| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 15 June 2015 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 12:06 PM | Room 30 | Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Mental Capacity Bill
Public from 12:06 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:07 PM (1 mins)
Background Papers
Public from 12:08 PM (98 mins)
Departmental briefing on Mental Capacity Bill
• Ms Lisa Trueman, DoH
• Ms Clare Irvine, DoJ
• Mr Peter Luney, Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
• Mr Alan Weir, DoJ
• Mr Jackie McQuillan, DoJ
Public from 1:46 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Tuesday 16 June 2015 |
| 10:14 AM | Room 29 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:14 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:18 AM (19 mins)
Oral Briefing from DETI: Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Bill
• Mr Keith Brown, DfE
• Ms Marie Turner, DfE
• Mr Richard Scott, DfE
Public from 10:37 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:38 AM (2 mins)
Legislation: SR The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Legislation: SR 2015/265 Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 10:40 AM (1 mins)
Written Briefing from Consumer Council NI: Research into online parcel deliveries to Northern Ireland
Public from 10:41 AM (1 mins)
Consultation: Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Northern Ireland – Draft Access to Infrastructure Regulations and Draft Licensing Regulations
Public from 10:42 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:44 AM (49 mins)
Closed Session: Inquiry into Growing the Economy and Creating Jobs in a Reduced Tax Environment: Committee Report
Public from 11:33 AM (42 mins)
Oral Briefing from Mutual Energy: Moyle Interconnector
• Mr Paddy Larkin, Mutual Energy
• Mr Gerard McIlroy, Mutual Energy |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 10:31 AM | Room 21 | Ad Hoc Committee on the Public Services Ombudsperson Bill
Public from 10:31 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:33 AM (2 mins)
Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsperson Bill - Consideration of Report from Examiner of Statutory Rules regarding Delegated Powers Memorandum
Public from 10:35 AM (52 mins)
Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsperson Bill - Committee deliberations on Bill
• Mr Alyn Hicks, Assistant Assembly Clerk / Office Manager
Public from 11:27 AM (1 mins)
Forward Work Programme
Public from 11:28 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 12:39 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 12:39 PM (34 mins)
Committee Business |
| 12:50 PM | Room 21 | Chairpersons' Liaison Group
Closed from 12:50 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 12:53 PM (32 mins)
2014/15 budget outturn and planning for 2015/16
Corporate project to cease printing Committee Reports
Legislative Scrutiny
Committee Structures following departmental reorganisation
Closed from 1:25 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:30 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 1:30 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:35 PM (40 mins)
Oral Briefing DARD – SL1 The CAP Direct Payments and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2015
• Mr Alan Galbraith, DAERA
• Mr Ken Laverty, DAERA
• Mr Robin Bolton, DAERA
Public from 2:15 PM (30 mins)
Oral Briefing DARD – Plant Health
• Mr Malcolm Beattie, DAERA
• Mr Stuart Morwood, DAERA
• Mr Jim Crummie, DAERA
• Dr Alistair McCracken, Agri-food and Biosciences Institute
Suspension from 2:45 PM (45 mins)
Public from 3:30 PM (5 mins)
Written Briefing DARD – SL1 The Non-Commercial Movement of Pets (Amendment) Order (NI) 2015
Public from 3:35 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 3:40 PM (10 mins)
Inquiry into Better Regulation - special adviser |
| 6:30 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 6:30 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 17 June 2015 |
| 9:34 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Education
Closed from 9:34 AM (36 mins)
Inquiry into Shared and Integrated Education - Draft Report - Written briefing
Public from 10:10 AM (9 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:19 AM (54 mins)
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Bill - Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY)
• Ms Koulla Yiasouma, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
• Ms Mairead McCafferty, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
Public from 11:14 AM (52 mins)
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Bill - Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) / National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT)
• Ms Mary Dorman, Irish National Teachers' Organisation
• Ms Caroline McCarthy, Irish National Teachers' Organisation
• Mr Darren Northcott, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers
• Mr Seán McElhinney, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers
Public from 12:07 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:14 PM (45 mins)
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Bill - Autism NI
• Dr Arlene Cassidy, Autism NI
• Ms Pamela McCrossan, Autism NI
• Ms Donna McWhirter, Autism NI
• Ms Audrey Mullan, Autism NI
Public from 12:59 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Finance
Public from 10:00 AM (75 mins)
Main Estimates and Budget (No.2) Bill - Ministerial Briefing on Main Estimates 2015-16 and Budget (No 2) Bill 2015
• Mrs Arlene Foster, Minister of Finance
• Mr Mike Brennan, DoF
• Joanne McBurney, DoF
• Ms Emer Morelli, DoF
• Mr Peter Jakobsen, DoF
Public from 11:15 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 11:18 AM (24 mins)
Review of the Operation of the Barnett Formula - Final consideration of draft report
Public from 11:42 AM (20 mins)
DFP Business Plan - Central Procurement Directorate: Performance against Business Plan targets
• Mr Des Armstrong, DoF
• Mr Gareth Johnston, DoF
Public from 12:02 PM (1 mins)
NICS People Strategy - Implementation of the NICS People Strategy - Written Briefing from DFP
Public from 12:03 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:10 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Employment and Learning
Public from 10:10 AM (31 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Structured to Deliver Success - & Assured Skills
• Ms June Ingram, DEL
• Mr Michael Gould, DEL
• Mrs Michelle Bell, DEL
Public from 10:41 AM (9 mins)
Committee Business
SL1 - The Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015.
Public from 10:50 AM (17 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Review of Leadership and Management
• Ms June Ingram, DEL
• Mr Michael Gould, DEL
• Mr Mervyn Langtry, DEL
Public from 11:07 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:15 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:15 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:18 AM (65 mins)
Departmental Briefing: Performance against Business Plan 2014/15
• Dr Andrew Murray, DfI
• Mr John McGrath, DfI
Public from 11:23 AM (36 mins)
20's Plenty For Us Briefing: Road Traffic (Speed Limits) Bill
• Mr Rod King, 20's Plenty for Us
Public from 11:59 AM (42 mins)
Institute of Public Health in Ireland Briefing: Road Traffic (Speed Limits) Bill
• Dr Joanna Purdy, The Institute of Public Health
• Dr Elizabeth Mitchell, The Institute of Public Health
Suspension from 12:41 PM (6 mins)
Public from 12:47 PM (34 mins)
Sustrans Briefing: Road Traffic (Speed Limits) Bill
• Mr Steven Patterson, Sustrans
• Ms Anne Madden, Sustrans
Public from 1:21 PM (4 mins)
SL1: The Road Races (Armoy Motorcycle Race) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Road Races (Garron Point Hill Climb) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Off-Street Parking Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Parking Places on Roads (Medical Practitioners) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Road Races (POC NI Oils Stages Rally) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Prohibition of U-Turn (A2 Belfast Road, Carrickfergus) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: The Road Races (Ulster Grand Prix Bike Week) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: Public Passenger Transport (Service Agreements and Service Permits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Committee Business |
| 2:03 PM | Room 29 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:03 PM (12 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 2:15 PM (15 mins)
Ministerial Direction - DRD Phase 2 of the Coleraine to Londonderry Track Renewal Project
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:30 PM (23 mins)
Inquiry into Department for Social Development - Advanced Land Purchases - Consideration of Draft Report
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Brian O'Neill, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:53 PM (7 mins)
Forward Work Programme - Draft Forward Work Programme Sept - Dec 2015
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Denver Lynn, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:00 PM (63 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 (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:11 PM (102 mins)
Review of workforce planning in the context of Transforming Your Care - Briefing from Health and Social Care Trusts
• Ms Clare Duffield, Northern Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Ann McConnell, Western Health and Social Care Trust
• Mr Damian McAlister, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
• Mr Kieran Donaghy, Southern Health and Social Care Trust
• Mr Eamonn Molloy, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
Public from 3:53 PM (65 mins)
Health and Social Care (Control of Data Processing) Bill - Departmental Briefing
• Ms Sharon Gallagher, DoH
• Mr Chris Matthews, DoH
Public from 4:58 PM (1 mins)
SL1 The Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/261 The Honey Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015/266 The Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
Public from 4:59 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:08 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Closed from 2:08 PM (12 mins)
Proposal to Update Legislation to Reform The Office of the Northern Ireland Ombudsman - Update on Committee Stage
• Mr Alyn Hicks, Assistant Assembly Clerk / Office Manager
• Mr Jonathan McMillen, Legal Advisor
Closed from 2:20 PM (96 mins)
Inquiry into Building a United Community
Public from 3:56 PM (19 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 4:15 PM (45 mins)
Children's Services Co-operation Bill
• Ms Margaret Rose McNaughton, DE
• Mrs June Wilkinson, DE
• Mr Peter Hutchinson, TEO
Public from 5:00 PM (38 mins)
Programme for Government - Briefing by OFMDFM officials on Programme for Government Commitments
• Mr Henry Johnston, TEO
• Ms Siobhan Broderick, TEO
• Mr Tony Canavan, TEO
• Ms Margaret Rose McNaughton, DE
Public from 5:38 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 18 June 2015 |
| VISIT | Cloughmore Centre | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure |
| 9:52 AM | La Mon Hotel, Gransha Suite, COMBER | Committee for the Environment
Public from 9:52 AM (26 mins)
Guidance on Community Planning - Departmental Briefing
• Ms Nicola Creagh, DoE
• Ms Liz Loughran, DoE
Public from 10:18 AM (24 mins)
Committee Business
SL1 - The Draft Local Government (Community Planning Partners) Order (NI) 2015
SL1 - The Hazardous Waste (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SR 2015 273 The Planning (Development Management) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2015
Environmental Better Regulation Bill
Public from 10:42 AM (50 mins)
Committee Inquiry into Wind Energy - Briefing from Windwatch NI
• Dr Dan Kane, Wind Watch
• Mr Owen McMullan, Wind Watch
• Professor Alun Evans, Wind Watch
• Mr Val Martin, Wind Watch
Public from 11:32 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Cloughmore Centre, Kilbroney Forest Park, ROSTREVOR | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Closed from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Clerk's update on Ulster Orchestra
Public from 10:05 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:15 AM (5 mins)
Newry and Mourne briefing on sports tourism
• Ms Michelle Boyle, Newry & Mourne City and District Council
• Mr Matthew Bushby, Kilbroney Forest Park
Public from 10:20 AM (25 mins)
Orchestra Funding
• Dr Dan Hull, Research Officer
Public from 10:45 AM (24 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:45 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:45 AM (6 mins)
Improving Benefit Uptake - Social Security Agency Briefing
• Ms Margaret Boyle, Social Security Agency
• Ms Joan O'Hara, Social Security Agency
Public from 10:51 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:55 AM (40 mins)
Direct Labour Organisation Strategy and Costs Update - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Gerry Flynn, Northern Ireland Housing Executive
• Mr Clark Bailie, Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Public from 11:35 AM (56 mins)
Social Housing Reform Programme - Development of a Social Housing Rent Policy
• Mr Jim Wilkinson, DfC
• Mr Paul Price, DfC
• Dr Heloise Brown, DfC
Public from 12:31 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business |
| 3:13 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 3:13 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:15 PM (49 mins)
SL1s relating to the Destruction, Retention and Use of Biometric Data: Revised PACE Code D, Transitional and Savings Provisions Order, Qualifying Offences (Amendment) Order and Transitional and Savings Provision (Amendment) Order - Oral birefing from Departmental officials
• Ms Lorraine Montgomery, DoJ
• Mr Gary Dodds, DoJ
Proposals to Vary Firearms Licensing Fees and other Miscellaneous Amendments to Firearms Legislation
• Mr Simon Rogers, DoJ
• Mr Robert Kidd, DoJ
• Mr Stephen Cargin, Police Service of Northern Ireland
SL1: The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Duty to Co-operate with Commissioner) (Northern Ireland Public Authority) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
SL1: Implementation of Section II and Schedule 3 (Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders) of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015
The Legal Aid (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 - Update on the Implementation of the Reforms to levels of Publicly Funded Representation in the civil and family courts
Proposed Fee Structure for Court Funds Office - Draft Consultation Document
Draft Adult Safeguarding Policy for Northern Ireland
Public from 4:04 PM (13 mins)
Committee Business |