Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
Monday 16 November 2020 |
12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
Tuesday 17 November 2020 |
10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
1:02 PM | Senate Chamber | Business Committee
Closed from 1:02 PM (10 mins) Committee Business |
Wednesday 18 November 2020 |
9:37 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Education
Public from 9:37 AM (6 mins) Committee Business
Public from 9:43 AM (1 mins)
Public from 9:44 AM (101 mins) Impact of COVID 19 - Children's Law Centre - Vunerable Children Support During Lockdown Ms Rachel Hogan, Children's Law Centre Mrs Kathryn Stevenson, Children's Law Centre Mr Eamonn McNally, Children's Law Centre
Public from 11:25 AM (126 mins) Consultation on COVID 19 - Cross-sectoral Support Plan for Vulnerable Children - Department of Education/ Education Authority / Department of Health Mr Ricky Irwin, DE Ms Brenda Shearer, DE Ms Shauna Collinson, Education Authority Ms Eilís McDaniel, DoH Mr Mark Lee, DoH Ms Geraldine Teague, Health and Social Care Board Mr Maurice Leeson, DoH Ms Michele Corkey, Education Authority
Public from 1:31 PM (6 mins) Committee Business |
10:04 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:04 AM (1 mins) Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (20 mins) Committee Business
Public from 10:25 AM (20 mins) Departmental Written Briefing - Update on Project Stratum
Departmental Written Briefing - Consideration of responses to the DfE consultation on legislation to transpose the EU Gas Directive Amendment 2019/692 and related legislative changes
SR 2020/251 The Posted Workers (Agency Workers) Northern Ireland (Order) 2020
SL1 – The Further Education (Student Support) (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
SL1 - The Education (Student Fees and Support) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
SL1 – Transposition of the EU Electricity (Recast) Directive 2019
Public from 10:45 AM (15 mins) Committee Business
Public from 11:00 AM (58 mins) Briefing from NICVA - Update on the NI European Social Fund Programme Mr Seamus McAleavey, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action Mr Geoff Nuttall, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Public from 11:58 AM (2 mins) Committee Business
Closed from 12:00 PM (18 mins) Committee for the Economy Macro Economic Micro Inquiry |
10:25 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:25 AM (12 mins) Committee Business
Subordinate Legislation - SL1s - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
SR 2020-249 The Taxi Driver (Coronavirus, Financial Assistance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Public from 10:37 AM (88 mins) Joint Briefing - Department for Infrastructure & Sustrans - Active Travel Ms Caroline Bloomfield, Sustrans Ms Anne Madden, Sustrans Ms Liz Loughran, DfI Ms Claire Mulvenna, DfI
Public from 12:05 PM (44 mins) Departmental Briefing - Living with Water in Belfast Mr Simon Richardson, DfI Mr Stuart Wightman, DfI
Public from 12:49 PM (1 mins) Committee Business |
2:02 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:02 PM (9 mins) Committee Business
Public from 2:11 PM (8 mins) SL1 The Rate Relief (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 Mr Ian Snowden, DoF
Public from 2:19 PM (96 mins) Oral Evidence - Land & Property Services – Fraud and other matters Mr Ian Snowden, DoF Ms Judith Andrews, DoF Christine Farrell, DoF
Closed from 3:55 PM (25 mins) Oral Evidence - Land & Property Services - Fraud and other matters Mr Ian Snowden, DoF Ms Judith Andrews, DoF
Public from 4:20 PM (8 mins) Oral Evidence - Land & Property Services - Fraud and other matters
Public from 4:28 PM (1 mins) Written Evidence - Department of Finance: Superannuation and Other Allowances Pension Schemes Statement for the year ended 31 March 2020
Public from 4:29 PM (2 mins) Written Evidence - Westminster Hansard Report International Trade Committee Oral evidence: UK Freeports
Public from 4:31 PM (2 mins) Committee Business |
2:06 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:06 PM (63 mins) Committee Business
Special EU Programmes Body - Oral evidence session Gina McIntyre, Special EU Programmes Body Declan McGarrigle, Special EU Programmes Body
Public from 3:09 PM (39 mins) Victims' Payment Scheme - Oral evidence session with Departmental officials Dr Mark Browne, TEO Mr Gareth Johnston, TEO
Public from 3:48 PM (12 mins) Research and Information Service Briefing Paper - Information on the North-South Ministerial Council and British Irish Council NIAR 280-2020
Carnegie UK Trust – Citizen Engagement and the Programme for Government - Written Briefing
Committee Business
Closed from 4:00 PM (27 mins) Brexit - NIA EU Affairs Manager Briefing Ms Shauna Mageean, EU Affairs Manager |
2:38 PM | Room 29 | Committee on Procedures
Public from 2:38 PM (22 mins) Committee Business
Public from 3:00 PM (34 mins) Proxy Voting - Briefing by Assembly Research and Information Services Mr Ray McCaffrey, Research Officer
Public from 3:34 PM (2 mins) Members' Statements - Consideration of responses
Public from 3:36 PM (4 mins) Legislative Consent Motions - Consideration of responses
Public from 3:40 PM (2 mins) Committee Business |
Thursday 19 November 2020 |
9:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 9:00 AM (2 mins) Committee Business
Public from 9:02 AM (72 mins) Housing Policy - Ministerial Briefing Ms Carál Ní Chuilín, Minister for Communities Mr Paul Price, DfC Mr David Polley, DfC
Suspension from 10:14 AM (6 mins)
Public from 10:20 AM (70 mins) Briefing by Cliff Edge Coalition on Welfare Reform Ms Ursula O'Hare, Law Centre (NI) Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick, Law Centre (NI) Mr Patrick Thompson, Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations
Public from 11:30 AM (10 mins) Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Bill Mr John Connor, Drumbo Park Ltd
Public from 11:40 AM (3 mins) Pension Schemes Bill - Consideration of Draft Report
Public from 11:43 AM (2 mins) SL1 The State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) (No.2) Order (NI) 2020
Public from 11:46 AM (1 mins) SL1 The State Pension Revaluation For Transitional Pensions (No. 2) Order 2020
Public from 11:47 AM (1 mins) SL1 The Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2020
Public from 11:48 AM (2 mins) SR 2020 245 The Personal Independence Payment (Amendment) Regs (NI) 2020
Public from 11:50 AM (8 mins) Committee Business |
9:32 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 9:32 AM (1 mins) Committee Business
Public from 9:33 AM (39 mins) Oral Evidence from DAERA - Future Agricultural Policy and Basic Payment Scheme Mr Norman Fulton, DAERA Dr Rosemary Agnew, DAERA
Suspension from 10:12 AM (6 mins)
Public from 10:18 AM (58 mins) Oral Evidence from - UFU - Future Agricultural Policy and Basic Payment Scheme Mr Wesley Aston, Ulster Farmers' Union Mr William Irvine, Ulster Farmers' Union David Brown, Ulster Farmers' Union Mr Victor Chestnutt, Ulster Farmers' Union
Public from 11:16 AM (3 mins) Committee Business
Public from 11:19 AM (6 mins) Written Briefing DAERA - SL1 - The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations Mr Ian Fleming, DAERA Mr Owen Lyttle, DAERA
Written Briefing DAERA - SL1 - The Waste (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 Mr Owen Lyttle, DAERA Mr Ian Fleming, DAERA
Written Briefing DAERA - SL1 The EU Fertilising Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Written Briefing DAERA - SL1 The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases and Ozone-Depleting Substances (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Public from 11:25 AM (17 mins) Written Briefing DAERA - Statutory Instrument - The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 Mr David Steele, DAERA Mr Patrick Smith, DAERA Mr Ciaran Cunningham, DAERA
Written Briefing DAERA - Statutory Instrument - The Control of Mercury (Amendment)(EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Miss Alison Jeynes, DAERA
Public from 11:42 AM (2 mins) Written Briefing DAERA - Common Framework for Chemicals and Pesticides
Public from 11:44 AM (4 mins) Committee Business |
9:34 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Health
Public from 9:34 AM (1 mins) Committee Business
Public from 9:35 AM (75 mins) Departmental Briefing - Brexit Prof Cathy Harrison, DoH Ms Patricia Quinn-Duffy, DoH Ms Fiona Taylor, DoH Ms Eimear Smyth, DoH Mr Brendan O'Neill, DoH
Public from 10:50 AM (5 mins) SR 2020/228 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No.16) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 Ms Gillian Hynes, DoH Mr Bryan Dooley, DoH
Public from 10:55 AM (5 mins) SR 2020/234 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 17) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 Ms Gillian Hynes, DoH Mr Bryan Dooley, DoH
Public from 11:00 AM (5 mins) SR 2020/241 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 18) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 Ms Gillian Hynes, DoH Mr Bryan Dooley, DoH
Public from 11:05 AM (5 mins) SR 2020/243The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 19) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 Ms Gillian Hynes, DoH Mr Bryan Dooley, DoH
Public from 11:10 AM (5 mins) SR 2020/244 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 20) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 Ms Gillian Hynes, DoH Mr Bryan Dooley, DoH
Public from 11:15 AM (5 mins) SR 2020/247 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Travel from Denmark) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 Ms Gillian Hynes, DoH Mr Bryan Dooley, DoH
Public from 11:20 AM (40 mins) Legislative Consent Motion: Amendment to the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill - Further consideration
Public from 12:00 PM (30 mins) Committee Business
Public from 12:30 PM (30 mins) SR 2020/235 The Children's Social Care (Coronavirus) (Temporary Modification of Children’s Social Care) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 Ms Eilís McDaniel, DoH Ms Deirdre Mahon, Western Health and Social Care Trust
Public from 1:00 PM (15 mins)
Public from 1:15 PM (60 mins) Committee Business - Adjournment to Room 21
Closed from 2:15 PM (107 mins) Committee Inquiry: COVID-19 and its impact on Care Homes - consideration of evidence |
2:00 PM | Room 29 | Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
Public from 2:00 PM (3 mins) Committee Business
Public from 2:03 PM (60 mins) Briefing by Colm O'Cinneide, Professor of Constitutional and Human Rights Law at University College London, on Brexit and Human Rights Professor Colm O'Cinneide, University College London
Public from 3:03 PM (60 mins) Briefing by Brian Gormally and Dr Anne Smith, CAJ, on challenges facing Northern Ireland and a Bill of Rights Mr Brian Gormally, The Committee on the Administration of Justice Dr Anne Smith, The Committee on the Administration of Justice
Public from 4:03 PM (12 mins) Committee Business |
2:04 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:04 PM (47 mins) Committee Business
Public from 2:51 PM (155 mins) Draft Three Year Northern Ireland Organised Crime Strategy - Results of the Consultation and Proposed Next Steps Mrs Cathy Galway, DoJ Ms Sinead Simpson, DoJ Ms Andrea Watson, DoJ
Consultation on the Law on Child Sexual Exploitation - Summary of Responses and Proposals for Legislative Changes Mr Brian Grzymek, DoJ Ms Susanne Corr, DoJ
Criminal Justice (Committal Reform) Bill - Proposals for Committee Stage
SL1: Amendments to the Parole Commissioners (Northern Ireland) Rules 2009
Commencement of Northern Ireland Provisions of the Criminal Finances Act 2017
Funding of Support Hubs
Public from 5:26 PM (1 mins) Committee Business |
2:23 PM | Senate Chamber | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:23 PM (10 mins) Committee Business
Public from 2:33 PM (90 mins) Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - Evidence Session 1 Mr Gavin Boyd, Education Authority Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office Stuart Stevenson, DoF
Closed from 4:03 PM (3 mins) Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - Evidence Session 1 Mr Gavin Boyd, Education Authority Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office Stuart Stevenson, DoF
Suspension from 4:06 PM (14 mins)
Public from 4:20 PM (27 mins) Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - Evidence Session 2 Ms Sharon O'Connor, Education Authority Dr Andy McMorran, Education Authority Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office Stuart Stevenson, DoF
Suspension from 4:47 PM (16 mins)
Public from 5:03 PM (28 mins) Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - Evidence Session 2 Ms Sharon O'Connor, Education Authority Dr Andy McMorran, Education Authority Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office Stuart Stevenson, DoF
Closed from 5:31 PM (27 mins) Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - EvidenceSession 2 Ms Sharon O'Connor, Education Authority Dr Andy McMorran, Education Authority Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office Stuart Stevenson, DoF
Closed from 5:58 PM (17 mins) Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - Discussions with NI Audit Office following evidence sessions Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office Ms Colette Kane, Northern Ireland Audit Office Ms Suzanne Murphy, Northern Ireland Audit Office Ms Karen Armstrong, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 6:15 PM (1 mins) Committee Business |