| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 13 December 2021 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 2:17 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:17 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:18 PM (22 mins)
Non-domestic Rates Valuations (Coronavirus) Bill - Oral Evidence from the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuations
• David Magor OBE, Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation
Public from 2:40 PM (55 mins)
Non-domestic Rates Valuations (Coronavirus) Bill - Oral Evidence from the Department of Finance
• Ian Snowden, DoF
• Sharon Magee, DoF
• Angela McGrath, DoF
Closed from 3:35 PM (13 mins)
Non-domestic Rates Valuations (Coronavirus) Bill - Committee deliberations
Closed from 3:48 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Tuesday 14 December 2021 |
| 9:11 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Communities
Public from 9:11 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:12 AM (2 mins)
Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Amendment) Bill
Public from 9:14 AM (24 mins)
Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Amendment) Bill - NICVA briefing
• Mr Seamus McAleavey, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
• Denise Copeland, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Public from 9:38 AM (25 mins)
Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Amendment) Bill - Advice NI briefing
• Mr Kevin Higgins, Advice NI
• Ms Emma Mullin, Advice NI
• Ms Charlotte Ahmed, Advice NI
Suspension from 10:03 AM (3 mins)
Public from 10:06 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Suspension from 10:07 AM (10 mins)
Public from 10:17 AM (56 mins)
Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Amendment) Bill - Institute of Public Health in Ireland and NI Public Health Agency joint briefing
• Dr Helen McAvoy, The Institute of Public Health
• Dr Joanna Purdy, The Institute of Public Health
• Mr Maurice Meehan, Public Health Agency
Public from 11:13 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Wednesday 15 December 2021 |
| 9:35 AM | Starleaf (Senate Chamber), Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Education
Public from 9:35 AM (16 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:51 AM (129 mins)
Independent Review of Education - Oral Briefing from the Independent Review of Education Panel
• Dr Keir Bloomer, Independent Review of Education
• Sir Gerry Loughran, Independent Review of Education
• Ms Marie Lindsay, Independent Review of Education
• Mr Robin McLoughlin, Independent Review of Education
• Ms Isabel Nisbet, Independent Review of Education
• Mr Peter Hutchinson, DE
Public from 12:00 PM (74 mins)
Special Schools Area Planning - Oral Briefing from the Education Authority
• Ms Michele Corkey, Education Authority
• Ms Kim Scott, Education Authority
• Mr Michael McConkey, Education Authority
Committee Business |
| 10:03 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:03 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (40 mins)
Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill - Briefing from RaISe
• Mr Michael Scholes, Research Officer
• Dr Orla Drummond, Research Officer
• Niamh McHugh, Research Officer
Public from 10:45 AM (45 mins)
Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill - Briefing from Women’s Aid Federation NI & The Mens Advisory Project NI
• Ms Sonya McMullan, Women's Aid Federation Northern Ireland
• Ms Rhonda Lusty, Men's Advisory Project NI
Public from 11:30 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:40 AM (10 mins)
Small-Scale Green Energy Bill
Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill
Draft Budget 2022-25
Departmental Written Briefing - January Monitoring
Public from 11:50 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 12:00 PM (37 mins)
Small-Scale Green Energy Bill - Committee Deliberations |
| 10:08 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:08 AM (19 mins)
Committee Business
Subordinate Legislation - SL1s - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
SL1 - The Crankill Road Central Reservation, Ballymena (Stopping-Up) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022
Subordinate Legislation - SRs - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
SR 2022-000 The Grants to Water and Sewerage Undertakers Order (Northern Ireland) 2022
SR 2021-337 The Regulation (EC) No 1370 2007 (Public Service Obligations in Transport) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021
Public from 10:27 AM (66 mins)
Briefing from ESB - Ecars & the EV Charging Network
• Mr John Walsh, Electricity Supply Board
• Mr John Byrne, Electricity Supply Board
Public from 11:34 AM (40 mins)
Briefing from Sustrans - Tackling Climate Change through Active Travel
• Ms Caroline Bloomfield, Sustrans
• Ms Anne Madden, Sustrans
Public from 12:14 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 12:44 PM | Room 29 | Audit Committee
Closed from 12:44 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 12:46 PM (21 mins)
Review of the governance and accountability arrangements for the Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) and the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO) - Committee Deliberations
Public from 1:07 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:12 PM (11 mins)
Comptroller and Auditor General Salary Arrangements
Public from 1:23 PM (1 mins)
Monitoring Round - January 2022
Public from 1:24 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:02 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:02 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:03 PM (107 mins)
Oral Evidence - Minister of Finance - Budget and other policy challenges
• Mr Conor Murphy, Minister of Finance
• Mr Colm Boyle, DEL
• Ms Joanne McBurney, DoF
• Colum Boyle, DfC
Public from 3:50 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:58 PM (38 mins)
Defamation Bill - Oral Evidence: Department of Finance - Defamation Bill Committee Stage
• Michael Foster, DoF
• Martin Tyrell, DoF
Public from 4:36 PM (13 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 4:49 PM (10 mins)
Non-domestic Rates Valuations (Coronavirus) Bill - Committee deliberations
Public from 4:59 PM (25 mins)
Non-domestic Rates Valuations (Coronavirus) Bill - formal clause by clause scrutiny
• Ian Snowden, DoF
• Andrew McAvoy, DoF |
| 2:03 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:03 PM (83 mins)
Committee Business
UK Exit from EU - Article 2 of the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol: Dedicated Mechanism - Oral Briefing
• Ms Alyson Kilpatrick, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Ms Geraldine McGahey OBE, Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
• Ms Sinéad Gibney, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
Public from 3:26 PM (37 mins)
Legacy of the Conflict - Centre for Children's Rights - Oral Briefing
• Dr Siobhan McAlister, Centre for Children's Rights, QUB
• Dr Mary-Louise Corr, Centre for Children's Rights, QUB
Public from 4:03 PM (25 mins)
Historical Institutional Abuse - Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse (COSICA) - Oral Briefing
• Ms Fiona Ryan, The Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse
Public from 4:28 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:34 PM | Room 29 | Committee on Procedures
Public from 2:34 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:38 PM (30 mins)
Review of Private Members' Bills - Oral Evidence from Colin McGrath MLA
• Mr Colin McGrath, MLA
Public from 3:08 PM (17 mins)
Review of Private Members' Bills - Oral Evidence from John O'Dowd MLA
• Mr John O'Dowd, MLA
Public from 3:25 PM (38 mins)
Review of Private Members' Bills - Oral Evidence from Assembly Bill Office
Public from 4:03 PM (46 mins)
Review of Private Members' Bills - Oral Evidence from the Speaker’s Office
• Mr Alex Maskey, Speaker
Public from 4:49 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 4:50 PM (38 mins)
Official Opposition - Legal advice
Public from 5:28 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 16 December 2021 |
| 9:03 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 9:03 AM (9 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:12 AM (2 mins)
Support for Mortgage Interest Etc. (Security for Loans) Bill
Public from 9:14 AM (58 mins)
Private Tenancies Bill - Committee Deliberations
• Mr David Polley, DfC
• Ms Eilish O'Neill, DfC
• Ms Karen Barr, DfC
Closed from 10:12 AM (74 mins)
Private Tenancies Bill - Committee Deliberations
Public from 11:26 AM (9 mins)
Private Tenancies Bill - Committee Deliberations
• Mr David Polley, DfC
Public from 11:35 AM (42 mins)
Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Amendment) Bill - All Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling briefing
• Mr Jack Gibson, All Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
Public from 12:17 PM (34 mins)
Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Amendment) Bill - Gambling with Lives briefing
• Mr Charles Richie, Gambling with Lives
• Mr Peter Keogh, Gambling with Lives
• Mr Barry Fennell, Gambling with Lives
Public from 12:51 PM (13 mins)
Departmental briefing on Covid fund for Charities and Social Enterprises
• Mr Iain Greenway, DfC
• Mr Ben Chambers, DfC
Public from 1:04 PM (1 mins)
Departmental briefing on Budget 2022 - 2025 and January Monitoring Round
• Ms Cherrie Arnold, DfC
• Mr Gavin Patrick, DfC
Public from 1:05 PM (14 mins)
SL1 The Housing Related Functions of the Department of Finance (Exercise by Housing Executive) Regs (NI) 2021
SL1 Draft Welfare Supplementary Payment (Extension) Regulations (NI) 2021
SL1 The Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regs (NI) 2021
Committee Business |
| 9:25 AM | Starleaf, Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Education
Public from 9:25 AM (55 mins)
Committee Business
Period Products (Free Provision) Bill - Oral Briefing from the Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service
• Ms Niamh Devlin, Research Officer
Committee Business |
| 9:30 AM | Starleaf, Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Health
Public from 9:30 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:35 AM (60 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Budget and January Monitoring
• Ms Brigitte Worth, DoH
• Ms Annette Palmer, DoH
• Mr David Keenan, DoH
• Ms Preeta Miller, DoH
• Dr Tomas Adell, DoH
Public from 10:35 AM (60 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Brexit
• Prof Cathy Harrison, DoH
• Ms Eimear Smyth, DoH
• Ms Patricia Quinn-Duffy, DoH
• Mr David Wilson, DoH
• Ms Fiona Taylor, DoH
• Ms Avi McCabe, DoH
Public from 11:35 AM (40 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Common Frameworks
• Ms Patricia Quinn-Duffy, DoH
• Ms Joan Hardy, DoH
• Mr Alasdair MacInnes, DoH
Public from 12:15 PM (10 mins)
Organ and Tissue Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill - Final Report
Closed from 12:25 PM (25 mins)
Autism (Amendment) Bill - Consideration of draft amendments
Public from 12:50 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Suspension from 1:00 PM (60 mins)
Public from 2:00 PM (45 mins)
Adoption and Children Bill - Evidence session from NIHRC, the Fostering Network NI and Adoption UK (NI)
• Ms Alyson Kilpatrick, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Ms Emily Mills, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
• Ms Kathleen Toner, The Fostering Network Northern Ireland
• Ms EJ Havlin, Adoption UK (NI)
• Mr Wesley Graham, Adoption UK (NI)
Public from 2:45 PM (45 mins)
Adoption and Children Bill - Evidence session from BASW NI, Action for Children and Home for Good
• Ms Carolyn Ewart, British Association of Social Workers (Northern Ireland)
• Mr Avery Bowser, Action for Children
• Ms Malini Colville, Home for Good
• Ms Judith Dawson, Home for Good
Public from 3:30 PM (45 mins)
Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill - Evidence session from Department Officials |
| 10:06 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:06 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:08 AM (1 mins)
NI Food Strategy Framework Consultation Response (Analysis) - Written Briefing - DAERA
Public from 10:09 AM (1 mins)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order (Amendments) - Written Briefing: DAERA
Public from 10:10 AM (7 mins)
Agriculture Wages Board - Clerk's Briefing: Responses from Trade Unions in respect of proposals to dissolve Agriculture Wages Board
Public from 10:17 AM (4 mins)
Rural Policy Framework - DAERA - Written Briefing re Draft Summary of Consultation Responses
Public from 10:21 AM (39 mins)
Peatlands Strategy - DAERA - Oral Briefing
• Mr Dave Foster, DAERA
• Mr Ken Bradley, DAERA
• Ms Renny McKeown, DAERA
Public from 11:00 AM (32 mins)
Sheep Scab - Oral Briefing: Sheep Scab Control and Eradication Group
• Mr Paul Crawford, NI Sheep Scab Control & Eradication Group
Public from 11:32 AM (5 mins)
SR 335/21 The Edible Crabs (Undersized) (Amendment) Order (NI) 2021 and SR 336/21 – The Edible Crabs (Conservation) (Amendment) Regs (NI) 2021 - Written Briefing
SR 338/21 Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Amendment) Regs (NI) 2021 - Written Briefing
Committee Business
Public from 11:37 AM (42 mins)
Just Transition Scotland - Oral Briefing: Professor Jim Skea
• Professor Jim Skea, Just Transition Committee Scotland
Public from 12:19 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 12:20 PM (18 mins)
Bovine TB Measures - Committee Discussion - Bovine TB Proposals
Closed from 12:38 PM (17 mins)
Climate Change No.2 Bill - Informal Deliberations - Consideration of Amendments
• Ms Barbara Love, Assembly Clerk
• Mr Colin Breen, DAERA
• Ms Arlene McGowan, DAERA
• Mr Anthony Courtney, DAERA
• Mr Ian Fleming, DAERA |
| 2:03 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:03 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (170 mins)
Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Bill - Part 1 – Sexual Offences, Part 3 – Prevention Orders and Part 4 – Final Provisions - Consideration of key issues raised in the written and oral evidence - Oral Evidence Session
• Mr Brian Grzymek, DoJ
• Mr Andrew Laverty, DoJ
• Ms Lorraine Ferguson, DoJ
January Monitoring Round 2021 - 22 - Oral Evidence Session
• Ms Deborah Brown, DoJ
• Ms Andrea Quail, DoJ
• Ms Louise Blair, DoJ
SR 2021/311 The Magistrates’ Courts and County Court Appeals (Criminal Legal Aid) Costs (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2021
SL1: The County Court Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021
SL1: The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021
Update to SL1 for The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Application of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland 2021 - written paper
Civil Legal Services (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 - written paper
Domestic Abuse Offence Operational Date - update - written paper
Domestic Abuse Protection Notices and Orders - update - written paper
Impact of Youth Justice Agency Services - update - written paper
Draft Strategic Framework for Youth Justice - update - written paper
Progress to Deliver the Recommendations of the Reviews of Support Services for Operational Prison Staff and Retired Staff - update - written paper
Call for Views on a New Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy and a New Equally Safe Strategy – A Strategy to Tackle Violence Against Women and Girls
Committee Forward Work Programme - January 2022
Public from 4:55 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:05 PM | Room 30 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:05 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Rodney Allen, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:15 PM (44 mins)
Inquiry into Addiction Services in NI - Committee consideration of draft report
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Claire Turner, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Rodney Allen, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Neil Gray, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:59 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
• Mr Kieran Donaghy, Southern Health and Social Care Trust
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Rodney Allen, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office |
| Friday 17 December 2021 |
| 9:18 AM | Starleaf, Virtual Meeting, | Committee for Education
Public from 9:18 AM (110 mins)
Committee Business
Covid-19 Safety in Schools and Staff Shortages - Oral Briefing from the Minister of Education
• Miss Michelle McIlveen, Minister of Education
• Dr Mark Browne, DE
• Mr John Smith, DE
• Mr Ricky Irwin, DE
• Ms Alison Chambers, DE
• Dr Suzanne Kingon, DE
Committee Business |
| 11:09 AM | Starleaf, Virtual Meeting, | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 11:09 AM (120 mins)
Committee Business
Historical Institutional Abuse - Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse (COSICA) - Oral Briefing
• Ms Fiona Ryan, The Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse
Public from 1:10 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |