| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 08 February 2016 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 3:48 PM | Room 21 | Committee for Education
Public from 3:48 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:50 PM (10 mins)
Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill - Consideration of report
Public from 4:00 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| Tuesday 09 February 2016 |
| 9:59 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Communities
Public from 9:59 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:01 AM (32 mins)
Licensing Bill - Committee Consideration
Public from 10:33 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:27 AM | Room 29 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:27 AM (14 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:41 AM (1 mins)
Oral Briefing from NIPSA: Proposals for the Replacement of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (NI) 2007
• Ms Geraldine Alexander, NIPSA
• Ms Clare Moore, Northern Ireland Committee - Irish Congress of Trade Unions
Public from 10:42 AM (1 mins)
Oral Briefing from HSENI: Proposals for the Replacement of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (NI) 2007
• Mr Keith Morrison, Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland
Public from 10:43 AM (1 mins)
Written Briefing from Cerberus: Issues raised by Bell & Company
Consultation: Early Closure of the Northern Ireland Renewables Obligation to onshore wind in 2016
Princes Trust Manifesto
Suspension from 10:44 AM (37 mins)
Public from 11:21 AM (114 mins)
Oral Briefing from DETI: Closure of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Scheme
• Dr Andrew McCormick, DfE
• Mr Chris Stewart, DfE
• Mr John Mills, DfE
• Mr Stuart Wightman, Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
Public from 1:15 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 12:00 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for the Environment
Public from 12:00 PM (60 mins)
Committee Business
Scrap Metal Dealers Bill - Deliberation of clauses
• Mr Brendan Forde, DoE
• Ms Mairead Adams, DoE
Committee Business |
| 1:02 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:02 PM (9 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:16 PM | Room 21 | Committee on Procedures
Closed from 1:16 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:18 PM (11 mins)
Review of Public Petitions Procedures
Public from 1:29 PM (18 mins)
Standing Orders for Hybrid Bills
• Mr Damien Martin, Clerk Assistant
Public from 1:47 PM (1 mins)
Public Services Ombudsman Bill
Public from 1:48 PM (2 mins)
Time allowed for answers to supplementary Oral Questions
Public from 1:50 PM (1 mins)
Forward Work Programme
Public from 1:51 PM (1 mins)
Correspondence
Public from 1:52 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:40 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 1:40 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:44 PM (39 mins)
Oral Brief DARD - EU Issues - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Seamus McErlean, DAERA
• Mr Mark McLean, DAERA
• Mr Norman Fulton, DAERA
• Miss Ciara Reynolds, DAERA
Public from 2:28 PM (16 mins)
Rural Needs Bill - Committee Position on Amendments
• Ms Astrid Stuart, DAERA
• Mrs Colette McMaster, DAERA
Closed from 2:44 PM (16 mins)
Rural Needs Bill
Public from 3:00 PM (1 mins)
Rural Needs Bill - Committee Position on Amendments
Public from 3:01 PM (2 mins)
Written Brief DARD - EU Animal Health Regulation
Public from 3:03 PM (1 mins)
Written Brief DARD - Consultation on DARD's Children and Young People's Action Plan 2015-2017
Public from 3:04 PM (1 mins)
Written Brief DARD - FVO Audit of TB Eradication Measures in NI
Public from 3:05 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 10 February 2016 |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 10:00 AM | Room 106 | Committee for Communities
Informal from 10:00 AM (60 mins)
Social Security Advisory Committee Briefing - Informal Meeting
• Mr Paul Gray, Social Security Advisory Committee
• Ms Grainne McKeever, Social Security Advisory Committee
• Mr Chris Goulden, Social Security Advisory Committee
• Ms Judith Paterson, Social Security Advisory Committee |
| 10:10 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Employment and Learning
Public from 10:10 AM (19 mins)
Committee Business
SL1 - Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 2016-021 The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 10:29 AM (36 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Budget
• Ms Yvonne Croskery, DEL
• Mr Michael Camplisson, DEL
• Mr Philip Cromie, DEL
Public from 11:05 AM (71 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Implementation of Securing Our Success - The NI Apprenticeship Strategy
• Ms Yvonne Croskery, DEL
• Mr Clement Athanasiou, DEL
• Mr Philip Rodgers, DEL
Public from 12:16 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:01 PM (51 mins)
Committee Inquiry into post Special Educational Need Provision in education, employment and training for those with Learning Disabilities - Consideration of draft Report |
| 10:11 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Education
Public from 10:11 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:14 AM (12 mins)
Shared Education Bill - Further Consideration Stage - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Andrew Bell, DE
• Ms Joanne Maxwell, DE
Public from 10:27 AM (52 mins)
Capital Programme - Progress and Protocols
• Mr Philip Irwin, DE
• Mr Stephen Creagh, DE
Public from 11:27 AM (47 mins)
Strategic Leadership Forum - Special Schools
• Mr Colm Davis, Tor Bank School
• Mr Martin McGlade, Harberton School
• Ms Geri Cameron, Loughshore Educational Resource Centre, Belfast
Public from 12:14 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:13 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Finance
Public from 10:13 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:15 AM (3 mins)
SR 2016/16 The Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 2016/17 The Rates (Exemption for Automatic Telling Machines in Rural Areas) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 2016/18 The Rates (Temporary Rebate) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 10:18 AM (57 mins)
Rating Policy - Review of Business Rates, Rate Rebate Preplacement - Briefing from DFP
• Mr Brian McClure, DoF
Public from 11:15 AM (29 mins)
DFP Business Plan - Corporate Services Division: Performance against Business Plan Objectives - Briefing from DFP
• Ms Anne Breen, DoF
• Mr Brendan Fitzpatrick, DoF
• Mr Martin Monagahan, DoF
Public from 11:44 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:13 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:13 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:16 AM (45 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Methods of Travel and Transport in Northern Ireland
• Dr Andrew Grieve, DfI
• Ms Nicola Fisher, DfI
Public from 11:01 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:02 AM (54 mins)
Belfast City Airport Watch briefing - Airport Noise
• Dr Liz Fawcett, Belfast City Airport Watch
• Ms Elizabeth Bennett, Belfast City Airport Watch
• Mr Martin McBurney, Belfast City Airport Watch
• Mr Roger Corry, Belfast City Airport Watch
Public from 11:56 AM (1 mins)
DRD Progress against PfG Targets - Issues Paper
Public from 11:57 AM (2 mins)
SL1 - The Control of Traffic (A2, Shore Road, Greenisland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Committee Business |
| 2:06 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Health
Public from 2:06 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:07 PM (55 mins)
The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland Report on Changing the Culture of Care - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Chris Matthews, DoH
• Ms Donna Ruddy, DoH
• Mr Jerome Dawson, DoH
Public from 3:02 PM (4 mins)
S.R. 2016/4 - The Animal Feed (Composition, Marketing and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
S.R. 2016/5 - The Animal Feed (Hygiene, Sampling etc. and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 2016/29 The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR The Health Service Workers (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 3:06 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:06 PM | Room 29 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:06 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:10 PM (10 mins)
Inquiry into Department for Social Development - Advanced Land Purchases - Memorandum of Reply
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 2:20 PM (2 mins)
Inquiry into NI Fire and Rescue Service: An Organisational Assessment and Review of Departmental Oversight and Report on Accounts 2011 - 2012 - Memorandum of Reply update
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:22 PM (6 mins)
Inquiry into The Northern Ireland Events Company - Correspondence
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Denver Lynn, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:28 PM (12 mins)
Inquiry into The Northern Ireland Events Company - Consideration of Draft Report
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Denver Lynn, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:40 PM (10 mins)
Inquiry into Invest to Save funding in Northern Ireland - Issues paper
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:50 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:08 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:08 PM (12 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:20 PM (5 mins)
Subordinate Legislation - Draft Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (NI) 2015
Public from 2:25 PM (4 mins)
European Issues - Assembly Committees’ Priorities for European Scrutiny in 2016
Public from 2:29 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 11 February 2016 |
| VISIT | 80 Norfolk Street | Committee for Justice |
| 10:02 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:02 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (26 mins)
Licensing Bill - Clause- by- Clause
Public from 10:31 AM (14 mins)
SL1 Social Security (Housing Costs) (Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 - Departmental Briefing
• Ms Anne McCleary, DfC
• Mr Michael Pollock, DfC
Public from 10:45 AM (54 mins)
Report on the Concordat - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Jack O'Connor, DfC
• Mr Harry Armstrong, DfC
• Ms Lisa McElherron, Northern Ireland Community and Voluntary Association
Public from 11:39 AM (3 mins)
The Charities Act 2008 (Designated Religious Charities) Order (NI) 2016 - Committee Consideration
Public from 11:42 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Occupational Pension Schemes (Requirement to Obtain Audited Accounts and a Statement from the Auditor) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 11:43 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:16 AM | HAVELOCK HOUSE, 1 HAVELOCK PLACE, BELFAST | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Public from 10:16 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:17 AM (44 mins)
Briefing from UTV
• Mr Michael Wilson, UTV Television
Public from 11:01 AM (76 mins)
DFP Briefing on Procurement Processes
• Mr Gareth Johnston, DoF
Public from 12:17 PM (5 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 12:22 PM (25 mins)
Inquiry into issues around Emergency Exiting Plans, including their impact on stadium capacity, for the redeveloped Casement Park Stadium - Evidence Under Oath
Public from 12:47 PM (11 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:23 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for the Environment
Public from 10:23 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:25 AM (35 mins)
Anaerobic digester policy and review of renewable energy policy - Departmental briefing
• Mr Philip McGowan, DoE
• Ms Joy Hargie, DfI
Public from 11:00 AM (45 mins)
Scrap Metal Dealers Bill - Deliberation/ Formal Clause by Clause/ Consideration of draft report
Public from 11:45 AM (15 mins)
Consultations
SL1- The Driver and Vehicle Agency Trading Fund Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 2016/27 The Planning (Local Development Plan) (Amendment) Regualtions (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 2016/28 The Emissions Performance Standard Monitoring & Enforcement Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Committee Business |