| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 30 November 2015 |
| 11:00 AM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 11:00 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:01 AM (31 mins)
Departments Bill - Departments Bill - briefing by junior Ministers
• Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly, junior Minister
• Ms J McCann, junior Minister
• Mr Tony Canavan, TEO
• Mr Geoffrey Simpson, TEO
Public from 11:32 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 12:10 PM | Room 30 | Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Mental Capacity Bill
Closed from 12:10 PM (9 mins)
Further Deliberations on outstanding issues
Further deliberations on Clause 5
Public from 12:19 PM (4 mins)
Further deliberations on Clause 5
• Ms Alison McCaffrey, DoH
• Ms Lisa Trueman, DoH
Public from 12:23 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Background Papers
Public from 12:25 PM (12 mins)
Departmental Evidence Session - Supervision and Assessment Orders
• Ms Clare Irvine, DoJ
Committee Business |
| Tuesday 01 December 2015 |
| 10:10 AM | Room 21 | Assembly and Executive Review Committee
Closed from 10:10 AM (26 mins)
Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill - Legal Advice
• Mr Jonathan McMillen, Legal Advisor
Public from 10:36 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:39 AM (60 mins)
Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill - Committee Deliberations on the Bill including Review of Evidence
• Mr J McCallister, MLA
• Mr Peter Hutchinson, Independent
Public from 11:39 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:12 AM | Room 29 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:12 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:15 AM (49 mins)
Oral Briefing from InterTradeIreland: Funding
• Mr Thomas Hunter McGowan, InterTradeIreland
• Mr Aidan Gough, InterTradeIreland
• Mr Laurence Lord, InterTradeIreland
• Ms Margaret Hearty, InterTradeIreland
Public from 11:04 AM (104 mins)
Oral Briefing from the Committee Specialist Advisor and Ulster University Economic Policy Centre: Economic Update
• Dr Leslie Budd, Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
• Professor Neil Gibson, Ulster University Economic Policy Centre
Public from 12:48 PM (30 mins)
Oral Briefing from DETI: November Monitoring Round
• Mr Trevor Cooper, DfE
• Mrs Bernie Brankin, DfE
Public from 1:18 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:24 PM (4 mins)
Legislation: Legislative Consent Memorandum on Housing and Planning Bill
Written Briefing from DETI: Update on Restructuring of Departments
Written Briefing from Assembly Research: Impact of reducing the VAT rate on tourism goods and services in the Republic of Ireland
Public from 1:28 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:00 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:38 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Closed from 1:38 PM (64 mins)
Rural Needs Bill - Committee Consideration of Evidence and Key Issues
Fisheries Bill - Committee discussion
Public from 2:42 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:46 PM (70 mins)
Rural Needs Bill - Oral briefing DARD - Consideration of Evidence and Key Issues
• Ms Patricia Casey, Assembly Clerk
• Mrs Colette McMaster, DAERA
• Ms Astrid Stuart, DAERA
• Ms Louise Warde Hunter, DAERA
Public from 3:56 PM (34 mins)
Inquiry into Better Regulation - Oral briefing RaISe
• Mr Mark Allen, Research Officer
Public from 4:30 PM (26 mins)
Oral Brief DARD - Update on 2015 Single Applications (including inspections)
• Ms Pauline Rooney, DAERA
• Dr Richard Crowe, DAERA
• Mr Jason Foy, DAERA
Public from 5:12 PM (24 mins)
Oral Briefing DARD – Fishing Industry
• Mr Paddy Campbell, DAERA
• Mr Ian Humes, DAERA
• Mr Pieter-Jan Schon, Agri-food and Biosciences Institute
Public from 5:36 PM (1 mins)
Public from 5:37 PM (10 mins)
Written Brief DARD – Pre Consultation The Zoonoses (Fees) Regulations (NI) 2016
Written Brief DARD – Pre Consultation The Northern Ireland Poultry Health Assurance Scheme (Fees) (Amendment) Order (NI) 2016
Written Brief DARD – Pre Consultation The Scrapie (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2016
Written Brief SL1 - The Seed Potato Regulations (NI) 2015
Written brief DARD - Bovine TB programme annual report 2014
Public from 5:47 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 02 December 2015 |
| 9:45 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Education
Public from 9:45 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:47 AM (36 mins)
Shared Education Bill - Committee Stage - Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS)
• Mr Gerry Lundy, Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
• Mr Michael Graham, Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
Public from 10:25 AM (41 mins)
Shared Education Bill - Committee Stage - Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Dr Michael Wardlow, Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
• Ms Eileen Lavery, Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
• Dr David Russell, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Ms Fiona O'Connell, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Public from 11:07 AM (22 mins)
Shared Education Bill - Committee Stage - Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY)
• Ms Koulla Yiasouma, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
• Ms Mairead McCafferty, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
• Ms Natalie Whelehan, NSPCC
Public from 11:30 AM (29 mins)
Shared Education Bill - Committee Stage - Rural Centre for Shared Education
• Mr Lauri McCusker, Fermanagh Trust
• Ms Catherine Ward, Fermanagh Trust
Public from 12:00 PM (20 mins)
Shared Education Bill - Committee Stage - Transferors Representative Council (TRC)
• Dr Peter Hamill, Transferor Representatives' Council
• Mr Gavin Norris, Transferor Representatives' Council
• Rev Colin McClure, Transferor Representatives' Council
Public from 12:20 PM (18 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:09 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Employment and Learning
Public from 10:09 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:14 AM (42 mins)
Employment Bill - Departmental Refresher Session
• Dr Alan Scott, DEL
• Mr John McKeown, DEL
• Ms Deirdre Walsh, DEL
Public from 10:56 AM (14 mins)
Briefing from Assembly Research and Information Service - European Issues
• Mr Eoin Murphy, Research Officer
Public from 11:10 AM (15 mins)
Briefing from Assembly Research and Information Service - Higher Education Statistics
• Mr Eoin Murphy, Research Officer
Public from 11:25 AM (6 mins)
Briefing from Assembly Research and Information Service - Economic Impact of International Students on Northern Ireland
• Mr Eoin Murphy, Research Officer
Public from 11:31 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:20 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:20 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:24 AM (1 mins)
Inquiry into Committee Primary Legislation on the Consumer Council
Public from 10:25 AM (81 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Belfast Public Hire Taxis
• Mr Roy Gordon, DfI
• Mr Kevin Monaghan, DfI
• Mr Ciarán de Búrca, DfI
Public from 11:46 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:26 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Finance
Public from 10:26 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:28 AM (77 mins)
Rates (Amendment) Bill - Briefing from Sports Groups
• Mr Ciaran Kearney, Northern Ireland Sports Forum
• Mr Jim Shaw, Irish Football Association
• Dr Shaun Ogle, Sport NI
• Mr David Johnston, Ulster Rugby
• Mr Ryan Feeney, Gaelic Athletic Association
Public from 11:45 AM (5 mins)
Legal Complaints and Regulation Bill - Initial consideration of draft report
Public from 11:50 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:35 PM | Room 21 | Committee on Standards and Privileges
Closed from 1:35 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:40 PM (81 mins)
Report from the Assembly Commissioner for Standards
• Mr Douglas Bain, Northern Ireland Assembly
Closed from 3:01 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:03 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Health
Public from 2:03 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Health and Personal Social Services (Amendment) Bill
Public from 2:09 PM (111 mins)
Human Transplantation Bill - Briefing from Consultant Surgeons
• Mr John Connolly, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
• Mr James McDaid, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
• Mr Tim Brown, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
• Dr James Douglas, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Public from 4:00 PM (48 mins)
Human Transplantation Bill - Briefing from the Department and the Public Health Agency
• Dr Eddie Rooney, Public Health Agency
• Dr Catherine Millman, Public Health Agency
• Mr Jackie Johnston, DoH
• Mr Ryan Wilson, DoH
Public from 4:48 PM (1 mins)
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill
Public from 4:49 PM (6 mins)
SL1 -The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 - Transitional and Consequential Provisions Regulations
Committee Business |
| 2:03 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Closed from 2:03 PM (47 mins)
Proposal to Update Legislation to Reform The Office of the Northern Ireland Ombudsman
• Mr Alyn Hicks, Assistant Assembly Clerk / Office Manager
• Mr Jonathan McMillen, Legal Advisor
• Mr Damien Martin, Clerk Assistant
Public from 2:50 PM (17 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:10 PM | Room 29 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:10 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 2:13 PM (5 mins)
Ministerial Direction - DRD: TransportNI skeleton service
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:18 PM (94 mins)
Inquiry into The Northern Ireland Events Company - Consideration of Draft Report
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Denver Lynn, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:52 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 03 December 2015 |
| 10:00 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (60 mins)
DCAL Briefing re Sign Language
• Ms Martina Campbell, DCAL
• Mr Tommy McAuley, DCAL
Public from 11:05 AM (85 mins)
Inquiry into issues around Emergency Exiting Plans, including their impact on stadium capacity, for the redeveloped Casement Park Stadium - Briefing from SGSA
• Ms Karen Eyre-White, Sports Ground Safety Authority
• Mr Ken Scott, Sports Ground Safety Authority
Public from 12:30 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:00 PM (30 mins)
Committee Inquiry into Inclusion in the Arts of Working Class Communities - consideration of report
Closed from 1:30 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business - Consideration of Fisheries Bill |
| 10:02 AM | 50 BALLYRONAN ROAD, MAGHERAFELT | Committee for the Environment
Public from 10:02 AM (20 mins)
Committee Business
Annual Update on Strategic Waste Infrastructure Programme - Written Briefing
SL1 - The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 10:22 AM (59 mins)
Scrap Metal Dealers Bill - Briefing from the British Metals Recycling Association
• Mr Ian Hetherington, British Metal Recycling Association
Public from 11:21 AM (14 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:06 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:06 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:12 AM (16 mins)
Housing (Amendment) Bill - Clause- by- Clause
• Dr Heloise Brown, DfC
• Ms Maryann Dempsey, DfC
• Ms Avril Hiles, DfC
• Mr Stephen Baird, DfC
Public from 10:28 AM (24 mins)
DSD Planning for Forthcoming Arrival of Refugees - Departmental Briefing
• Ian Snowden, DfC
Public from 10:52 AM (30 mins)
Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill - Committee Consideration
• Mr Stephen Martin, DfC
• Mr David Grimley, DfC
• Mr Ronan Murphy, DfC
• Ms Christine Hayes, DfC
Public from 11:22 AM (16 mins)
Advising, Supporting, Empowering. A Strategy for the delivery of Generalist Advice Services 2015-2020 - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Michael Donnelly, DfC
• Mr Harry Armstrong, DfC
• Ms Donna Darlington, DfC
Public from 11:38 AM (2 mins)
SL1 The Social Security (Crediting and Treatment of Contributions and National Insurance Numbers) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2015
Public from 11:40 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:09 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:09 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:10 PM (50 mins)
Proposed Fee Structure for Court Funds Office - Outcome of Consultation and Proposed Way Forward
• Mr Ronnie Armour, Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
• Mr Richard Ronaldson, Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
Public from 3:00 PM (20 mins)
Justice No.2 Bill - Oral Evidence by the Department of Justice on Part 1 - Fine Collection and Enforcement of Financial Penalties
• Ms Karen Pearson, DoJ
• Ms Pamela Reid, DoJ
• Ms Angela Bell, DoJ
• Mr Graham Walker, DoJ
Justice No.2 Bill - Oral Evidence by the Department of Justice Part 3 - Miscellaneous and Part 4 - General
• Ms Karen Pearson, DoJ
• Ms Angela Bell, DoJ
• Mr Graham Walker, DoJ
Justice No.2 Bill - Informal Consideration of Part 2 - Prison Ombudsman
Public from 3:20 PM (10 mins)
SL1: Draft Criminal Defence Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: Police Pensions (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1: The Proceeds Of Crime Act 2002 (Cash Searches (Northern Ireland): Code Of Practice) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Proceeds Of Crime Act 2002 (Investigations (Northern Ireland): Code Of Practice) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Proceeds Of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Seizure And Detention Of Property (Northern Ireland): Code Of Practice) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Update on the Development of a Family Care Proceedings Pilot
Update on the Department of Justice Legislative Programme
Public from 3:30 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:30 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:30 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:31 PM (8 mins)
Sale of National Asset Management Agency assets in Northern Ireland - Correspondence and Next Steps
Public from 2:39 PM (116 mins)
Sale of National Asset Management Agency assets in Northern Ireland - Oral briefing from Sammy Wilson MP, former Finance Minister
• Mr S Wilson, Northern Ireland Assembly
Public from 4:35 PM (45 mins)
Rates (Amendment) Bill - Briefing from Business Groups
• Colin Neill, Hospitality Ulster
• Mr Eugene Cassidy, Hospitality Ulster
• Mr Stephen Magorrian, Hospitality Ulster
Public from 5:23 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |