| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 01 February 2016 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Tuesday 02 February 2016 |
| 10:16 AM | Room 29 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:16 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:20 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:30 AM (30 mins)
Legislation: SR 2016/0000 The Debt Relief Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Written Briefing from Assembly Research: Regulation of Cerberus and Capita Asset Service
Consultation: Early Closure of the Northern Ireland Renewables Obligation to onshore wind in 2016
EU Matters - Issue 01/2016
Public from 11:00 AM (50 mins)
Oral Briefing from Enterprise NI: Enterprise support provision and economic development activities
• Mr Gordon Gough, Enterprise NI
• Mr John D'Arcy, Enterprise NI
• Ms Jayne Taggart, Enterprise NI
Public from 11:50 AM (25 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 10:35 AM | Room 21 | Audit Committee
Public from 10:35 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:37 AM (25 mins)
Consideration of the Draft NIAO Corporate Plan 2016-17 to 2018-19
Public from 11:02 AM (4 mins)
NIAO Spring Supplementary Estimates 2015-16
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Janet Sides, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Brandon McMaster, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 11:06 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 12:10 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for the Environment
Public from 12:10 PM (52 mins)
Scrap Metal Dealers Bill - Departmental briefing
• Mr Brendan Forde, DoE |
| 1:01 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:01 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:47 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 1:47 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:50 PM (8 mins)
Fisheries Bill - Consideration of Committee Report
Public from 1:58 PM (26 mins)
Oral Brief QUB - Insitute for Global Food Security
• Prof Christopher Elliott, Institute for Global Food Security
Public from 2:24 PM (23 mins)
Oral Brief DARD - Northern Ireland Food Animal Information System
• Mr David Torrens, DAERA
• Mr Garry Corscadden, DAERA
Suspension from 2:47 PM (51 mins)
Public from 3:38 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:42 PM (29 mins)
Oral Brief DARD - Flooding Issues
• Mr Jonathan McKee, DAERA
• Mr David Porter, DAERA
Public from 4:11 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:07 PM | Room 21 | Committee for Education
Public from 2:07 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:10 PM (73 mins)
Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill - Informal deliberations
• Mrs Caroline Gillan, DE
• Mr Alan Boyd, DE
Public from 3:23 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 4:34 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 4:34 PM (16 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 03 February 2016 |
| 10:02 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Education
Public from 10:02 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:06 AM (89 mins)
Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill - Final clause by clause scrutiny
• Mrs Caroline Gillan, DE
• Mr Alan Boyd, DE
Public from 11:36 AM (20 mins)
Assembly Research - Promoting STEM in Schools
• Caroline Perry, Research Officer
Public from 11:56 AM (9 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:02 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:02 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:08 AM (12 mins)
RaISE Briefing - DRD Progress against PfG Targets
• Mr Desmond McKibbin, NIA Research
Public from 10:20 AM (28 mins)
Departmental Briefing - DRD Progress against PfG Targets
• Mr David Crabbe, DfI
• Mr Tom Reid, DfI
• Mr Philip Hamilton, DfI
Public from 10:48 AM (27 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Land acquisition and Compensation Bill
• Mr Garry McKenna, DfI
• Mr Philip Hamilton, DfI
• Mr Tom Reid, DfI
Public from 11:15 AM (19 mins)
Departmental Briefing: Integrated Passenger Transport
• Mr Sean Johnston, DfI
• Mr Michael Deery, DfI
• Mr Tony Rafferty, DfI
Public from 11:34 AM (12 mins)
EU Matters
SL1 - The Green Road, Conlig (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1 - Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Parking Places Loading Bays and Waiting Restrictions Amendments (Lisburn) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Road Races (Mid Antrim 150) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Road Races (Spamount Hill Climb) (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - College Street, Belfast (Stopping-Up) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Committee Business |
| 10:15 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Employment and Learning
Public from 10:15 AM (7 mins)
Committee Business
SR 2016-000 The Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 10:22 AM (47 mins)
Briefing from the Employment Support and Training Agency
• Mr Adam Harbinson, Employment Support Training Agency
• Mrs Gillian Winters, Employment Support Training Agency
• Mr Geoff Lamb, Employment Support Training Agency
Public from 11:10 AM (42 mins)
Briefing from the NEET's Forum
• Mrs Anne-Marie McClure, Start 360
• Ms Jen Cole, NEET Youth Forum
• Mr Aaron McCormick, NEET Youth Forum
• Ms Ciara Gaffney, NEET Youth Forum
Public from 11:52 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:16 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Finance
Public from 10:16 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:17 AM (33 mins)
Budget - Budget bill and Spring Supplementary Estimates - Briefing from DFP
• Ms Emer Morelli, DoF
• Mr Peter Jakobsen, DoF
• Ms Michelle Scott, DoF
Public from 10:50 AM (48 mins)
EU Funding - EU Funding Programmes: PEACE IV and INTERREG VA - Briefing from DFP and SEUPB
• Mr Frank Duffy, DoF
• Dominic McCullough, DoF
• Gina McIntyre, Special EU Programmes Body
• Mr Shaun Henry, Special EU Programmes Body
Public from 11:38 AM (32 mins)
Corporation Tax - Devolution of Corporation Tax and potential for other Fiscal Powers - Update Briefing from DFP
• Tony Simpson, DoF
• Mr Victor Dukelow, DoF
• Mr Alan Ramsey, DoF
Public from 12:10 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:30 PM | Room 21 | Committee on Standards and Privileges
Closed from 1:30 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:32 PM (36 mins)
Report from the Assembly Commissioner for Standards on a Complaint against a Member
• Mr Douglas Bain, Northern Ireland Assembly
Closed from 2:08 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:05 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Health
Public from 2:05 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:08 PM (11 mins)
Human Transplantation Bill - Agree Committee Report on the Committee Stage of the Bill
Health and Personal Social Services (Amendment) Bill - Agree Committee Report on the Committee Stage of the Bill
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill - Agree Committee Report on the Committee Stage of the Bill
Public from 2:19 PM (16 mins)
SL1 - The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Health Service Workers (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Committee Business |
| 2:06 PM | Senate Chamber | Public Accounts Committee
Closed from 2:06 PM (8 mins)
Inquiry into Invest to Save funding in Northern Ireland - Preparation session
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Sean Beattie, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 2:14 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:16 PM (96 mins)
Inquiry into Invest to Save funding in Northern Ireland - Evidence session
• Mr David Sterling, DoF
• Mr Mike Brennan, DoF
• Jeff McGuinness, DoF
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Alison Caldwell, DoF
Closed from 3:52 PM (4 mins)
Excess Votes - Consideration of Draft Report on Excess Votes (Northern Ireland) 2014-15
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Louise Mason, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:56 PM (3 mins)
Inquiry into Invest to Save funding in Northern Ireland - Discussion with NIAO officials
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Sean Beattie, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:59 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 04 February 2016 |
| VISIT | 124 STEWARTSTOWN ROAD | Committee for Communities |
| 10:01 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:01 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (8 mins)
Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill - Committee Report
Public from 10:13 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 10:14 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Pensions (2015 Act) (Abolition of Contracting-Out For Salary Related Pension Schemes) (Consequential Amendments) Order (NI) 2016
Public from 10:15 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Pension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (NI) 2016
Public from 10:16 AM (1 mins)
SR 25 The Pensions (2015 Act) (Consequential Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 10:17 AM (41 mins)
Welfare Reform Mitigations - Presentation by working group lead by Eileen Evason
• Ms Eileen Evason BA, MSSC, CBE, Mitigation Working Party
• Mr Barry McVeigh BA (Hons), Mitigation Working Party
• Ms Lisa McElherron, Mitigation Working Party
• Mr Kevin Higgins, Mitigation Working Party
Public from 10:58 AM (35 mins)
Budget - Budget Setting 2016/2017 - Departmental Briefing
• Ian Snowden, DfC
• Ms Deborah Brown, DfC
• Ms Joyce Bill, DfC
• Mr Paul Killen, DfC
Public from 11:33 AM (53 mins)
The Charities Act 2008 (Designated Religious Charities) Order (NI) 2016 - Joint Evidence Session with Church Organisations
• Reverend Trevor Gribben, Presbyterian Church in Ireland
• Reverend Dr. John Stephens, Methodist Church in Ireland
• Very Rev Timothy Bartlett, The Catholic Church
• Mr Stephen Gowdy, Presbyterian Church in Ireland
Suspension from 12:26 PM (4 mins)
Public from 12:30 PM (29 mins)
Social Housing Enterprise Strategy - NIHE Briefing
• Mr Gerry Flynn, Northern Ireland Housing Executive
• Ms Jennifer Hawthorne, Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Public from 12:59 PM (6 mins)
Licensing Bill - Committee Consideration
Public from 1:05 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:14 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Public from 10:14 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:15 AM (121 mins)
Draft Executive Budget 2016/17
• Mr David Carson, DCAL
• Ms Joanna McConway, DCAL
• Mr Michael O'Dowd, DCAL
Public from 12:16 PM (13 mins)
Inquiry into issues around Emergency Exiting Plans, including their impact on stadium capacity, for the redeveloped Casement Park Stadium - Mr McMullan's vote on Mr McCausland's evidence to the Committee
Closed from 12:29 PM (15 mins)
Inquiry into issues around Emergency Exiting Plans, including their impact on stadium capacity, for the redeveloped Casement Park Stadium - Consideration of Evidence
Public from 12:44 PM (27 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:14 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for the Environment
Closed from 10:14 AM (34 mins)
Public from 10:48 AM (16 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:04 AM (31 mins)
Synopsis of Responses - Consultation on Amending the NIEA’s Financial Provision Policy - Departmental briefing
• Mr Tony Osborne, Northern Ireland Environment Agency
• Mr Mark Livingstone, Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Public from 11:35 AM (17 mins)
Scrap Metal Dealers Bill - Deliberation of clauses
Public from 11:52 AM (13 mins)
Consultations
SL1 - Amendment of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 - Departmental briefing
• Ms Liz Loughran, DoE
• Mr Alex Boyle, DfI
• Mr Michael O'Neill, DfI
SL1 - Amendment of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 - Departmental briefing
• Ms Liz Loughran, DoE
• Mr Alex Boyle, DfI
• Mr Michael O'Neill, DfI
Committee Business |
| 10:15 AM | Assembly Chamber | Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament
Public from 10:15 AM (75 mins)
Generic Item - Generic Item |
| 3:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 3:00 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:10 PM (120 mins)
Implications for the Department of Justice and Funding Allocations arising from the ‘A Fresh Start – The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan’ - Ministerial Briefing
• Mr D Ford, Minister of Justice
• Mr Simon Rogers, DoJ
• Ms Karen Pearson, DoJ
Department of Justice Budget 2016/17 and funding issues raised by NIACRO/EXTERN - Ministerial Briefing
• Mr D Ford, Minister of Justice
• Mr Glyn Capper, DoJ
Prison Review Oversight Group Third Annual Report March 2015 - Oral briefing by the Independent Members of the Oversight Group on the Implementation of the Prisons Review Recommendations
• Mr Brendan McGuigan, Prison Review Oversight Group
• Ms Patricia Gordon, Prison Review Oversight Group
• Professor Monica McWilliams, Prison Review Oversight Group
Public from 5:10 PM (15 mins)
SR 2016/1: The Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders) (Notification Requirements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Legislative Consent Motion on Northern Ireland Provisions in the Criminal Cases Review Commission (Information) Bill - Consideration of Committee Position
SL1: The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Review of Sentencing) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1: The Draft Mental Health Review Tribunal (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1: The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Application of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 5:25 PM (63 mins)
Committee Business |