| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 11 January 2016 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:55 PM | Room 30 | Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Mental Capacity Bill
Public from 1:55 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Background Papers
Public from 1:56 PM (54 mins)
Formal clause by clause consideration of the Mental Capacity Bill
Public from 2:50 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| Tuesday 12 January 2016 |
| 10:05 AM | Room 21 | Assembly and Executive Review Committee
Public from 10:05 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:06 AM (28 mins)
Assembly Members (Reduction of Numbers) Bill - Evidence Session by OFMDFM Ministers
• Ms J McCann, junior Minister
• Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly, junior Minister
• Mr Chris McNabb, TEO
• Mr Alan Rogers, TEO
Public from 10:34 AM (58 mins)
Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Bill - Formal Clause by Clause Scrutiny
• Mr J McCallister, MLA
• Ms Aoibhinn Treanor, Witness (NIA Staff)
• Mr Peter Hutchinson, Independent
Public from 11:32 AM (1 mins)
Forward Work Programme
Public from 11:33 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:08 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:08 AM (52 mins)
Committee Business
Oral Briefing from Bell & Company: Cerberus and Capita
• Mr Terry Bell, Bell & Company
• Ms Leah O'Kane, Bell & Company
• Ms Claire McCarragher, Bell & Company
• Mr Paul Fitzgerald, Bell & Company
Public from 11:00 AM (20 mins)
Legislation: Legislative Consent Memorandum on Enterprise Bill (Small Business Commissioner Provisions)
Public from 11:20 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:30 AM (30 mins)
Legislation: SL1 Renewable Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Proposed Early Closure of the NIRO to Onshore Wind
Public from 12:00 PM (2 mins)
Oral Briefing from RaISe: Budget
• Mr Michael Scholes, Research Officer
• Mr Aidan Stennett, Research Officer
Suspension from 12:02 PM (7 mins)
Closed from 12:09 PM (18 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:09 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:09 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:12 AM (19 mins)
Rural Needs Bill - Formal clause by clause scrutiny
• Mrs Colette McMaster, DAERA
• Ms Astrid Stuart, DAERA
Public from 10:34 AM (1 mins)
S.R. 399/2015 The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (Financial Assistance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 10:35 AM (2 mins)
SR 2015/408 The Common Agricultural Policy (Review of SCMO Decisions) Regulations (NI) 2015
Public from 10:37 AM (3 mins)
Written Brief DARD - Update on Rural White Paper Action Plan
Public from 10:40 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:02 AM (81 mins)
Oral Brief Rivers Agency - Flooding Incidents
• Mr David Porter, DAERA
• Mr Henry Robinson, DfI
• Mr Jonathan McKee, DAERA
Public from 12:23 PM (1 mins)
Written Brief DARD - Flood Risk Management Plans
Public from 3:02 PM (1 mins)
Fisheries Bill - Written Briefing RaISe
Public from 3:03 PM (20 mins)
Fisheries Bill - Oral Briefing DARD
• Mr John Terrington, DAERA
• Mr Paddy Campbell, DAERA
Public from 3:23 PM (10 mins)
Fisheries Bill - Oral Briefing Anglo-North Irish Fish Producers Organisation
• Mr Alan McCulla, Anglo North Irish Fish Producers Organisation
Public from 3:33 PM (16 mins)
Oral Brief DARD - Areas of Natural Constraint Regulations (NI) 2016
• Mr Norman Fulton, DAERA
• Dr Rosemary Agnew, DAERA |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:01 PM | Room 21 | Committee on Procedures
Public from 1:01 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:02 PM (13 mins)
Standing Orders for Hybrid Bills
• Mr Damien Martin, Clerk Assistant
Public from 1:15 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:03 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:03 PM (12 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:22 PM | Room 29 | Committee for the Environment
Public from 1:22 PM (52 mins)
Scrap Metal Dealers Bill
• Mr Roy Beggs, MLA |
| Wednesday 13 January 2016 |
| VISIT | The Open University | Committee for Employment and Learning |
| 9:49 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Education
Closed from 9:49 AM (22 mins)
Shared Education Bill - Legal Advice
• Mr Simon Kelly, Assistant Legal Advisor
Public from 10:11 AM (19 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:30 AM (8 mins)
The Teachers' Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
• Mr Brian Quinn, DE
Public from 10:38 AM (69 mins)
Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill - Northern Ireland Anti-Bullying Forum
• Mr Lee Kane, Northern Ireland Anti-Bullying Forum
• Dr Noel Purdy, Northern Ireland Anti-Bullying Forum
Public from 11:47 AM (37 mins)
Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill - Children's Law Centre
• Ms Rachel Hogan, Children's Law Centre
• Mrs Kathryn Stevenson, Children's Law Centre
Public from 12:24 PM (40 mins)
Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill - Tor Bank Special School and the National Association of Head Teachers
• Mr Colm Davis, Tor Bank School
• Ms Helena Macormac, National Association of Head Teachers
• Mr Harry Greer, National Association of Head Teachers
Public from 1:04 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:04 AM | The Open University, 110 Victoria Street, Belfast | Committee for Employment and Learning
Public from 10:04 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:06 AM (34 mins)
Employment Bill - Departmental Briefing - Outstanding Issues
• Mr John McKeown, DEL
• Dr Alan Scott, DEL
• Ms Deirdre Walsh, DEL
• Ms Margaret O'Hare, DEL
Public from 10:40 AM (28 mins)
Employment Bill - Informal Clause by Clause Consideration
• Ms Aoibhinn Treanor, Witness (NIA Staff)
Public from 11:08 AM (37 mins)
Briefing from The Open University
• Mr John D'Arcy, The Open University
• Ms Janette Nhangaba, The Open University
Public from 11:45 AM (55 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Departmental Restructuring
• Mr Derek Baker, DEL
• Mr Eugene Rooney, DfE
• Mr Paul Brush, DfE
Public from 12:40 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:05 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:05 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:11 AM (31 mins)
Sewer Bonds
Public from 10:42 AM (48 mins)
Briefing on Dealing with Recent Flooding Incidents
• Mr David Porter, DAERA
• Mr John Irvine, DfI
• Mr David Porter, DAERA
Public from 11:30 AM (58 mins)
NI Water Briefing - Annual Accounts 2014-15
• Mr Ronan Larkin, Northern Ireland Water
• Dr Sara Venning, Northern Ireland Water
Public from 12:28 PM (2 mins)
Inquiry into DRD Progress against The Programme For Government Targets
Public from 12:30 PM (10 mins)
SL1 - The Bus Lanes (Belfast City Centre) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Control of Traffic (Queen Street, Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Parking and Waiting Restrictions (College Street Queen Street, Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland)
SL1 - The Parking and Waiting Restrictions (Omagh) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Parking Places on Roads (Ballynahinch) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Parking Places, Loading Bays and waiting Restrictions (Coleraine) Amendment Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Road Races (Drumhorc Hill Climb) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR - The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR - The Glebe Way Moira Abandonment Order NI 2015
Committee Business
Closed from 12:40 PM (22 mins)
RaISe Briefing on the Budget 16/17
• Ms Pamela Dugdale, DfI
Public from 1:02 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:15 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Finance
Public from 10:15 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:16 AM (49 mins)
Budget - Draft Executive Budget 2016/17 - briefing from Assembly Research
• Mr Colin Pidgeon, Research Officer
Public from 11:05 AM (20 mins)
Budget - Draft Executive Budget 2016/17 - Departmental briefing
• Mr Mike Brennan, DoF
• Ms Joanne McBurney, DoF
• Jeff McGuinness, DoF
Public from 11:25 AM (23 mins)
Budget - Draft DFP Budget 2016/17 - Departmental briefing
• Ms Brigitte Worth, DoF
• Ms Janis Marynowski, DoF
Public from 11:48 AM (2 mins)
SL1 The Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016.
SL1 Rates (Exemption for Automatic Telling Machines in Rural Areas) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 The Rates (Temporary Rebate) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR - The Public Service (Civil Service and Others) Pensions (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 11:50 AM (26 mins)
Sale of National Asset Management Agency assets in Northern Ireland - Correspondence and Next Steps
Public from 12:16 PM (4 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 (5 mins)
Correspondence from the Northern Ireland Assembly Commissioner for Standards
• Mr Douglas Bain, Northern Ireland Assembly
Closed from 1:37 PM (3 mins)
Correspondence from the Northern Ireland Assembly Commissioner for Standards
Closed from 1:40 PM (135 mins)
Report from the Assembly Commissioner for Standards
• Miss Angela Kelly, Examiner of Statutory Rules
Closed from 3:55 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:03 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Closed from 2:03 PM (12 mins)
Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman Bill
• Mr Damien Martin, Clerk Assistant
• Mr Alyn Hicks, Assistant Assembly Clerk / Office Manager
Closed from 2:15 PM (15 mins)
Historical Institutional Abuse - Legal advice
• Mr Simon Kelly, Assistant Legal Advisor
Closed from 2:30 PM (18 mins)
Budget - Research and Information Service briefing
• Mr Michael Scholes, Research Officer
Public from 2:50 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:52 PM (54 mins)
Restructuring of OFMDFM - Briefing by OFMDFM officials
• Dr Mark Browne, TEO
• Mr Henry Johnston, TEO
• Mr Tony Canavan, TEO
Public from 3:46 PM (56 mins)
Budget - Briefing by OFMDFM officials on November and January Monitoring Rounds and 2016/17 Budget position
• Dr Mark Browne, TEO
• Mr Stephen Boyd, TEO
• Ms Sinead McCartan, TEO
Public from 4:42 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:04 PM | Room 29 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:04 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:08 PM (7 mins)
Inquiry into DRD: The Effectiveness of Public Transport in Northern Ireland - Memorandum of Reply
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 2:15 PM (2 mins)
Inquiry into Tackling Social Housing Tenancy Fraud in Northern Ireland - Memorandum of Reply Update
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Denver Lynn, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Stephen Smith, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 2:17 PM (7 mins)
Inquiry into The Governance of Land and Property in the Northern Ireland Housing Executive - Introduction to Briefing Session
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Denver Lynn, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Stephen Smith, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:24 PM (60 mins)
Inquiry into The Governance of Land and Property in the Northern Ireland Housing Executive - Briefing Session
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Denver Lynn, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Stephen Smith, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:24 PM (15 mins)
Inquiry into The Governance of Land and Property in the Northern Ireland Housing Executive - Preparation Session
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Denver Lynn, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Stephen Smith, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:39 PM (8 mins)
Inquiry into The Northern Ireland Events Company - Correspondence
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Denver Lynn, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Stephen Smith, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:47 PM (21 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 Stephen Smith, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 4:08 PM (5 mins)
Inquiry into General Report on the Health and Social Care Sector 2012 -13 and 2013 -14 - Consideration of Draft Press Release
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 4:13 PM (12 mins)
Northern Ireland Audit Office Corporate Plan - Briefing on NIAO Draft Corporate Plan 2016-17 and 2018-19
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 4:25 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office |
| 2:08 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Health
Public from 2:08 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:10 PM (16 mins)
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill - Committee deliberations
Public from 2:26 PM (37 mins)
Human Transplantation Bill - Committee deliberations
Public from 3:03 PM (17 mins)
Health and Personal Social Services (Amendment) Bill - Departmental Briefing
• Ms Christine Smyth, DoH
• Ms Lorraine Conlon, DoH
• Ms Patricia Higgins, Northern Ireland Social Care Council
Health and Personal Social Services (Amendment) Bill - Committee deliberations
Public from 3:20 PM (6 mins)
Public from 3:26 PM (117 mins)
SR 2015/420 The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations (NI) 2015
SR 2015/421 The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No 3) Order (NI) 2015
SR 2015/422 The Firefighters’ Compensation Scheme (Amendment) (No 2) and The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No 4) Order (NI) 2015
SR 2015/412 The HIV Testing Kits and Services (Revocation) Regulations (NI) 2015
Budget 2016/17, Waiting Times in Emergency Departments - Departmental Briefing
• Mrs Deborah McNeilly, DoH
• Ms Julie Thompson, DoH
• Mr Dean Sullivan, Health and Social Care Board
• Mr Michael Bloomfield, Health and Social Care Board
• Mrs Pat Cullen, Public Health Agency
Public from 5:23 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 14 January 2016 |
| 10:02 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Closed from 10:02 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:10 AM (110 mins)
DCAL Briefing on November Monitoring issues
• Dr Denis McMahon, DCAL
• Ms Joanna McConway, DCAL
• Ms Patricia McAuley, DCAL
Public from 12:00 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 12:30 PM (5 mins)
Committee Inquiry into Inclusion in the Arts of Working Class Communities |
| 10:05 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:05 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:10 AM (22 mins)
SL1 The Charities Act 2008 (Designated Religious Charities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Peter Toner, DfC
• Mr Martin Ireland, DfC
Public from 10:32 AM (7 mins)
SL1 The Housing Benefit (Abolition of Family Premium and Date of Claim) (Amendment) Regs (NI) 2016 - Departmental Briefing
• Ms Anne McCleary, DfC
• Mr Michael Pollock, DfC
• Ms Rosemary Hughes, DfC
Public from 10:39 AM (5 mins)
SL1 The Housing Benefit (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
• Ms Anne McCleary, DfC
• Mr Michael Pollock, DfC
• Ms Rosemary Hughes, DfC
Public from 10:44 AM (57 mins)
Licensing Bill - Evidence Session - Ulster Rugby, Irish Football Association & Ulster GAA
• Mr Shane Logan, Ulster Rugby
• Mr David Boyd, Ulster Rugby
• Mr William Campbell, Irish Football Association
• Mr Trevor Annon, Irish Football Association
• Dr Danny Murphy, Gaelic Athletic Association
• Mr Stephen McGeehan, Gaelic Athletic Association
Suspension from 11:41 AM (6 mins)
Public from 11:47 AM (28 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 12:15 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:17 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for the Environment
Closed from 10:17 AM (13 mins)
Budget 2016/17 - RAISE briefing
• Ms Pamela Dugdale, Research Officer
Public from 10:43 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:45 AM (45 mins)
Budget 2016/17 - Departmental briefing
• Mr Anthony Carleton, DoE
• Ms Siobhan Lynn, DoE
• Mr John Napier, DoE
Public from 11:30 AM (45 mins)
Transfer of current functions / Departmental restructuring - Departmental briefing
• Mr Anthony Carleton, DoE
• Ms Siobhan Lynn, DoE
• Mr John Napier, DoE
Public from 12:15 PM (45 mins)
Scrap Metal Dealers Bill - Briefing from Roy Beggs MLA
• Mr Roy Beggs, MLA
Committee Business
Public from 1:00 PM (5 mins)
Consultations
SL1 - The Waste Management Licensing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Draft Change of Council Name (Derry and Strabane City Council) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Draft Change of District Name (Derry and Strabane) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Draft Change of District Name (Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Draft Change of District Name (North Down and Ards) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 2015 425 The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:15 PM (165 mins)
Prison Issues - Oral Evidence from the Prison Officers’ Association
• Mr Finlay Spratt, Prison Officers' Association
• Ms June Robinson, Prison Officers' Association
• Mr Ivor Dunne, Prison Officers' Association
Prison Issues - Oral Evidence from the Prison Governors’ Association
• Mr John Attard, Prison Governors' Association
• Mr Gary Alcock, Prison Governors' Association
• Mr Colin Ward, Prison Governors' Association
CJINI's Second Report on the Monitoring of the Implementation of the Youth Justice Review - Oral Evidence from Include Youth and the Children's Law Centre
• Mr Paddy Mooney, Include Youth
• Dr Paula Rodgers, Include Youth
• Ms Paddy Kelly, Children's Law Centre
• Mr John Patrick Clayton, Children's Law Centre
Justice No.2 Bill - Consideration and Approval of Committee Report
SR 2015/405: The Firearms (Variation of Fees) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/415: The Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No.3) 2015
SR 2015/419: The Police Service of Northern Ireland (Amendment) Regulations 2015
Review of Certain Provisions in Mental Health Review Tribunal Rules - Results of the Consultation and Proposed Way Forward
Committee for Justice EU Priorities for 2016 and Report on EU Work Undertaken in 2015
Public from 5:00 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |