| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Tuesday 26 May 2015 |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 10:35 AM | Room 29 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:35 AM (85 mins)
Oral Briefing from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions: Inquiry into Growing the Economy and Creating Jobs in a Reduced Tax Environment
• Mr Peter Bunting, Irish Congress of Trade Unions
Public from 12:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:05 PM (39 mins)
Oral Briefing from Tourism NI: Tourism Events Funding Programme 2014/15 and 2015/16
• Mrs Kathryn Thomson, Tourism NI
• Mr Eddie Rowan, Tourism NI
Public from 12:44 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:45 PM (1 mins)
Legislation: SR 2015/249 The Electricity and Gas (Ownership Unbundling) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 12:46 PM (1 mins)
EU Matters - Issue 05/2015
Public from 12:47 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:38 AM | Room 21 | Ad Hoc Committee on the Public Services Ombudsperson Bill
Public from 10:38 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:44 AM (11 mins)
Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsperson Bill - Briefing by Bill Office
• Ms Patricia Casey, Assembly Clerk
Public from 10:55 AM (7 mins)
Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsperson Bill - Briefing by Bill Team on Amendments by Committee for OFMdFM
• Mr Alyn Hicks, Assistant Assembly Clerk / Office Manager
• Mr Jonathan McMillen, Legal Advisor
Public from 11:02 AM (3 mins)
Correspondence
Public from 11:05 AM (1 mins)
Forward Work Programme
Public from 11:06 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:45 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Justice
Public from 10:45 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:47 AM (26 mins)
The Justice Bill - Further Consideration on Clause 86
• Ms Aoibhinn Treanor, Witness (NIA Staff)
• Ms Karen Pearson, DoJ
Public from 11:13 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 12:36 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 12:36 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:01 PM | Room 21 | Committee on Procedures
Public from 1:01 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:02 PM (24 mins)
Inquiry into the extent to which Standing Orders should permit the Attorney General to participate in proceedings of the Assembly
Public from 1:26 PM (30 mins)
Review of Public Petitions Procedures
Public from 1:56 PM (2 mins)
Female representation within the team of Speaker, Principal Deputy Speaker and Deputy Speakers
Public from 1:58 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:32 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 1:32 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:40 PM (30 mins)
Oral Briefing DARD – Outcome of the Cross-Compliance hedge cutting derogation review/Amendment to GAEC standard on minimum soil cover
• Dr Richard Crowe, DAERA
• Mr Alan Galbraith, DAERA
• Mr Ken Laverty, DAERA
Public from 2:10 PM (30 mins)
Oral Briefing DARD - Cattle ID cross compliance
• Ms Pauline Rooney, DAERA
• Mr Ken Laverty, DAERA
• Mr John Love, DAERA
• Mr John McConnell, DAERA
Suspension from 2:40 PM (50 mins)
Public from 3:30 PM (30 mins)
Oral Briefing DARD – Workforce Restructuring
• Mr Gerry Lavery, DAERA
• Ms Catherine McCallum, DAERA
• Ms Tracey Teague, DAERA
• Mr David Small, DAERA
Public from 4:00 PM (10 mins)
Inquiry into Better Regulation - Press release and list of organisations
Public from 4:10 PM (10 mins)
Written Briefing DARD – Pre-con The Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regs (NI) 2015
Written Briefing DARD – Pre Con The Carlingford Area (Definition of the Mouth of the Clanrye River) Regulations 2015
Written Briefing DARD - Pre Con The Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Tagging and Logbook) (Amendment) Regs 2015
Written Briefing DARD - Pre Con The Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Conservation of Juvenile Coarse Fish) Regs 2015
Written Briefing DARD - Pre Con The Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Private River Watcher Annual Returns) Regs 2015
Written Briefing DARD - Pre Con The Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Prescribed Species) Regs 2015
Written Briefing DARD - Pre Con Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Eel Passage) Regulations 2015
Written Briefing DARD - Pre Con Foyle Area and Carlingford Area (Exemption from Angling Licence Fees) Regs 2015
Public from 4:20 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:36 PM | Room 29 | Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Mental Capacity Bill
Public from 1:36 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:37 PM (2 mins)
Background Papers - Bill and Consultation Summary
Public from 1:39 PM (2 mins)
Draft Mental Capacity Bill - Briefing by Departmental Officials
• Mr Chris Matthews, DoH
• Ms Karen Pearson, DoJ
• Ms Lisa Trueman, DoH
• Ms Clare Irvine, DoJ
Public from 1:41 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 3:10 PM | Room 21 | Committee for Finance
Public from 3:10 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:15 PM (23 mins)
Main Estimates and Budget (No.2) Bill
Public from 3:38 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 27 May 2015 |
| VISIT | Ramada Hotel | Committee for Employment and Learning |
| VISIT | Scottish Parliament | Committee for Finance |
| 10:03 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Education
Public from 10:03 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:13 AM (52 mins)
The World Around Us - Primary Science Teaching Trust
• Mr John Sandford, Primary Science Teaching Trust
• Ms Lesley Hunter, Primary Science Teaching Trust
• Ms Kathy Schofield, Primary Science Teaching Trust
• Mr Jim McDaid, Primary Science Teaching Trust
Public from 11:05 AM (18 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 11:23 AM (12 mins)
Committee Business - Draft Forward Work Programme - SEND Bill evidence session |
| 10:07 AM | Ramada Hotel, Shawsbridge, Belfast | Committee for Employment and Learning
Public from 10:07 AM (16 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:23 AM (81 mins)
Committee Inquiry into post Special Educational Need Provision in education, employment and training for those with Learning Disabilities - Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership Briefing
• Mr Iolo Eilian, DoH
• Mr Aidan Murray, DoH
Public from 11:44 AM (17 mins)
Briefing from Kinship Care NI
• Ms Jacqueline Williamson, Kinship Care Northern Ireland
• Ms Leona McMenamin, Kinship Care Northern Ireland
Public from 12:01 PM (19 mins)
Assembly Research and Information Service Briefing - The Living Wage in the Public and Private Sectors in Northern Ireland
• Mr Eoin Murphy, Research Officer
Public from 12:20 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:09 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:09 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:14 AM (58 mins)
Disability Action Briefing: Disability Action Transport Scheme
• Mr Kevin Doherty, Disability Action
• Ms Karen Hall, Disability Action
• Mr Dermot McCluskey, Disability Action
Public from 11:12 AM (10 mins)
Committee Motion on DRD Budget
Public from 11:22 AM (1 mins)
EU Matters
Public from 11:23 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:24 AM (3 mins)
Committee Motion on DRD Budget
Public from 11:27 AM (2 mins)
SL1: The Cycle Routes (Amendment No 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Traffic Weight Restrictions (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Waiting Restrictions (Clogher) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/244: The Londonderry Harbour (Variation of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Closed from 2:00 PM (2 mins)
Inquiry into Building a United Community - Consideration of areas for potential recommendations
Public from 2:02 PM (16 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:20 PM (40 mins)
Children's Services Co-operation Bill - Committee consideration of draft amendments
Public from 3:00 PM (40 mins)
Delivering Social Change - Briefing by OFMDFM officials
• Dr Mark Browne, TEO
• Mr Joe Reynolds, TEO
Public from 3:40 PM (17 mins)
Social Investment Fund - Briefing by OFMDFM officials
• Dr Mark Browne, TEO
• Mr Ricky Irwin, TEO
• Mr Lawrence Hyland, TEO
Public from 3:57 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:59 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Health
Public from 2:59 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:06 PM (55 mins)
Review of workforce planning in the context of Transforming Your Care - Briefing by Allied Health Professions Federation NI
• Ms Karen Middleton, Allied Health Professions Federation Northern Ireland
• Ms Rosalind Rogers, Allied Health Professions Federation Northern Ireland
• Mr Andy McFarland, Allied Health Professions Federation Northern Ireland
• Ms Pauline Mulholland, Allied Health Professions Federation Northern Ireland
• Ms Jane Hanley, Allied Health Professions Federation Northern Ireland
Public from 4:01 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 28 May 2015 |
| VISIT | Rural Community Network | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs |
| VISIT | Cockle Row Cottages | Committee for the Environment |
| 10:03 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Public from 10:03 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (85 mins)
Inquiry into issues around Emergency Exiting Plans, including their impact on stadium capacity, for the redeveloped Casement Park Stadium
• Dr Denis McMahon, DCAL
• Ms Cynthia Smith, DCAL
Public from 11:30 AM (60 mins)
Briefing from DCAL re Internal Governance
• Dr Denis McMahon, DCAL
• Ms Cynthia Smith, DCAL
• Ms Joanna McConway, DCAL
Public from 12:30 PM (30 mins)
Briefing from Armagh Observatory Savings Delivery Plans
• Prof Mark Bailey, Armagh Observatory
Public from 1:00 PM (37 mins)
Committee Business - Committee Business |
| 10:10 AM | Boardroom, Rural Community Network, 38A Oldtown Street, Cookstown | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:10 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:13 AM (27 mins)
Committee Review - DARD Response to TRPSI Position Paper
• Mr Niall Heaney, DAERA
• Mr Paul Donnelly, DAERA
Public from 10:40 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:12 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:12 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:17 AM (25 mins)
Monitoring Round - June
• Ms Deborah Brown, DfC
• Mr Ian Snowden, DfC
Public from 10:42 AM (9 mins)
Regeneration Bill - Committee Report
Public from 10:51 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Occupational Pension Schemes (Power to Amend Schemes to Reflect Abolition of Contracting-out) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 10:52 AM (1 mins)
SR 256 The Charities (2013 Act) (COmmencement No.1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 10:53 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:05 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:05 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:10 PM (160 mins)
Proposals to Vary Firearms Licensing Fees and Other Miscellaneous Amendments to Firearms Legislation - Oral evidence from the Northern Ireland Deer Society
• Mr Dave McCullough, Northern Ireland Deer Society
Proposals to Vary Firearms Licensing Fees and Other Miscellaneous Amendments to Firearms Legislation - Oral Evidence from BASC, GTGNI and CAI
• Mr Tommy Mayne, British Association for Shooting and Conservation
• Mr Lyall Plant, Countryside Alliance Ireland
• Mr David Robinson, Gun Trade Guild NI
Commencement of Articles 19, 20, 26 and 30 of the Criminal Justice (NI) Order 2008 - Oral Evidence from Department of Justice Officials
• Mr Alan Smyth, Northern Ireland Prison Service
• Mr Paul Doran, Northern Ireland Probation Board
SR 2015/225: The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (Codes of Practice) Order 2015
SR 2015/236: The Explosives (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/241: The Crown Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1s: Revised PACE Code D and Transitional and Saving Provisions Order and Qualifying Offences (Amendment) Order
Northern Ireland Human Trafficking and Exploitation Action Plan 2014 - 15 - Final Progress Report
Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to Police Ombudsman) (Amendment) Order 2015 - Proposed Consultation
Public from 4:50 PM (14 mins)
Committee Business |