireland - Correspondence
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Sean Beattie, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:25 PM (20 mins)
Inquiry into Invest to Save funding in Northern Ireland - Consideration of Draft Report
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Sean Beattie, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:45 PM (1 mins)
Inquiry into The Governance of Land and Property in the Northern Ireland Housing Executive - Consideration of Draft Press Release
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:46 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:13 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:13 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:33 PM (1 mins)
Legislative Consent Motion - Report on LCM: Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Bill
Public from 2:34 PM (1 mins)
Subordinate Legislation - SR 2016 No 76 - Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (NI) 2016
Public from 2:35 PM (1 mins)
Subordinate Legislation - SR 2016 No 35 - The Salaries (Assembly Ombudsman and Commissioner for Complaints) Order (NI) 2016
Public from 2:36 PM (1 mins)
Subordinate Legislation - SL1 - NI Public Service Ombudsman Salary
Public from 2:37 PM (47 mins)
Historical Institutional Abuse - Briefing by Amnesty International UK and SAVIA
• Mr Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International UK
• Ms Margaret McGuckin, Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse
Public from 3:24 PM (48 mins)
Children And Young People - Briefing by OFMDFM officials on Childcare Strategy
• Ms Margaret Rose McNaughton, DE
• Dr Martin Tyrrell, TEO
Public from 4:12 PM (1 mins)
Equality - Written briefing by OFMDFM officials on Sexual Orientation Strategy
Public from 4:14 PM (1 mins)
Legacy Report
Public from 4:15 PM (5 mins)
COFMDFM End of Session Report
Public from 4:20 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 4:34 PM (1 mins)
Subordinate Legislation - SR: Departments (2016 Act) (Commencement) Order (NI) 2016 and Ministerial Determination |
| Thursday 03 March 2016 |
| 10:01 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Public from 10:01 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (90 mins)
Inquiry into issues around Emergency Exiting Plans, including their impact on stadium capacity, for the redeveloped Casement Park Stadium - Briefing from the Minister
• Ms Carál Ní Chuilín, Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure
Public from 11:35 AM (55 mins)
Briefing from The MAC
• Ms Anne McReynolds, The Mac
• Mr Ray Hutchinson, The Mac
Public from 12:30 PM (61 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:04 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:04 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:09 AM (10 mins)
SL1 The Housing Benefit and State Pension Credit (Temporary Absence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Michael Pollock, DfC
• Ms Rosemary Hughes, DfC
Public from 10:19 AM (83 mins)
Reporting of Deaths of Homeless People - Joint briefing by homeless organisations and NIHE
• Ms Sandra Moore, Welcome Organisation
• Ms Kerry Anthony, Depaul Ireland
• Ms Ricky Rowledge OBE, Council for the Homeless Northern Ireland
• Mr Stephen Martin, DfC
• Mr Des Marley, Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Public from 11:42 AM (13 mins)
SR The Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 - Social Security Agency Briefing
• Mr Tommy O'Reilly, Social Security Agency
• Ms Sinead Crossan, DfC
• Mr Mickey Kelly, DfC
Public from 11:55 AM (23 mins)
Update on the Review of the Role and Regulation of the Private Rented Sector - Outcome of Consultation - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Stephen Martin, DfC
• Ms Eilish O'Neill, DfC
• Ms Avril Hiles, DfC
• Ms Karen Barr, DfC
Public from 12:18 PM (1 mins)
SL1 The Social Security (Scottish Rate of Income Tax etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 12:19 PM (1 mins)
SL1 The Social Security (Great Britain Reciprocal Arrangements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 12:20 PM (1 mins)
SL1 Proposals for The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Modification of Schemes and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 12:21 PM (1 mins)
SL1 Proposals for Pensions (2015Act) (Contribution Equivalent Premium) (Consequential Provision and Savings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 12:22 PM (1 mins)
SR 78 The Pensions (2015 Act) (Consequential and Supplementary Amendments) Order (NI) 2016
Public from 12:23 PM (1 mins)
SR 80 The State Pension (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 12:24 PM (1 mins)
SR 88 The State Pension (Amendment No 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 12:25 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:20 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for the Environment
Public from 10:20 AM (55 mins)
Ministerial briefing - Proposals for NI Climate Change Legislation & Establishment of an Independent Environmental Protection Agency
• Mr Mark Durkan, Minister of the Environment
• Mr Leo O'Reilly, DoE
• Ms Liz Loughran, DoE
• Ms Helen Anderson, DoE
• Ms Nicola Creagh, DoE
Public from 11:15 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:30 AM (15 mins)
Consultations
SL1 - The Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR The Draft Local Government (Community Planning Partners) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR - The Draft Local Government (Standing Orders) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 2016/79 The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 11:45 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 12:00 PM (37 mins)
Draft Legacy Report |
| 2:18 PM | Council Chamber, 96 Victoria Street, BELFAST | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:18 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:19 PM (56 mins)
Update on Scoping Study on Children in the Justice System - March 2016
• Mr Declan McGeown, Youth Justice Agency
• Ms Kiera Lloyd, DoJ
• Ms Mary Aughey, Youth Justice Agency
• Mr Brian Ingram, Youth Justice Agency
Public from 3:15 PM (3 mins)
SR 2016/57: The Mental Health Review Tribunal (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 2016/48: The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Duty to Co-operate with Commissioner) (Northern Irish Public Authority) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Programme for Government 2011-15 - Update on Department of Justice Commitments – February 2016
Implementation of the Access to Justice Review Recommendations - Progress Report – February 2016
Implementation of the Victim and Witness Strategy Action Plan 2015/2018 - Progress Report - February 2016
Strategic Framework for Reducing Offending - Progress Report February 2016
CJINI Inspection of Policing and Community Safety Partnerships - Update on Implementation of Action Plan
Review into the Implementation of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 - Final Report – February 2016
Public from 3:18 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 3:20 PM (6 mins)
Consideration and Approval of draft Committee Report on ‘Justice in the 21st Century’ |