| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 25 January 2016 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 12:34 PM | Room 30 | Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Mental Capacity Bill
Public from 12:34 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 12:35 PM (1 mins)
Consideration of Final Report
Public from 12:36 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Tuesday 26 January 2016 |
| 10:17 AM | Room 29 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:17 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:22 AM (71 mins)
Oral Briefing from DETI: Department for the Economy Briefing
• Mr Eugene Rooney, DfE
• Mr Paul Brush, DfE
• Mr Derek Baker, DEL
Public from 11:33 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:39 AM (10 mins)
Legislation: SR 2016/000 The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Written Briefing from Assembly Research: EU Referendum and Potential Implications for Northern Ireland
Written Briefing from DETI: Update on Petroleum Licence PL1/10
Consultation: Early Closure of the Northern Ireland Renewables Obligation to onshore wind in 2016
Consultation: Review of Tourist Accommodation Policy
Consultation: HSENI: Proposals on the transposition of Directive 2013/35/EU on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents - electromagnetic fields (EMF)
Public from 11:49 AM (6 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:03 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:03 PM (9 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:06 PM | Room 21 | Committee on Procedures
Closed from 1:06 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:07 PM (11 mins)
Standing Orders - Code of Conduct
• Mr Jonathan McMillen, Legal Advisor
Public from 1:18 PM (2 mins)
Standing Orders for Hybrid Bills
Public from 1:20 PM (2 mins)
Review of Public Petitions Procedures
Public from 1:22 PM (5 mins)
Time allowed for answers to supplementary Oral Questions
Public from 1:27 PM (2 mins)
Forward Work Programme
Public from 1:29 PM (1 mins)
Correspondence
Public from 1:30 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:36 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 1:36 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:44 PM (2 mins)
Rural Needs Bill - Consideration of the final report
Public from 1:46 PM (17 mins)
Fisheries Bill - Consideration of key issues and formal clause by clause
Public from 2:04 PM (6 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:17 PM (25 mins)
Oral Brief DARD - Budget 2016-17
• Mr Graeme Wilkinson, DAERA
• Ms Tracey Teague, DAERA
• Mr Roger Downey, DAERA |
| Wednesday 27 January 2016 |
| VISIT | Loaf Cafe and Bakery | Committee for Employment and Learning |
| 10:04 AM | The Hive, Grovesnor Road, Belfast | Committee for Employment and Learning
Public from 10:04 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
SR 2016-000 The Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 10:05 AM (13 mins)
Employment Bill - Consideration of Draft Report
Public from 10:18 AM (56 mins)
Briefing from the NOW Project
• Ms Ann Osborne, NOW
• Mrs Maeve Monaghan, NOW
Public from 11:14 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:12 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Education
Closed from 10:12 AM (78 mins)
Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill - Informal Deliberations
Suspension from 11:30 AM (10 mins)
Public from 11:40 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:45 AM (5 mins)
The Teachers' Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2016
Public from 11:50 AM (2 mins)
Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill - Rescind previous decision - extend Committee Stage
Public from 11:52 AM (89 mins)
Addressing Bullying in Schools Bill - Departmental response
• Mrs Caroline Gillan, DE
• Mr John Anderson, Education and Training Inspectorate
• Mr Alan Boyd, DE
Public from 1:21 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:29 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:29 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:39 AM (32 mins)
Translink Briefing - Health and Safety on Trains and Enterprise Timetable
• Mr Chris Conway, Translink
• Mr Ian Campbell, Translink
Public from 11:11 AM (35 mins)
Belfast Public Hire Taxis
• Mr Kieran Reilly, Belfast Public Hire Taxis
• Mr Gerry Diver, Belfast Public Hire Taxis
• Mr Pat Meighan, Belfast Public Hire Taxis
Public from 11:46 AM (6 mins)
S.R. 2015392 The Carnbane Road, Newry (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
S.R. 2015390 Clifton Street Carrick Hill, Belfast (Abandonment) 2015
Committee Business
Closed from 11:52 AM (18 mins)
Belfast Public Hire Taxis |
| 10:36 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Finance
Closed from 10:36 AM (24 mins)
Sale of National Asset Management Agency assets in Northern Ireland - Oral briefing from Assembly Legal Services
• Miss Angela Kelly, Examiner of Statutory Rules
• Mr Simon Kelly, Assistant Legal Advisor
Public from 11:00 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:02 AM (3 mins)
Budget - Budget Bill & Spring Supplementary Estimates - DFP Written Briefing
Public from 11:05 AM (2 mins)
SL1 - General Register Office (Fees) Order
• Ms Alision McQueen, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
• Ms Violet Kennedy, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
Public from 11:07 AM (30 mins)
Public Procurement - Strategic Investment Board (SIB) Review: Implementation of Social Clauses in Public Procurement - Briefing from SIB
• Ms Mary McKee, Strategic Investment Board
• Mr Richard McFarlane, Strategic Investment Board
Public from 11:37 AM (38 mins)
Public Procurement - Update briefing from DFP
• Mr Des Armstrong, DoF
• Mr Gareth Johnston, DoF
Public from 12:15 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:31 PM | Room 21 | Committee on Standards and Privileges
Closed from 1:31 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:33 PM (5 mins)
Appointment of an Acting Commissioner for Standards
Closed from 1:38 PM (174 mins)
Report from the Assembly Commissioner for Standards on a Complaint against a Member
Closed from 4:32 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:02 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Health
Closed from 2:02 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business
Human Transplantation Bill - Final deliberations
• Ms Eilis Haughey, Assembly Clerk
Public from 2:32 PM (33 mins)
Human Transplantation Bill - Formal clause by clause scrutiny
Committee Business
Public from 3:05 PM (2 mins)
Health and Personal Social Services (Amendment) Bill - Formal clause by clause scrutiny
Public from 3:07 PM (8 mins)
Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill - Formal clause by clause scrutiny
Public from 3:15 PM (6 mins)
SL1 - The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Tobacco Retailer (Registration and Display of Notices) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Tobacco Retailer (Fixed Penalty) (Amount) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Tobacco Retailer (Fixed Penalty) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
Committee Business |
| 2:03 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Closed from 2:03 PM (5 mins)
Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman Bill
• Mr Alyn Hicks, Assistant Assembly Clerk / Office Manager
Public from 2:08 PM (12 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:20 PM (39 mins)
Subordinate Legislation - SL1 Draft Transfer of Functions Order - briefing by OFMDFM officials
• Mr Tony Canavan, TEO
• Mr Geoffrey Simpson, TEO
Public from 2:59 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 3:01 PM (2 mins)
Subordinate Legislation - SR - Assembly Ombudsman Annual Salary Increase |
| 2:07 PM | Room 29 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:07 PM (31 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:38 PM (7 mins)
Inquiry into Invest to Save funding in Northern Ireland - Introduction to Briefing Session
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Sean Beattie, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:45 PM (7 mins)
Inquiry into Invest to Save funding in Northern Ireland - Briefing Session
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Sean Beattie, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:52 PM (2 mins)
Inquiry into Invest to Save funding in Northern Ireland - Preparation Session
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Eddie Bradley, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Sean Beattie, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Richard Emerson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 2:54 PM (16 mins)
Inquiry into The Governance of Land and Property in the Northern Ireland Housing Executive - Correspondence
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Denver Lynn, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Stephen Smith, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:10 PM (9 mins)
Inquiry into The Governance of Land and Property in the Northern Ireland Housing Executive - Issues paper
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Denver Lynn, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Stephen Smith, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:19 PM (2 mins)
Inquiry into The Northern Ireland Events Company - Correspondence
• Mr Kieran Donnelly, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Denver Lynn, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Stephen Smith, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:21 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 28 January 2016 |
| VISIT | Oireachtas | Committee for the Economy |
| 9:32 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Closed from 9:32 AM (23 mins)
Budget - Briefing by RaISe on budget setting 2016/2017
• Mr Michael Scholes, Research Officer
Closed from 9:55 AM (9 mins)
Licensing Bill - Procedural Advice
• Mr Damien Martin, Clerk Assistant
Public from 10:04 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (76 mins)
Licensing Bill - Committee Consideration
• Mrs J Cochrane, MLA
Public from 11:21 AM (40 mins)
Affordable, Shared Equity Housing - Departmental Briefing
• Mr Stephen Martin, DfC
• Ms Julie Lavery, DfC
• Mr John McCord, DfC
Public from 12:01 PM (14 mins)
Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill - Committee Report
• Mr Stephen Martin, DfC
Public from 12:15 PM (1 mins)
SL1 The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Public from 12:16 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:05 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Closed from 10:05 AM (38 mins)
Legal Advice
• Mr Simon Kelly, Assistant Legal Advisor
Public from 10:43 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:44 AM (99 mins)
Inquiry into issues around Emergency Exiting Plans, including their impact on stadium capacity, for the redeveloped Casement Park Stadium - Briefing from Dominic Walsh
• Mr Dominic Walsh, Sport NI
Public from 12:23 PM (16 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:16 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for the Environment
Public from 10:16 AM (14 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:30 AM (40 mins)
Pollution in NI rivers - Briefing from Raise
• Ms Suzie Cave, Research Officer
Public from 11:10 AM (35 mins)
Scrap Metal Dealers Bill - Deliberation of clauses
Public from 11:45 AM (27 mins)
European Issues - Written briefing
Transfer of current functions / Departmental restructuring - Written briefing
Public from 12:12 PM (8 mins)
Consultations
SL1 - The Emissions Performance Standard Monitoring and Enforcement Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - The Planning (Local Development Plan) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SL1 - Amendment of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) (Offences) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997
SL1 - Amendment of the Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007
SL1 - The Draft Local Government (Community Planning Partners) Order (NI) 2015
SR 2016/2 The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Downloading of Data) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2016
SR 2016/8 Change of Council Name (Derry and Strabane City Council) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 2016/9 Change of District Name (Derry and Strabane) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 2016/10 Change of District Name (North Down and Ards) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
SR 2016/11 Change of District Name (Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Committee Business |
| 2:16 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:16 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:20 PM (40 mins)
CJINI Second Report on the Monitoring of the Implementation of the Youth Justice Review - Oral Evidence from Criminal Justice Inspection NI
• Mr James Corrigan, Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland
• Ms Rachel Lindsay, Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland
• Mr David MacAnulty, Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland
Public from 3:00 PM (45 mins)
CJINI Second Report on the Monitoring of the Implementation of the Youth Justice Review - Oral Evidence from DoJ officials
• Mr Declan McGeown, Youth Justice Agency
• Ms Kiera Lloyd, DoJ
• Ms Mary Aughey, Youth Justice Agency
• Mr Paul McStravick, Youth Justice Agency
Public from 3:45 PM (45 mins)
CJINI Report of an Unannounced Inspection of Maghaberry Prison - Oral Evidence from Independent Monitoring Board Maghaberry Prison
• Ms Margaret McCauley, Independent Monitoring Board Maghaberry Prison
• Mr Patsy McGonagle, Independent Monitoring Board Maghaberry Prison
Public from 4:30 PM (20 mins)
Draft SR The Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Amendment of Slavery or Human Trafficking Offences and Relevant UK Orders) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
Draft SR The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Seizure and Detention of Property: Code of Practice) Order (NI) 2016
Draft SR The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cash Searches: Code of Practice) Order (NI) 2016
Draft SR The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Investigations: Code of Practice) Order (NI) 2016
Review of the Level of Statutory Bereavement Damages in Northern Ireland - Results of the Consultation and Proposed Way Forward
Code of Practice on Exercise of Maritime Powers under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Results of the Consultation and Proposed Way Forward
Proposed Consultation on a New Offence of Domestic Abuse and a Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme
Public from 4:50 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business |