| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 12 April 2021 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Tuesday 13 April 2021 |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 2:45 PM | Senate Chamber | Business Committee
Closed from 2:45 PM (11 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 14 April 2021 |
| 9:03 AM | Starleaf (Room 29), Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Education
Public from 9:03 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:13 AM (80 mins)
Mandatory Teacher Training - Oral briefing from Autism NI
• Ms Kerry Boyd, Autism NI
• Ms Kelly Maxwell, Autism NI
• Ms Christine Kearney, Autism NI
Public from 10:33 AM (88 mins)
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) - Oral briefing on work of NICCY
• Ms Koulla Yiasouma, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
• Ms Mairead McCafferty, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
• Ms Niamh Devlin, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
• Ms Christine Irvine, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
Public from 12:01 PM (19 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:04 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:04 AM (27 mins)
Committee Business
Subordinate Legislation - SL1s - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
SL1 - The Lake Street, Lurgan (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021
SL1 - The Common, Markethill Road, Newtownhamilton (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021
Subordinate Legislation - SRs - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
SR 2021-57 The Planning (Development Management) (Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
SR 2021-62 The Bus Operator (Coronavirus, Financial Assistance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Public from 10:31 AM (98 mins)
Briefing from Waterways Ireland
• Mr John McDonagh, Waterways Ireland
• Mr Joe McMahon, Waterways Ireland
• Mr Joe Gillespie, Waterways Ireland
Public from 12:09 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:10 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Closed from 10:10 AM (5 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Update on Project Stratum
• Ms Geraldine Fee, DfE
• Mr Nigel Robbins, DfE
• Mr Trevor Forsythe, DfE
Public from 10:15 AM (40 mins)
Briefing from the Department for the Economy & Fibrus Broadband Northern Ireland - Update on Project Stratum
• Ms Geraldine Fee, DfE
• Mr Nigel Robbins, DfE
• Mr Trevor Forsythe, DfE
• Mr Conal Henry, Fibrus
• Mr Dominic Kearns, Fibrus
• Mr Shane Haslem, Fibrus
• Mr Steve Edwards, Fibrus
Public from 10:55 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 11:05 AM (60 mins)
Research and Information Service (RaISe) Briefing - Sectors and Productivity
• Mr Christopher Rothwell, Research Officer
Public from 12:05 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:15 PM (30 mins)
Energy Strategy Policy Options Consultation
SL1 – Employment Rights (NI) Order 1996 (Protection from Suffering Detriment in Health and Safety Cases) (Amendment) (Order) (Northern Ireland) 2021
SL1 - Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Liability for Wrongful Trading) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
SL1 - The Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc, to Connected Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
SR 2021/000 The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Change of Expiry Date in section 32(1)) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
SR 2021/73 The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021
SR 2021/75 The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Amendment of Certain Relevant Periods) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
SR 2021/85 The Education (Student Fees and Support) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Public from 12:45 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 12:45 PM | Room 29 | Audit Committee
Public from 12:45 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:47 PM (14 mins)
Review of the governance and accountability arrangements for the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman –– Oral evidence - Mr Peter Tyndall
• Mr Peter Tyndall, International Ombudsman Institute
Public from 1:01 PM (18 mins)
Review of the governance and accountability arrangements for the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman –– Oral evidence - Mr Brian Thompson
• Mr Brian Thompson, University of Liverpool
Public from 1:19 PM (17 mins)
Review of the governance and accountability arrangements for the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman –– Oral evidence - Mr Chris Gill
• Dr Chris Gill, University of Glasgow
Public from 1:36 PM (15 mins)
Review of the governance and accountability arrangements for the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman –– Oral evidence - Dr Richard Kirkham
• Dr Richard Kirkham, University of Sheffield
Public from 1:51 PM (1 mins)
Research Paper – Public Audit Governance: The role of the Accounting Officer
Public from 1:52 PM (1 mins)
Scrutiny Schedule
Public from 1:53 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (52 mins)
Oral Briefing - Institute for Government - Public Sector Reform
• Alex Thomas, Institute for Government
Public from 2:57 PM (40 mins)
Oral Briefing - Pivotal – Public Sector Reform
• Ann Watt, Pivotal
Public from 3:37 PM (53 mins)
Oral Briefing - Department of Finance – Nearly Zero Energy Buildings and Energy Performance Building Regulations
• Billy Black, DoF
• John Burke, DoF
Public from 4:30 PM (36 mins)
Written Briefing - SR 2021/72 The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Written Briefing - SR 2021/74 The Business Tenancies (Coronavirus) (Restriction on Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021
• Ian Snowden, DoF
• Mr Alan Brontë, DoF
Written Briefing - SR 2021/86: The Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) (Industrial Business) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
• Mr Alan Brontë, DoF
• Ian Snowden, DoF
Written Briefing - SR: 2021/88 The Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) (Large Business) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
• Mr Alan Brontë, DoF
• Ian Snowden, DoF
Written Briefing - SR 2021/87: The Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) (Business Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
• Mr Alan Brontë, DoF
• Ian Snowden, DoF
Oral Briefing - SR 2021/94: The Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
• Mr Alan Brontë, DoF
• Ian Snowden, DoF
Written Briefing - SR 2021/89: The Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) (Soft Play Businesses) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
• Ian Snowden, DoF
• Mr Alan Brontë, DoF
Written Briefing - SR 2021/90: Financial Assistance (Airports) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Oral Briefing - SR 2021/92: The Pensions Increase (Review) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 - Departmental Direction – GMP Indexation
• Blathnaid Smyth, DoF
• Stephen Ball, DoF
Public from 5:06 PM (29 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:03 PM | Starleaf (Room 30), Virtual Meeting, | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:03 PM (82 mins)
Committee Business
First Minister and deputy First Minister - Oral Briefing
• Mrs Arlene Foster, First Minister
• Ms Michelle O'Neill, deputy First Minister
Public from 3:25 PM (70 mins)
Implementation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (Article 2(1)) - NI Human Rights Commission, Equality Commission NI, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
• Ms Geraldine McGahey OBE, Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
• Mr Les Allamby, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Mr Michael Finucane, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
Public from 4:35 PM (7 mins)
SR 2021/68 Travel Agents (Coronavirus, Financial Assistance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Committee Business |
| Thursday 15 April 2021 |
| 9:22 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 9:22 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:25 AM (77 mins)
Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Bill - Committee Deliberations
• Mr Liam Quinn, DfC
• Ms Carol Reid, DfC
Closed from 10:42 AM (108 mins)
Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Bill - Bill Office Briefing
• Ms Claire McCanny, Assembly Clerk
Public from 12:30 PM (24 mins)
SL1 Domestic Energy Efficiency Grants (Amendment) Regulations 2021
SR 2021/67 The Universal Credit (Extension of Coronavirus Measures) Regulations (NI) 2021
SR 2021/70 The Housing Benefit (Persons who have Attained the Qualifying Age for State Pension Credit) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2021
SR 2021/81 The Licensing (Designation of Outdoor Stadia) Regulations (NI) 2021
SR 2021/82 The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (NI) 2021
SR 2021/83 The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations (NI) 2021
SL1 Social Security Coronavirus (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (NI) 2021
Committee Business |
| 9:33 AM | Starleaf (Senate Chamber), Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Health
Public from 9:33 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:35 AM (60 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Brexit
• Prof Cathy Harrison, DoH
• Ms Eimear Smyth, DoH
• Ms Patricia Quinn-Duffy, DoH
Public from 10:35 AM (60 mins)
Health and Social Care Bill - Departmental briefing
• Mr John Millar, DoH
• Mr Gareth McKeown, DoH
• Mr Allan Chapman, DoH
Public from 11:35 AM (25 mins)
SL1 - Public Health Notifiable Diseases Order (NI) 2020 - inclusion of Hepatitis C
Public from 12:00 PM (15 mins)
SR 2021/54 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 8) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
• Ms Elaine Colgan, DoH
• Ms Debra Sharpe, DoH
Public from 12:15 PM (15 mins)
SR 2021/69 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 9) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
• Ms Elaine Colgan, DoH
• Ms Debra Sharpe, DoH
Public from 12:30 PM (15 mins)
SR 2021/84 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 10) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
• Ms Elaine Colgan, DoH
• Ms Debra Sharpe, DoH
Public from 12:45 PM (15 mins)
SR 2021/95 The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Amendment No. 11) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
• Ms Elaine Colgan, DoH
• Ms Debra Sharpe, DoH
Public from 1:00 PM (46 mins)
Committee Business |
| 9:49 AM | Starleaf (Room 30), Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 9:49 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:53 AM (29 mins)
Oral Evidence from - PSNI - Withdrawal of DAERA and Local Authority Staff from Ports
• Mr Bobby Singleton, Police Service of Northern Ireland
Public from 10:22 AM (113 mins)
Oral Evidence from DAERA - Withdrawal of DAERA and Local Authority Staff from Ports
• Dr Denis McMahon, DAERA
• Mr Robert Huey, DAERA
• Mr Mark Livingstone, DAERA
Public from 12:15 PM (2 mins)
Public from 12:17 PM (1 mins)
Written Briefing DAERA - SR 2021/63 The Agricultural Commodities (Coronavirus) (Income Support) Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2021
Public from 12:18 PM (1 mins)
Written Briefing DAERA - Covid-19 Update
Written Briefing DAERA - Animal Health Law Implications for the Northern Ireland Bovine Tuberculosis Programme
Public from 12:19 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 12:23 PM (19 mins)
Committee Business - Briefing from Bill Clerk on the Legislative Passage of a Bill
• Ms Barbara Love, Assembly Clerk
Public from 12:42 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:04 PM | Starleaf (Room 29), Virtual Meeting, | Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights
Public from 2:04 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (2 mins)
Written Briefing from Professor Louise Mallinder; International Human Rights Law Standards on Victims' Rights
Public from 2:07 PM (105 mins)
Briefing from Conradh na Gaeilge; Language Rights
• Mr Conchúr Ó Muadaigh, Conradh na Gaeilge
• Dr Pádraig Ó Tiarnaigh, Conradh na Gaeilge |
| 2:04 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:04 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:10 PM (182 mins)
Review of Sentencing Policy in Northern Ireland - Proposed Way Forward
• Mr Brian Grzymek, DoJ
• Ms Angela Bell, DoJ
• Ms Máire Sheehan, DoJ
Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service Business Recovery Update
• Mr Peter Luney, Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
• Ms Elaine Topping, Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - Proposed Legislative Consent Motion
UK Financial Services Bill - Update
SL1: Amendment to the Criminal Justice (Sentencing) (Licence Conditions) (Northern Ireland) Rules 2009
SL1: The Damages (Personal Injury) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021
Civil Justice Modernisation Programme - Overview of the Department’s Civil Justice Modernisation Delivery Plan
Private Family Law Early Intervention Action Plan
NI Audit Office Report on Injury on Duty Schemes for PSNI and NI Prison Service - Response from NI Policing Board on Action Plan
Stopping Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse Seven Year Strategy - Year Six Action Plan and Overview of Progress against the Year Five Action Plan
Public from 5:12 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:06 PM | Room 30 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:06 PM (14 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:20 PM (6 mins)
Memorandum of Reply - Management of the NI Direct Strategic Partner Project - Helping to deliver Digital Transformation/The LandWeb Project: an update
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:26 PM (72 mins)
Inquiry into Capacity and Capability in the NICS - Consideration of draft report
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Christine Burns, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Conor McGeown, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Rodney Allen, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:38 PM (17 mins)
Inquiry into Generating Electricity from Renewable Energy - Preparation Session
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Brian O'Neill, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:55 PM (29 mins)
Committee Business |
| 5:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
Public from 5:00 PM (60 mins)
Minutes of previous meeting
Statement from First Minister & deputy First Minister
• Mrs Arlene Foster, First Minister
• Ms Michelle O'Neill, deputy First Minister
Date, Time, Location of Next Meeting |