| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Tuesday 18 March 2025 |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:02 PM | Room 29 | Ad Hoc Committee on the Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill
Public from 1:02 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:04 PM (9 mins)
Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill - Oral Briefing from RaISe
• Mr Ray McCaffrey, Research Officer
Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill - Written Evidence from the Independent Remuneration Board of the Senedd
Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill - Consideration of Written Evidence
Closed from 1:13 PM (20 mins)
Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill - Committee Deliberations
• Ms Aoibheann Baker, Senior Assistant Assembly Clerk
Public from 1:33 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:02 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:02 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 19 March 2025 |
| 10:03 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:03 AM (19 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:22 AM (41 mins)
Caravans Act (Northern Ireland) 1963 - Model License Conditions - Department for Infrastructure – Oral Evidence
• Mrs Rosemary Daly, DfI
• Mr Scott Symington, DfI
• Mr David Doherty, DfI
Public from 11:03 AM (7 mins)
Subordinate Legislation - SRs - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
Public from 11:10 AM (5 mins)
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 (47 mins)
Departmental oral and written briefing – feedback on the consultation on smart metering
• Sarah Brady, DfE
• Maeve Holly, DfE
• Patrick Grimes, DfE
Public from 10:52 AM (19 mins)
Assembly Research briefing – credit union reform
• Mr Michael Scholes, Research Officer
Public from 11:11 AM (11 mins)
Departmental oral and written evidence – feedback on the consultation on insolvency and director disqualification
• Richard Monds, DfE
• Jack Reid, DfE
Public from 11:22 AM (11 mins)
SL1 – Employment Rights (Increase Of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
Committee Business
Closed from 11:33 AM (11 mins)
Departmental written briefing – Disability Support Service performance |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:00 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:02 PM (29 mins)
SR: draft The Northern Ireland Climate Commissioner Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
• Mr Colin Moffett, TEO
Public from 2:31 PM (63 mins)
RaISe - Historical Institutional Abuse - Oral Briefing
• Mr Thomas Lough, Research Officer
Public from 3:34 PM (18 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 20 March 2025 |
| 10:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:00 AM (28 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:28 AM (1 mins)
SR 2025/52 The Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
Public from 10:29 AM (1 mins)
SR 2025/53 The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
Public from 10:30 AM (56 mins)
Oral briefing from Department for Communities - Fuel poverty update
• Mr Angus Kerr, DfC
• Ms Una McConnell, DfC
• Ms Meabh Cormacain, DfC
• Mr Adrian Boyce, DfC
Suspension from 11:26 AM (8 mins)
Public from 11:34 AM (57 mins)
NUS-USI briefing - Student Rent and Affordability Report
• Mr Ben Friel, NUS-USI
• Mr Kieran Minto, QUB Students’ Union
• Mr Ethan Davies, Ulster University Students’ Union
Public from 12:31 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:14 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:14 AM (13 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:27 AM (28 mins)
Ozone Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases UK Common Framework - Briefing from the Department
• Ms Caroline Barry, DAERA
• Mr Roger Irwin, DAERA
Public from 10:55 AM (21 mins)
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control – The Developing and Setting of Best Available Techniques (BAT) Provisional UK Common Framework - Briefing from the Department
• Ms Caroline Barry, DAERA
• Ms Nicola Duffin, DAERA
Suspension from 11:16 AM (18 mins)
Closed from 11:34 AM (31 mins)
Agriculture Bill - Delegated Powers Memorandum
• Miss Angela Kelly, Examiner of Statutory Rules
• Ms Catriona Doherty, Legal Advisor
Public from 12:05 PM (30 mins)
Agriculture Bill - Committee Deliberations
• Mr John Terrington, DAERA
• Ms Elaine McCrory, DAERA
Public from 12:35 PM (5 mins)
SR 2025/47 The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Departmental Written Briefing - Consultation on Mandatory Use of CCTV in Slaughterhouses
Departmental Written Briefing - Blue Carbon Action Plan - Publication of Synopsis report and final action Plan
Fair Farm Pricing
Public from 12:40 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:04 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Health
Public from 2:04 PM (16 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:20 PM (44 mins)
Committee Inquiry: Access to Palliative Care Services - Briefing from RaISe
• Dr Grainne Crealey, Northern Ireland Assembly
Public from 3:04 PM (54 mins)
Committee Inquiry: Access to Palliative Care Services - Briefing from BHSCT, WHSCT, NI Ambulance Service
• Dr Joan Regan, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
• Ms Roisin McSwiggan, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
• Prof Max Watson, Western Health and Social Care Trust
• Bernie McCafferty, Western Health and Social Care Trust
• Dr Nigel Ruddell, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust
Public from 3:58 PM (44 mins)
Committee Inquiry: Access to Palliative Care Services - Briefing from Carer's NI and Rural Community Network
• Mr Richard Meade, Carers NI
• Ms Áine Magee, Carers NI
• Ms Kate Clifford, Rural Community Network
• Ms Samantha Gallagher, Rural Community Network
Public from 4:42 PM (1 mins)
SI 2025 317 The Medicines (Products for Human Use) (Fees) Regulations
Public from 4:43 PM (1 mins)
SR 2025/46 Optical Charges & Payments (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Public from 4:44 PM (23 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:08 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Closed from 2:08 PM (59 mins)
Committee Business
Justice Bill - Part 1: Biometric Data: Retention etc. - Assembly Legal Services oral briefing
• Mr Simon Kelly, Legal Advisor
Public from 3:07 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:09 PM (64 mins)
Crime and Policing Bill - Legislative Consent Memorandum - Department of Justice oral evidence
• Ms Debbie Corry, DoJ
• Ms Lorraine Ferguson-Coote, DoJ
• Ms Therese Murphy, DoJ
• Ms Lesley McCombe, DoJ
Public from 4:13 PM (7 mins)
Justice Bill - Written papers
SR 2025/35 The Police Trainee (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Public from 4:20 PM (9 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:10 PM | Senate Chamber | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:10 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:13 PM (1 mins)
Treasury Officer of Accounts Briefing - Background note from Department of Finance on the review of financial processes
Public from 2:14 PM (70 mins)
Disclaimed Accounts - Oral evidence from the Department for the Economy
• Ian Snowden, DfE
• Ms Sharon Hetherington, DfE
• Mr Iain McFarlane, DfE
Closed from 3:24 PM (8 mins)
Disclaimed Accounts - Discussion of evidence session
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Seamus Wade, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Karen Costly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:32 PM (28 mins)
Inquiry into Major Capital Projects - Follow-up Report - Second consideration of draft report and press release
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Patrick Barr, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Suzanne Murphy, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 4:00 PM (16 mins)
Inquiry into Reducing Adult Reoffending in Northern Ireland - NIAO briefing
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Conor McGeown, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 4:16 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |