Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
Monday 19 October 2020 |
12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
Tuesday 20 October 2020 |
10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
1:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Health
Public from 1:00 PM (5 mins) Committee Business
Public from 1:05 PM (52 mins) Committee Inquiry: COVID-19 and its impact on Care Homes Anne Speed, UNISON Mr John Patrick Clayton, UNISON Mr Alan Perry, GMB Ms Rita Devlin, Royal College of Nursing
Public from 1:57 PM (1 mins) Committee Business |
1:03 PM | Senate Chamber | Business Committee
Closed from 1:03 PM (19 mins) Committee Business |
Wednesday 21 October 2020 |
9:21 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Education
Closed from 9:21 AM (23 mins) Committee Business
Closed from 9:44 AM (99 mins) Goverance Issues Relating to SEN Statementing - Educatiin Authority Ms Sharon O'Connor, Education Authority Dr Andy McMorran, Education Authority
Closed from 11:37 AM (6 mins) Committee Business
Public from 11:43 AM (1 mins)
Public from 11:44 AM (80 mins) Impact of COVID 19 - National Autistic Society NI and Evangelical Alliance Mr David Smyth, Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland Ms Donna Jennings, Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland Ms Shirelle Stewart, National Autistic Society NI Ms Caroline Bogue, National Autistic Society NI
Public from 1:04 PM (15 mins) Committee Business |
10:00 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins) Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (90 mins) Briefing from NILGA - Role of Local Government in Tourism Strategies Cllr Matt Garrett, NILGA Ms Anne Donaghy, Mid and East Antrim Council Ms Lisa O'Kane, Northern Ireland Local Government Association
Public from 11:35 AM (15 mins) Committee Business
Public from 11:50 AM (25 mins) Results 2020 and Covid-19
Departmental Consultation - Legislative measures to transpose Gas Directive 2009/73/EC as amended by Directive 2019/692 and implement consequential amendments to NI energy legislation from the end of the transition period following the UK’s exit from the EU
Departmental Written Briefing - Energy Strategy
NIAO Report - Generating Electricity from Renewable Energy
The General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland Annual Report and Accounts - 2019-2020
Issues impacting on the role of the University College Union Northern Ireland
Public from 12:15 PM (15 mins) Committee Business |
10:38 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:38 AM (13 mins) Committee Business
SL1 - The Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 (Public Service Obligation in Transport) (Amendment) (EU EXIT) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020
SR 2020-218 The Planning Act 2011 (Review) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
SR 2020-222 The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Public from 10:51 AM (54 mins) Briefing from the Utility Regulator Ms Tanya Hedley, Utility Regulator Northern Ireland Mr John Mills, Utility Regulator Northern Ireland
Public from 11:45 AM (60 mins) Departmental Briefing - Transport Regulation Unit Dr Chris Hughes, DfI Mr David Mullan, DfI
Public from 12:45 PM (15 mins) Committee Business |
12:25 PM | Room 30 | Audit Committee
Public from 12:25 PM (7 mins) Committee Business
Closed from 12:32 PM (19 mins) Powers of the Audit Committee & related matters
Public from 12:51 PM (1 mins) Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman – Budget 2021-2022 - Follow Up Written Briefing
Public from 12:52 PM (18 mins) Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman – Ombudsman’s Report 2019-20, Northern Ireland Local Government Commissioner for Standards Annual Report 2018-19 and Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman Annual Report 2018-19 Ms Margaret Kelly, Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman Mr Paul McFadden, Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman Mr John McGinnity, Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman
Public from 1:10 PM (1 mins) Northern Ireland Audit Office – Budget 2021-2022 - Follow Up Written Briefing
Public from 1:11 PM (21 mins) Northern Ireland Audit Office – Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20 Ms Pamela McCreedy, Northern Ireland Audit Office Mr Rodney Allen, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 1:32 PM (4 mins) Committee Business |
2:01 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:01 PM (6 mins) Committee Business
Public from 2:07 PM (87 mins) Oral Evidence - Briefing from the Minister of Finance - The impact of the Chancellor’s decision to cancel the UK Budget on the Assembly Budget for 2021/22 Mr Conor Murphy, Minister of Finance Joanne McBurney, DoF
Public from 3:34 PM (16 mins) SR 2020/221 The Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 Mr Ian Snowden, DoF
Public from 3:50 PM (17 mins) SL1 The Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 Mr Ian Snowden, DoF
Public from 4:07 PM (3 mins) SL1 Draft Administration of Estates (Small Payments) (Increase of Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020
Public from 4:10 PM (3 mins) RaISe written briefing - An overview of COVID-19 funding in NI and the economic implications
Public from 4:13 PM (7 mins) Committee Business |
2:03 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Closed from 2:03 PM (4 mins) Legal Advice
Public from 2:07 PM (53 mins) Committee Business
Brexit - Oral Evidence Session with Departmental Officials on Brexit Issues Dr Andrew McCormick, TEO Mr Tom Reid, TEO
Public from 3:00 PM (31 mins) Allocation of Funding - Community Relations Council Ms Jacqueline Irwin, Community Relations Council Mr Paul Jordan, Community Relations Council
Public from 3:31 PM (21 mins) SL1 - The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020
Report from the Interim Advocate for Victims and Survivors of Historical Institutional Abuse - Written Briefing
Committee Business |
Thursday 22 October 2020 |
9:32 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Health
Public from 9:32 AM (3 mins) Committee Business
Public from 9:35 AM (60 mins) Committee Inquiry: COVID-19 and its impact on Care Homes - Briefing from Independent Health and Care Providers Ms Pauline Shepherd, Independent Health and Care Providers
Public from 10:35 AM (75 mins) Committee Inquiry: COVID-19 and its impact on Care Homes - Briefing from RQIA Dr Tony Stevens, Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority Ms Emer Hopkins, Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority
Public from 11:50 AM (80 mins) Committee Inquiry: COVID-19 and its impact on Care Homes - Briefing from Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Social Worker Prof Charlotte McArdle, DoH Mr Sean Holland, DoH Mr Mark Lee, DoH
Public from 1:10 PM (5 mins) UK SI - The Reciprocal and Cross-Border Healthcare (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Public from 1:15 PM (5 mins) UK SI - Electronic Commerce Directive (Adoption and Children) (Amendment etc) (EU EXIT) Regulations 2020
Public from 1:20 PM (5 mins) UK SI - Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Public from 1:25 PM (6 mins) Committee Business |
9:33 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Closed from 9:33 AM (43 mins) Committee Business - The Greenhouse Gas – UK Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020
Public from 10:16 AM (2 mins) Committee Business
Public from 10:18 AM (30 mins) Oral Evidence from DAERA - The Greenhouse Gas Common Framework – UK Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 Mr John Mills, DAERA Mr Richard Coey, DAERA Mr Hugh McGinn, DAERA Mr Phil Elliott, DAERA
Public from 10:48 AM (7 mins) Oral Evidence from DAERA - SL1 - The Plant Health and Diseases of Animals (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 Ms Naomi Callaghan, DAERA Ms Diane Stevenson, DAERA Mr Darrin Fullerton, DAERA
Oral Evidence from DAERA - SL1 - The Marketing of Plant and Propagating Material (Legislative Functions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (NI) 2020 Mr Jim Crummie, DAERA Mr John Joe O'Boyle, DAERA Ms Diane Stevenson, DAERA
Oral Evidence from DAERA - SL1 - Agriculture, Animals and Aquaculture (Health, Identification, Welfare, Trade etc.) (Amd) (EU Exit) Reg (NI) 2020 Ms Naomi Callaghan, DAERA Mr Darrin Fullerton, DAERA Ms Donna Lyons, DAERA
Oral Evidence from DAERA - SL1 - Seed Marketing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 Mr Tommy McNamara, DAERA
Public from 10:55 AM (3 mins) Oral Evidence from DAERA - Defra/WST/04 - The Waste and Environmental Permitting etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (Cat 3)
Oral Evidence from DAERA - Defra/AQ/04 - Air Quality (Northern Ireland Protocol) Regulations 2020 (Cat 2) Mr Colin Nugent, DAERA Ms Caroline Barry, DAERA
Oral Evidence from DAERA - Defra/CHM/12 - The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (Cat 2)
Oral Evidence from DAERA - SI Defra/ENV/23 - The Environment (Miscellaneous) Amendments (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (Cat 1)
Oral Evidence from DAERA - RESERVED: Defra/WST/09 - The Hazardous Substances and Packaging (Legislative Functions and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Public from 10:58 AM (1 mins) Written Briefing DAERA - Written Briefing DAERA - Update on EU Exit Preparation and Delivery
Written Briefing DAERA - Written Briefing DAERA - Consultation on Further Education Support and Charging Policy at CAFRE
Public from 10:59 AM (3 mins) Committee Business - Committee Business
Closed from 11:02 AM (17 mins) Committee Business - Committee Business |
10:01 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:01 AM (15 mins) Committee Business
Public from 10:16 AM (81 mins) Impact of Covid 19 on Local Football - Briefing by IFA Mr David Martin, Irish Football Association Mr Patrick Nelson, Irish Football Association
Suspension from 11:37 AM (6 mins)
Public from 11:43 AM (77 mins) Pension Schemes Bill - Committee Deliberations Mr Gerry McCann, DfC Ms Doreen Roy, DfC
Westminster Pension Schemes Bill Legislative Consent Motion
Public from 1:00 PM (12 mins) SL1 The Fines (Deductions from Benefits) Regulations (NI) 2020
Committee Business |
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 (110 mins) Briefing by the Equality Coalition Ms Patricia McKeown, Equality Coalition Mr Daniel Holder, Equality Coalition
Public from 3:53 PM (7 mins) Committee Business |
2:04 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Justice
Closed from 2:04 PM (11 mins) Standing Order 42A – Legislative Consent Motions - Procedural Advice Paul Gill, Clerk Assistant
Public from 2:15 PM (5 mins) Committee Business
Public from 2:20 PM (108 mins) New Legal Framework for the Personal Injury Discount Rate - Summary of Consultation Responses and Proposed Way Forward Ms Laurene McAlpine, DoJ Ms Jane Maguire, DoJ Mr Martin Moore, DoJ
Simplifying the Legal Aid Approval Process for Engagement of Expert Witnesses in Family Proceedings in the Magistrates' Courts - Summary of Consultation Responses and Proposed Way Forward Mr Stephen Martin, DoJ Mr John Bradley, DoJ
SL1: The Maximum Number of Judges (Northern Ireland) Order 2020
SI: The Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
SI: The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Community Safety Board and Framework - Overview
Private Family Law Early Resolution Action Plan
5 Year Problem Solving Justice Strategy
Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service Business Recovery Update
Public from 4:08 PM (10 mins) Committee Business |
2:07 PM | Room 30 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:07 PM (12 mins) Committee Business
Public from 2:19 PM (76 mins) Inquiry into The LandWeb Project and Digital Transformation - Evidence Session Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office Stuart Stevenson, DoF Ms Sue Gray, DoF Mr Paul Duffy, DoF Mr Ian Snowden, DoF
Suspension from 3:35 PM (10 mins)
Public from 3:45 PM (40 mins) Inquiry into The LandWeb Project and Digital Transformation - Evidence session Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office Stuart Stevenson, DoF Ms Sue Gray, DoF Mr Paul Duffy, DoF
Closed from 4:25 PM (16 mins) Inquiry into The LandWeb Project and Digital Transformation - Discussions with NIAO officials Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office Mr Rodney Allen, Northern Ireland Audit Office Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 4:41 PM (20 mins) Inquiry into Special Educational Needs - Issues paper Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office Mr Rodney Allen, Northern Ireland Audit Office Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office Ms Colette Kane, Northern Ireland Audit Office Ms Karen Armstrong, Northern Ireland Audit Office Ms Suzanne Murphy, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 5:01 PM (9 mins) Committee Business |