| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 09 December 2024 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Tuesday 10 December 2024 |
| 9:15 AM | Microsoft Teams, Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Education
Informal from 9:15 AM (45 mins)
Informal Meeting with Dr Olwyn Mark |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Wednesday 11 December 2024 |
| 10:01 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:01 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:03 AM (93 mins)
Ministerial oral and written evidence – 2025-26 budget and feedback on the 3 year budget information gathering exercise
• Mr Conor Murphy, Minister for the Economy
• Ian Snowden, DfE
• Sharon Hetherington, DfE
• Johanna Park, DfE
Suspension from 11:39 AM (11 mins)
Public from 11:50 AM (26 mins)
Departmental oral and written briefing – student loans, interest rates and repayment options - Departmental oral and written briefing – student loans, interest rates and repayment options
• Mark Lee, DfE
• Graham Miller, DfE
• Jonathan O'Callaghan, DfE
• Siobhan Martin, DfE
Public from 12:16 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 12:36 PM (3 mins)
Strategic Plan update |
| 10:07 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Infrastructure
Closed from 10:07 AM (5 mins)
Termination of the Vehicle Testing Equipment Contract - Legal Advice
Public from 10:12 AM (11 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:23 AM (77 mins)
Regional Property Certificates - Adequacy of information and variation responses - Law Society of Northern Ireland – oral evidence
• Ms Claire McNamee, Law Society Northern Ireland
• Ms Catherine Heyes, Peter Bowles & Co Solicitors
• Mr Simon Murray, Murray Kelly Moore Solicitors
Public from 11:40 AM (20 mins)
Public Sector Procurement in Northern Ireland - Assembly Research & Information Service – RaISe briefing
• Ms Karen Clarke, Research Officer
• Nathan Mulholland, Research Officer
Public from 12:00 PM (5 mins)
Department for Infrastructure 2024-2025 Business Plan - Quarter 1 and 2 monitoring – Written Evidence
Public from 12:05 PM (7 mins)
Private Streets Inspection Fees - Consultation – Department for Infrastructure – Written Evidence
Public from 12:12 PM (2 mins)
Road Safety - Grass cutting
Public from 12:14 PM (1 mins)
SR 2024-202 The Marcus Ward Street, Belfast (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
SL1 - The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Subordinate Legislation - SRs - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
Subordinate Legislation - SL1s - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
Public from 12:15 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Education
Public from 2:00 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:06 PM (2 mins)
Priorities for Ministerial Briefing
Public from 2:08 PM (68 mins)
Newcomer Children - Oral Briefing
• Dr Rebecca Loader, Queen's University Belfast
• Dr Aisling O'Boyle, Queen's University Belfast
• Professor Joanne Hughes, Queen's University Belfast
Public from 3:16 PM (62 mins)
Newcomer Children - Oral Briefing by EA Officials
• Ms Una Turbitt, Education Authority
• Ms Karen Turner, Education Authority
Public from 4:22 PM (47 mins)
Relationships and Sexuality Education Inquiry - Oral Briefing by Alliance for Choice
• Dr Emma Campbell, Alliance for Choice
• Ms Danielle Roberts, Alliance for Choice
Public from 5:09 PM (21 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)
Inquiry into Gaps in Equality Legislation - Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission - Oral Evidence
• Ms Alyson Kilpatrick, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Dr Colin Caughey, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Dr Claire McCann, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Public from 3:05 PM (60 mins)
Inquiry into Gaps in Equality Legislation - YouthAction NI - Oral Evidence
• Mr Sean Madden, Youth Action NI
• Ms Olivia Davidson- Millar, YouthAction NI
Public from 4:05 PM (40 mins)
Inquiry into Gaps in Equality Legislation - RaISe Oral Briefing
• Mr Thomas Lough, Research Officer
• Ms Annabel Reid, Senior Researcher
Public from 4:45 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:06 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:06 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:36 PM (4 mins)
SL1 - The Designation of Bodies (Estimate and Accounts) (Amendment) Order 2024
Public from 2:40 PM (2 mins)
SL1 – The Rates (Small Business Hereditament Relief) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Public from 2:42 PM (100 mins)
Rating Policy - Rating Policy Update - Briefing from Departmental Officials
• Sharon Gallagher, DoF
• Angela McGrath, DoF
• Andrew McAvoy, DoF
• Chris Rooney, DoF
Public from 4:22 PM (8 mins)
SL1 - The Designation of Bodies (Estimate and Accounts) (Amendment) Order 2024
Public from 4:30 PM (27 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 4:57 PM (1 mins)
Department of Finance’s Memorandum of Reply to a Public Accounts Committee report on Broadband Investment in Northern Ireland - Written Briefing
Public from 4:58 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 5:03 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 5:10 PM (9 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 12 December 2024 |
| 10:00 AM | Room 30 | Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
Closed from 10:00 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:01 AM (12 mins)
Directive (EU) 2024/2853 on liability for defective products and repealing Council Directive 85/374/EEC - Consideration of draft report
Closed from 10:13 AM (10 mins)
Regulation (EU) 2024/2865 amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures - Consideration of draft report
Public from 10:23 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:24 AM (5 mins)
Committee Work Planning
Public from 10:29 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:04 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:04 AM (14 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:18 AM (14 mins)
Briefing from The Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs - January Monitoring
• Mr Roger Downey, DAERA
• Mr Richard McAuley, DAERA
Public from 10:32 AM (48 mins)
Agriculture Bill - Briefing from the Department
• Mr John Terrington, DAERA
• Ms Elaine McCrory, DAERA
Suspension from 11:20 AM (19 mins)
Public from 11:39 AM (11 mins)
Agriculture Bill - Plans for Committee Stage
SI - The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2025
SR 2024/204 The Marine Licensing (Application Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Departmental Written Briefing - Update on policy development for a Fisheries Bill
Public from 11:50 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:05 AM | CLOONEY HALL METHODIST CHURCH, 36 CLOONEY TERRACE, LONDONDERRY | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:05 AM (56 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:01 AM (1 mins)
SL1 - The Emergency Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland)
Public from 11:02 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 11:03 AM (6 mins)
SL1 The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) (Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Public from 11:09 AM (54 mins)
Oral briefing from North West Methodist Mission
• Mr James Jennings, North West Methodist Mission
• Mr Liam Milligan, North West Methodist Mission
Suspension from 12:03 PM (14 mins)
Public from 12:17 PM (52 mins)
Oral briefing from First Housing Aid and Support Services
• Ms Eileen Best, First Housing Aid and Support Services
• Mr Adrian Kehoe, First Housing Aid and Support Services
Public from 1:09 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:01 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Health
Public from 2:01 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:21 PM (50 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Waiting Lists - 6 monthly update
• Ms Lisa McWilliams, DoH
• Dr Tomas Adell, DoH
• Ms Joanne Elliott, DoH
• Ms Catriona O'Connor, DoH
Public from 3:11 PM (79 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Children's Social Care Services
• Ms Eilís McDaniel, DoH
• Ms Maura Dargan, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
• Mr Colm McCafferty, Southern Health and Social Care Trust
• Mr Michael Burns, DoH
Public from 4:30 PM (9 mins)
Draft SI 2024 Human Medicines (Amendment) (Modular Manufacture and Point of Care) Regulations 2024
• Mr Chris Garland, DoH
• Mr Sean Curley, DoH
Public from 4:39 PM (1 mins)
SR 2024/196 Bread and Flour (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Public from 4:40 PM (1 mins)
SR 2024 No.0000 The Period Products (Department of Health Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 4:41 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:04 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Closed from 2:04 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Committee Business
• Dr Frank Geddis, Clerk Assistant
Closed from 2:14 PM (63 mins)
Justice Bill - Delegated Powers – Examiner of Statutory Rules oral evidence session
• Miss Angela Kelly, Examiner of Statutory Rules
• Ms Catriona Doherty, Legal Advisor
Public from 3:17 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:19 PM (63 mins)
Trauma-informed practice - Department of Justice oral evidence session
• Ms Adele Brown, DoJ
• Ms Helen McKenzie, Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland
• Ms Colleen Heaney, Youth Justice Agency
• Mr Michael McCracken, Probation Board NI
Public from 4:22 PM (30 mins)
January Monitoring Round - Department of Justice oral evidence session
• Ms Deborah Brown, DoJ
• Ms Andrea Quail, DoJ
• Ms Louise Blair, DoJ
Public from 4:52 PM (2 mins)
SL1 Police Pensions (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 4:54 PM (16 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:12 PM | Senate Chamber | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:12 PM (26 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:38 PM (25 mins)
Inquiry into Major Capital Projects - Follow-up Report - Briefing from Assembly Research and Information Service
• Nathan Mulholland, Research Officer
Closed from 3:03 PM (55 mins)
Inquiry into Developing the skills for Northern Ireland's future - Issues paper from Evidence sessions and Correspondence
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Patrick Barr, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Suzanne Murphy, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:58 PM (17 mins)
Committee Business |