Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
Tuesday 19 March 2024 |
10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
1:02 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:02 PM (8 mins) Committee Business |
1:19 PM | Room 21 | Chairpersons' Liaison Group
Closed from 1:19 PM (29 mins) Committee Business
Appointment of a Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson
Procedures and Practices
Legacy Report 2017-2022 and Access to Legacy Papers
Interparliamentary Forum
Committee Business |
Wednesday 20 March 2024 |
9:30 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Closed from 9:30 AM (1 mins) Budget 2024-25
Public from 9:31 AM (2 mins) Committee Business
Public from 9:33 AM (1 mins) SR 2024/55 The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 9:34 AM (18 mins) Committee Business
Public from 9:55 AM (82 mins) Budget 2024-25 Mr Conor Murphy, Minister for the Economy Ms Sharon Hetherington, DfE Ms Johanna Park, DfE
Public from 11:17 AM (1 mins) Committee Business
Closed from 11:30 AM (60 mins) Committee Strategic Planning Session |
10:01 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:01 AM (9 mins) Committee Business
Public from 10:10 AM (62 mins) Overview of the role and functions of Translink including Annual Report and Accounts and Business Plan – oral and written evidence Mr Chris Conway, Translink Mr Graeme Smyth, Translink
Public from 11:12 AM (56 mins) Overview of DFI’s Water and Departmental Delivery: Finance and Budget Briefing – Departmental Officials – oral and written evidence Mr Declan McGeown, DfI Mr Colin Woods, DfI Ms Julie Thompson, DfI Ms Susan Anderson, DfI
Public from 12:08 PM (7 mins) Subordinate Legislation - SL1s - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
SR 2024-53 The Dungannon Road, Portadown (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
Committee Business |
12:00 PM | Room 21 | Assembly and Executive Review Committee
Closed from 12:00 PM (2 mins) Committee Business
Closed from 12:02 PM (10 mins) Committee Procedures
Public from 12:12 PM (2 mins) Role and functions of the AERC
Public from 12:14 PM (3 mins) Identification of potential topics for Committee work programme
Public from 12:17 PM (1 mins) Draft Induction Plan and arrangements for Strategic Planning
Public from 12:18 PM (1 mins) Committee Business |
1:58 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Education
Public from 1:58 PM (4 mins) Committee Business
Public from 2:03 PM (88 mins) Ministerial Priorities - Oral Briefing Mr Paul Givan, Minister of Education Dr Suzanne Kingon, DE Mrs Linsey Farrell, DE
Public from 3:32 PM (53 mins) Mental Health Champion - Oral Briefing Professor Siobhan O'Neill, Mental Health Champion Dr Nicole Bond, Mental Health Champion
Public from 4:37 PM (71 mins) Introduction to Youth Engagement - Oral briefing from a panel of youth organisations Ms Eimear Crozier, NI Youth Forum Ms Ellen Taylor, Secondary Students' Union for Northern Ireland Ms Mia Murray, Northern Ireland Youth Assembly Ms Inioluwa Olaosebikan, Diverse Youth NI Ms Alex Deane, NICCY Youth Panel
Public from 5:48 PM (1 mins) SR2024 The Period Products (Department of Education Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (NI) 2024
Public from 5:49 PM (2 mins) Committee Business |
2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins) Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (60 mins) Oral Evidence - Victims and Survivors Service Mr Oliver Wilkinson, Victims and Survivors Service Mr Andrew Walker, Victims and Survivors Service
Public from 3:05 PM (60 mins) Oral Evidence - Office of the Commissioner for Victims and Survivors and Victims and Survivors Forum Mr Andrew Sloan, Commission for Victims and Survivors Ms Deborah Howe, Commission for Victims and Survivors Ms Natasha Butler, Victims and Survivors Forum Mr David Crabbe, Victims and Survivors Forum
Public from 4:05 PM (5 mins) Committee Business |
2:04 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:04 PM (1 mins) Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (5 mins) SR 2024-45 The Public Service Pensions Revaluation Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 2:10 PM (5 mins) SL1 The Pensions Increase (Review) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 2:15 PM (5 mins) SL1 - The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Registration of Deaths and Still-Births) (Extension) (No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 2:20 PM (15 mins) Monthly Outturn - Written Briefing from the Department of Finance
Public from 2:35 PM (45 mins) Spring Supplementary Estimates - Oral Briefing from the Department of Finance Joanne McBurney, DoF Barry Armstrong, DoF
Public from 3:20 PM (10 mins) Committee Business
Public from 3:30 PM (5 mins) SL1: The Rates (Exemption for Automatic Telling Machines in Rural Areas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 3:35 PM (11 mins) SL1: The Rates (Temporary Rebate) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 |
Thursday 21 March 2024 |
10:01 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:01 AM (6 mins) Committee Business
Closed from 10:07 AM (25 mins)
Public from 10:32 AM (1 mins)
Public from 10:33 AM (51 mins) Briefing from Department for Communities Deputy Secretary of Housing and Sustainability Group Mr Mark O'Donnell, DfC Dr Heloise Brown, DfC Mr David Polley, DfC Mr Angus Kerr, DfC Mr Derek Kennedy, DfC
Public from 11:24 AM (40 mins) Briefing from Department for Communities Deputy Secretary of Communities, Place and Local Government Group Mr John Smith, DfC Mr Tony Murphy, DfC Mr Anthony Carleton, DfC Mr Gerard Murray, DfC Ms Sharron Russell, DfC
Public from 12:04 PM (57 mins) Briefing from Northern Ireland Housing Executive Ms Grainia Long, Northern Ireland Housing Executive Ms Jennifer Hawthorne, Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Public from 1:01 PM (2 mins) The Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill 2024 Legislative Consent Motion - Committee Report
Public from 1:03 PM (2 mins) SR 2024/51 The Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
SR 2024/52 The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
SR 2024/54 The Social Security and Universal Credit (Migration of Tax Credit Claimants and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 1:05 PM (5 mins) Committee Business |
10:04 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:04 AM (4 mins) Committee Business
SL1 - The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (No.2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
SR 2024/000 The Period Products (Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Specified Public Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 10:08 AM (90 mins) Briefing from NI Environment Link - Overview Mr Malachy Campbell, Northern Ireland Environment Link Dr Jonathan Bell, Northern Ireland Environment Link Mr Gerry Darby, Northern Ireland Environment Link Ms Patricia Wallace, Northern Ireland Environment Link
Suspension from 11:38 AM (2 mins)
Public from 11:40 AM (55 mins) Briefing from The Office for Environmental Protection - Overview Dame Glenys Stacey, The Office for Environmental Protection Ms Natalie Prosser, The Office for Environmental Protection Mr Craig McGuicken, The Office for Environmental Protection Dr Donnacha Doody, The Office for Environmental Protection
Public from 12:35 PM (5 mins) Briefing from Ulster Farmers' Union - Overview Mr William Irvine, Ulster Farmers' Union Mr Wesley Aston, Ulster Farmers' Union Mr James McCluggage, Ulster Farmers' Union
Public from 12:40 PM (5 mins) Committee Business
Public from 12:45 PM (15 mins) Committee Business |
10:51 AM | Room 30 | Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
Closed from 10:51 AM (1 mins) Committee Business
Closed from 10:52 AM (14 mins) The Mechanisms under the Windsor Framework Ms Shauna Mageean, EU Affairs Manager Ms Jessica Jacques, Northern Ireland Assembly
Public from 11:06 AM (1 mins) Committee Business
Public from 11:07 AM (13 mins) Regulation (EU) 2023/2419: Published New EU Act on the labelling of organic pet food
Public from 11:20 AM (3 mins) Draft Committee Engagement / Education Programme
Public from 11:23 AM (2 mins) Committee Business |
2:04 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Health
Public from 2:04 PM (3 mins) Committee Business
Public from 2:07 PM (92 mins) Departmental Briefing - Waiting Lists Dr Tomas Adell, DoH Ms Lisa McWilliams, DoH
Public from 3:39 PM (73 mins) Departmental Briefing - Children's Social Care Services Ms Eilís McDaniel, DoH Ms Máire Redmond, DoH Ms Áine Morrison, DoH
Public from 4:52 PM (9 mins) Committee Business |
2:05 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:05 PM (2 mins) Committee Business
Public from 2:07 PM (79 mins) Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland - oral evidence session The Right Honourable Dame Siobhan Keegan, Office of the Lady Chief Justice
Public from 3:26 PM (62 mins) Overview of the Reducing Offending Directorate - oral evidence session Ms Beverley Wall, DoJ Mr David Kennedy, DoJ Mr Steven McCourt, DoJ Mr Stephen Martin, Youth Justice Agency
Closed from 4:28 PM (12 mins) Overview of Legislative Consent Motions and Memorandums
Public from 4:40 PM (6 mins) Criminal Justice Bill - Proposed Legislative Consent Motions
SL1 Draft Lay Magistrates (Eligibility) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
SL1 The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Application of Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
Organised Crime Strategy 2021-24 - Department of Justice Proposal for Addendum Workplan — written briefing
Public from 4:46 PM (5 mins) Committee Business |
2:09 PM | Room 21 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:09 PM (11 mins) Committee Business
Public from 2:20 PM (8 mins) Memorandum of Reply - Review of the Northern Ireland Budget Process and Addiction Services in Northern Ireland Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office Mr Rodney Allen, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 2:28 PM (16 mins) Ministerial Direction - Enhanced Flood Relief Scheme Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office Mr Rodney Allen, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 2:44 PM (66 mins) Treasury Officer of Accounts Briefing Stuart Stevenson, DoF Mrs Julie Sewell, DoF
Closed from 3:50 PM (14 mins) Excess Votes - Draft Report on Excess Votes (Northern Ireland) 2022-23 and late accounts/corrections from prior years Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office Mr Rodney Allen, Northern Ireland Audit Office Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office Mr Patrick Barr, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 4:04 PM (4 mins) Committee Business |