| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 16 January 2017 |
| 9:35 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Closed from 9:35 AM (18 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:53 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 9:55 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:59 AM (99 mins)
SR 2017/000 Draft Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
• Mr S Hamilton, Minister for the Economy
• Dr Andrew McCormick, DfE
Public from 11:38 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 9:40 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Finance
Public from 9:40 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:41 AM (72 mins)
Budget - Evidence from the Permanent Secretary - Department of Finance
• Mr David Sterling, DoF
• Joanne McBurney, DoF
Public from 10:53 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Tuesday 17 January 2017 |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:01 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:01 PM (9 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:16 PM | Room 21 | Committee on Procedures
Closed from 1:16 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:17 PM (3 mins)
Review of provisions for Standing Orders as set out in the Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Act (NI) 2016
Public from 1:20 PM (1 mins)
Standing Order 42A - Legislative Consent Motions
Public from 1:21 PM (1 mins)
Review of Private Members' Bills
Public from 1:22 PM (1 mins)
Assembly and Executive Reform (Assembly Opposition) Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 - Section 15(3) Annual Debate on the Executive Legislative Timetable
Public from 1:23 PM (1 mins)
Correspondence
Public from 1:24 PM (1 mins)
Forward Work Programme
Public from 1:25 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 18 January 2017 |
| VISIT | Traffic Information & Control Centre | Committee for Infrastructure |
| 10:06 AM | Room 29 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:06 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:10 AM (80 mins)
InterTradeIreland Evidence Session - Overview
• Mr Thomas Hunter McGowan, InterTradeIreland
• Mr Greg Bradley, BLK BOX Fitness
• Mr Miles Canning, BLK BOX Fitness
• Mr Eamon Fitzgerald, E&C Fitzgerald
Public from 11:30 AM (55 mins)
Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland Evidence Session - Workplace Safety
• Mr Keith Morrison, Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland
• Dr Bryan Monson, Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland
• Mrs Nikki Monson, Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland
• Mr Louis Burns, Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland
Public from 12:25 PM (17 mins)
Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
Public from 12:42 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Legislative Consent Memorandum - Digital Economy Bill
Public from 12:43 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:07 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Education
Public from 10:07 AM (8 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:23 AM (17 mins)
Assembly Research briefing - Composite Classes
• Caroline Perry, Research Officer
Public from 10:40 AM (38 mins)
Assembly Dissolution – School Budgets and Contingency Plans
• Mr Gary Fair, DE
• Mr Gavin Patrick, DE
• Mr Philip Irwin, DE
Public from 11:20 AM (27 mins)
Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2016 – Regulations
• Mrs Caroline Gillan, DE
• Ms Jan Matthews, DE
Public from 11:47 AM (12 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:03 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:03 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:10 PM (40 mins)
Equality and Good Relations - NICRAS: Home Sweet Home Report
• Mr Justin Kouame, Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Public from 2:50 PM (40 mins)
Equality and Good Relations - Refugee and Asylum Forum: Asylum seekers without accommodation
• Ms Denise Wright, Refugee and Asylum Forum
• Ms Liz Griffith, Law Centre (NI)
• Mr Neil McKittrick, British Red Cross
• Ms Sipho Sibanda, Housing4All
Public from 3:30 PM (10 mins)
Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman - Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Public from 3:40 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:06 PM | Senate Chamber | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:06 PM (9 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:15 PM (1 mins)
Inquiry into Improving Pupil Attendance: Follow - Up Report - Memorandum of Reply update
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Kerry Harkin, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 2:16 PM (159 mins)
Inquiry into Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Scheme - Evidence session
• Dr Andrew McCormick, DfE
• Mr Brendan McCann, DfE
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Alison Caldwell, DoF
Suspension from 4:55 PM (23 mins)
Public from 5:18 PM (118 mins)
Inquiry into Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Scheme - Evidence session
• Dr Andrew McCormick, DfE
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Alison Caldwell, DoF
• Mr Brendan McCann, DfE
Closed from 7:16 PM (12 mins)
Inquiry into Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Scheme - Discussion with NIAO officials
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Brian O'Neill, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Kerry Harkin, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 7:28 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Brian O'Neill, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Kerry Harkin, Northern Ireland Audit Office |
| 2:12 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:12 PM (38 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:50 PM (13 mins)
Budget - Assembly Research Briefing: Executive Draft Budget 2017-18
• Ms Pamela Dugdale, Research Officer
Public from 3:03 PM (9 mins)
EU Issues - Consideration of the Committee's Priorities on the EU Work Programme
Public from 3:12 PM (13 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 3:25 PM (3 mins)
Sale of the NAMA Loan Portfolio in Northern Ireland - Legal Advice
• Mr Alyn Hicks, Witness (NIA Staff) |
| Thursday 19 January 2017 |
| 10:06 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Closed from 10:06 AM (29 mins)
Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Bill - Bill Office
• Ms Claire McCanny, AG5
Public from 10:35 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:50 AM (40 mins)
Licensing and Registration of Clubs ( Amendment) Bill - - consideration session with Department
• Mr Liam Quinn, DfC
Public from 11:30 AM (5 mins)
Housing Policy and a Framework for Action into the Future - - briefing by NISPA
• Mr Paddy Mackel, NIPSA
• Ms Sheena McDaid, NIPSA
• Mr Sam Morton, NIPSA
Public from 11:35 AM (8 mins)
SL1 The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amend) Regs (NI) 2016
SL1 The Housing Benefit (Executive Determinations) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
SL1 The Pension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling and Compensation Cap) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017
Public from 11:43 AM (7 mins)
SR 409/2016: The Social Security (Credits, and Crediting and Treatment of Contributions) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 423/2016: The Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 1/2017 The Housing Benefit and state Pension Credit (Temporary Absence) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2017
SR 9/2017 The Housing Benefit (Executive Determinations) (Amendment)
Public from 11:50 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:13 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:13 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:18 AM (48 mins)
Oral Evidence from DAERA - and SIB - Waste Management
• Mr John Mills, DAERA
• Mr Owen Lyttle, DAERA
• Ms Oonagh Warke, DAERA
• Mr Alan McVicker, Strategic Investment Board Ltd
Public from 11:06 AM (38 mins)
The Single Common Market Organisation (Exceptional Adjustment Aid) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
• Mrs Colette McMaster, DAERA
• Ms Elaine McCrory, DAERA
• Mr Colin Hart, DAERA
• Mr Mark Hawe, DAERA
Public from 11:44 AM (2 mins)
Written Briefing DAERA - SR 2017/2 The Air Quality Standards (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2017
Written Briefing DAERA - SR 2017/3 The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
Written Briefing DAERA - SR 2017/8 The Areas of Natural Constraint Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
Public from 11:46 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:31 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Health
Public from 10:31 AM (7 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:38 AM (4 mins)
SR 2017/10 The General Dental Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
Public from 10:42 AM (99 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Autism Strategy
• Mr Chris Matthews, DoH
• Ms Alison McCaffrey, DoH
• Mr Rodney Morton, Health and Social Care Board
Public from 12:21 PM (2 mins)
Public from 12:23 PM (21 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications
• Mr Kieran McAteer, DoH
• Mr Peter Barbour, DoH
Public from 12:44 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:32 PM | Room 21 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:32 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business |
| 3:06 PM | Room 29 | Committee for the Economy
Closed from 3:06 PM (28 mins)
Assembly Legal Services
Public from 3:34 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:35 PM (76 mins)
SR 2017/000 Draft Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
• Dr Andrew McCormick, DfE
• Mr Stephen McMurray, DfE
• Mr Shane Murphy, DfE
Public from 4:51 PM (77 mins)
Evidence session with Renewable Heat Association - Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
• Mr Michael Doran, Renewable Heat Association Limited
• Mr Tom Forgrave, Renewable Heat Association Limited
• Mr John Martin, Renewable Heat Association Limited
• Ms Eilaine Shaw, Renewable Heat Association Limited
Public from 6:08 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 3:25 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 3:25 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:28 PM (75 mins)
Justice Key Issues and Implications arising from the decision to withdraw from the European Union - Evidence session with Department of Justice and PSNI officials
• Mr David Lavery, DoJ
• Ms Laurene McAlpine, DoJ
• Ms Karen Pearson, DoJ
• Mr Hugh Hume, Police Service of Northern Ireland
Draft SR: The Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (Single Jurisdiction) (Consequential Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017
SL1: The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
Review of Statutory Discount Rate - Information Paper
Public from 4:43 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |