| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 07 October 2024 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Tuesday 08 October 2024 |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:03 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:03 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 09 October 2024 |
| 10:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (66 mins)
Draft Programme for Government 2024-27
• Ms Alison Clydesdale, DfI
• Mrs Rosemary Daly, DfI
• Mr Liam McEvoy, DfI
Public from 11:12 AM (28 mins)
Ports Review Consultation - Department for Infrastructure – Oral Evidence
• Ms Sian Kerr, DfI
• Mr Seamus O'Hare, DfI
• Mrs Adele Campbell, DfI
Public from 11:40 AM (30 mins)
SL1 - The Trunk Road T3 [(Western Transport Corridor – Sion Mills (North) to Ballygawley (West)] Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 - Department for Infrastructure - Oral Evidence
• Mr Colin Hutchinson, DfI
• Mr Seamus Keenan, DfI
• Mr David Millar, DfI
Public from 12:10 PM (10 mins)
SR 2024-165 The Armagh Road Moy (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
SR 2024-166 The Moyraverty Centre, Craigavon (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
SL1 - The Coopers Mill Park, Dundonald (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
SL1 - The Drumna Walk, Lurgan (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
Subordinate Legislation - SL1s - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
Subordinate Legislation - SRs - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
Public from 12:20 PM (10 mins)
Proposals in a range of Road Traffic and Vehicle Policy Areas – Department for Infrastructure – Written Briefing
Public from 12:30 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:01 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:01 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:04 AM (75 mins)
Net Zero – oral and written evidence
• Professor David Rooney, Queen's University Belfast
Public from 11:21 AM (81 mins)
PfG, Business Plan, Transformation – Department for the Economy - oral and written evidence
• Ian Snowden, DfE
• Mr Shane Murphy, DfE
• Mr Michael Kennedy, TEO
Public from 12:44 PM (49 mins)
Decarbonisation of housing and related skills development – oral and written evidence
• Mr David Little, Forum for Better Homes NI
• Anita Conway, Radius Housing
• Mr Ciaran Fox, RSUA
• Gavin McGuire, Federation of Master Builders Northern Ireland
Public from 1:33 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:01 AM | Room 21 | Committee on Procedures
Public from 10:01 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:05 AM (10 mins)
Proxy Voting for Parental Leave in Plenary - Consideration of Draft Standing Order and Motion
Closed from 10:15 AM (11 mins)
Proxy Voting for Parental Leave in Plenary - Committee Draft Report
Closed from 10:26 AM (27 mins)
Annual Debate on the Executive’s Legislative Timetable – Legal Advice and Draft Standing Order
• Ms Alice McKelvey, Legal Advisor
Closed from 10:53 AM (27 mins)
Schedule 6B of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 - Provision for the Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee in Standing Orders – Committee Consideration
Public from 11:20 AM (13 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (60 mins)
Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Strategic Framework - Departmental Officials - Oral Briefing
• Ms Claire Archbold, TEO
• Ms Geraldine Fee, TEO
• Mr Ryan Sommerville, TEO
Public from 3:05 PM (40 mins)
Mother and Baby Institutions - Donation of Bodies for Anatomical Research - QUB Oral Briefing
• Professor Alan Smyth, Queen's University Belfast
• Mr Alistair Finlay, Queen's University Belfast
Public from 3:45 PM (40 mins)
Mother and Baby Institutions - Records and Access to Data - PRONI and Human Rights Commission - Oral Briefing
• Mr David Huddleston, Public Records Office Northern Ireland
• Mr Wesley Geddis, Public Records Office Northern Ireland
• Ms Joy Carey, Public Records Office Northern Ireland
• Ms Alyson Kilpatrick, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Dr Hannah Russell, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Ms Emma Osbourne, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Public from 4:25 PM (5 mins)
SR 2024-XXX The Period Products (Executive Office Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (NI) 2024
Public from 4:30 PM (5 mins)
Inquiry into Gaps in Equality Legislation - Update
Public from 4:35 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:01 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Education
Public from 2:01 PM (9 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:11 PM (50 mins)
Relationships and Sexuality Education Inquiry - Oral Briefing from NSPCC
• Ms Déarbhla Sloan, NSPCC
• Ms Karen Walker, NSPCC
• Caroline Cunningham, NSPCC
Public from 3:03 PM (56 mins)
Relationships and Sexuality Education Inquiry - Oral Briefing from the Transferor Representatives' Council
• Dr Andrew Brown, Presbyterian Church in Ireland
• Dr Anita Gracie, Methodist Church in Ireland
• Dr Rebecca Stevenson, Presbyterian Church in Ireland
Public from 4:09 PM (46 mins)
Daily Mile - Oral Briefing
• Dr Barbara McConnell, Stranmillis University College
• Dr Brenda McKay Redmond, Stranmillis University College
• Dr Gavin Breslin, The Daily Mile Network Northern Ireland
• Ms Nicola Topping, Education Authority
Public from 4:56 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:04 PM | Room 21 | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:04 PM (46 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:50 PM (23 mins)
Banking Issues - RaISe – Oral briefing – Banking Service Provision
• Mr Michael Scholes, Research Officer
Public from 3:13 PM (60 mins)
Banking Issues - The financial landscape in UK & Ireland - Oral briefing from the Financial Services Union
• John Burns, Financial Services Union
• John O'Connell, Financial Services Union
• Brian McDowell, Financial Services Union
Public from 4:13 PM (19 mins)
Banking Issues - Banking Hubs in NI – Oral Briefing from Cash Access UK
• Gareth Oakley, Cash Access UK
• Cat Farrow, Cash Access UK
Public from 4:32 PM (10 mins)
Outturn and Forecast Outturn - Data for August 2024-25 – Written briefing
Public from 4:42 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 10 October 2024 |
| VISIT | Oireachtas | Committee for Health |
| 10:00 AM | Room 30 | Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
Closed from 10:00 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:01 AM (11 mins)
Regulation (EU) 2024/2516 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products - Legal Advice
• Ms Caroline Byers, Legal Advisor
Public from 10:12 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:14 AM (14 mins)
Regulation (EU) 2024/2516 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products - Departmental Oral Evidence
• Mr Brian Ervine, DAERA
• Mr Alan Lunn, DAERA
Public from 10:28 AM (1 mins)
COM (2022) 461 – Single Market Emergency Instrument (Regulation)
Public from 10:29 AM (1 mins)
COM (2022) 462 – Single Market Emergency Instrument (Directive)
Public from 10:30 AM (9 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:01 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:01 AM (45 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:46 AM (26 mins)
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill - Oral Briefing from CIPD
• Mr Charles Cotton, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Public from 11:12 AM (14 mins)
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill - Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) – Oral briefing from Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Mr Jonathan Cribb, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Public from 11:26 AM (21 mins)
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill - Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) – Oral briefing from University of Stirling
• Dr Rachel Scarfe, University of Stirling
Suspension from 11:47 AM (17 mins)
Public from 12:04 PM (36 mins)
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill - Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) – Committee deliberations on the clauses of the Bill
• Ms Hayley Ward, DfC
• Mr Richard Jordan, DfC
Public from 12:40 PM (11 mins)
SR 2024/160 The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 12:51 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business - Committee Business |
| 10:07 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:07 AM (7 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:14 AM (39 mins)
Briefing from The Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs - DAERA Business Plan & Draft Programme for Government 2024-27
• Mr David Simpson, DAERA
• Mr Hugh Quinn, DAERA
Closed from 10:53 AM (37 mins)
Draft Programme for Government 2024-2027 - Committee response to TEO Committee
Public from 11:30 AM (25 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Update on the Ruminant Genetics Programme
Environmental Improvement Plan for Northern Ireland
Public from 11:55 AM (20 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:02 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Closed from 2:02 PM (83 mins)
Committee Business
Post-legislative scrutiny - Committee approach
Justice Bill - Committee approach
Public from 3:25 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Justice Bill - extension of Committee stage
Public from 3:31 PM (53 mins)
Mental health and the criminal justice system - Cardiff University School of Medicine oral evidence session
• Professor Andrew Forrester, Cardiff University
Public from 4:24 PM (45 mins)
Programme for Government - Department of Justice oral evidence session
• Hugh Widdis, DoJ
• Ms Deborah Brown, DoJ
• Dr David Lennox, DoJ
Public from 5:09 PM (13 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:09 PM | Room 21 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:09 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 2:13 PM (11 mins)
Inquiry into Child Poverty in Northern Ireland - Formal Consideration of draft report
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Barry Mitchell, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Claire Turner, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:24 PM (88 mins)
Inquiry into Major Capital Projects - Follow-up Report - Issues Paper
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Patrick Barr, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Suzanne Murphy, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:52 PM (12 mins)
Committee Business |