| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 24 February 2025 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Tuesday 25 February 2025 |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:00 PM | Room 30 | Ad Hoc Committee on the Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill
Public from 1:00 PM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:02 PM (28 mins)
Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill - Oral Briefing from RaISe
• Mr Ray McCaffrey, Research Officer
Public from 1:30 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:05 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:05 PM (9 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 26 February 2025 |
| 9:59 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 9:59 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:00 AM (80 mins)
Minister for Infrastructure - Ministerial Priorities and Legislative Programme - Oral Evidence
• Ms Liz Kimmins, Minister for Infrastructure
• Dr Denis McMahon, DfI
Public from 11:20 AM (11 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:31 AM (6 mins)
Draft Budget 2025-26 - Consideration of draft response to the Committee for Finance
Public from 11:37 AM (2 mins)
SR 2025-16 The Kinard Park, Garvagh (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
Subordinate Legislation - SL1s - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
Public from 11:40 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 106 | Committee on Standards and Privileges
Closed from 10:00 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:04 AM (17 mins)
Complaints against a Minister - Briefing by Commissioner for Standards on Investigation Report
• Dr Melissa McCullough, Northern Ireland Assembly Commissioner for Standards
Closed from 10:21 AM (29 mins)
Draft Unacceptable Behaviours Policy
Closed from 10:50 AM (7 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:02 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:02 AM (2 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:04 AM (103 mins)
NIC-ICTU - oral and written evidence – feedback on the consultation on the Employment Bill
• John-Patrick Clayton, Northern Ireland Committee Irish Congress of Trade Unions
• Kevin Doherty, Irish Congress of Trade Unions
• Jacquie White, Northern Ireland Committee - Irish Congress of Trade Unions
• Clare Moore, Irish Congress of Trade Unions
• Gerry Murphy, Irish Congress of Trade Unions
Public from 11:47 AM (52 mins)
Deluxe Group – oral and written evidence economic impact of the creative arts
• Colm Connolly, Deluxe Group
• Richard Hill, Deluxe Group
• Ruth Smyth, Deluxe Group
Suspension from 12:39 PM (5 mins)
Public from 12:44 PM (7 mins)
SR 2025/20 The Further Education (Student Support) (Eligibility) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
SR 2025/32 The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Committee Business
Closed from 12:51 PM (6 mins)
Budget 2025-26 – Committee Deliberations |
| 10:06 AM | Room 21 | Committee on Procedures
Public from 10:06 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:09 AM (41 mins)
Northern Ireland Act 1998 Section 42 – Petitions of Concern – Legal Advice
• Helen Smyth, Legal Advisor
Public from 10:50 AM (58 mins)
Inquiry into Extension of Standing Order 27A Voting by Proxy - Research Paper - Bereavement and Parliamentary Business
• Mr Ray McCaffrey, Research Officer
Public from 11:59 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:13 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 1:13 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:28 PM (24 mins)
Public from 1:52 PM (11 mins)
Public from 2:03 PM (42 mins)
SL1 The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Registration of Deaths & Still-Births) (Extension) Order (NI) 2025
• Dr Philip Wales, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
• Ms Aoife Rooney, DoF
Public from 2:45 PM (33 mins)
NI Banking and Financial Services Landscape - Oral Briefing - NI Rural Community Network
• Ms Kate Clifford, Rural Community Network
• Ms Samantha Gallagher, Rural Community Network
Public from 3:18 PM (8 mins)
Outturn and Forecast Outturn - Written Briefing (Jan Outturn)
Public from 3:26 PM (7 mins)
SR 2025/27 The Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
SR 2025/28 The Rates (Exemption for Automatic Telling Machines in Rural Areas) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
SR 2025/29 The Rates (Temporary Rebate) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
SR 2025/21 The Rates (Small Business Hereditament Relief) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Public from 3:33 PM (15 mins)
Public Spend per head in N.I - RaISe Oral Briefing
• Ms Rachel Keyes, Research Officer
Public from 3:48 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Education
Public from 2:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:24 PM (56 mins)
Report on Classroom Assistants
• Professor Una O'Connor Bones, University of Ulster
• Dr Caroline Courtney, University of Ulster
• Ms Majella McCloskey, Centre for Effective Services
Public from 3:20 PM (77 mins)
Expert Panel on Underachievement
• Professor Noel Purdy, Expert Panel on Underachievement
• Mr Jackie Redpath, Expert Panel on Underachievement
• Ms Mary Montgomery, Expert Panel on Underachievement
• Ms Joyce Logue, Expert Panel on Underachievement
• Ms Kathleen O'Hare, Expert Panel on Underachievement
Public from 4:37 PM (68 mins)
Minor Works Transactions Process
• Mr Richard Pengelly, Education Authority
• Ms Donna Allen, Education Authority
• Mr Roger Sayers, Education Authority
Public from 5:45 PM (12 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:03 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:03 PM (12 mins)
Committee Business
Suspension from 2:15 PM (13 mins)
Public from 2:28 PM (62 mins)
Legacy Issues - Stakeholders Oral Evidence
• Mr Mark Thompson, Relatives for Justice
• Ms Irati Oliega, Relatives for Justice
• Mr Raymond McCord, for victims' rights
Suspension from 3:30 PM (6 mins)
Public from 3:37 PM (73 mins)
Independent Commission on Reconciliation and Information Recovery - Oral Briefing
• Sir Declan Morgan, Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
• Ms Louise Warde Hunter, Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
• Mr Peter Sheridan, Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
Public from 4:50 PM (4 mins)
Legacy in Republic of Ireland - Assembly Research and Information Services- Oral Briefing
• Mr Thomas Lough, Research Officer
Public from 4:54 PM (17 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 27 February 2025 |
| VISIT | MARIE CURIE HOSPICE | Committee for Health |
| 9:42 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 9:42 AM (11 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:53 AM (1 mins)
SR 2025/22 The Gaming (Gaming Machines in Registered Clubs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Suspension from 9:54 AM (12 mins)
Public from 10:06 AM (8 mins)
Sign Language Bill - Arrangements for Committee stage
Public from 10:14 AM (46 mins)
Briefing from the Minister for Communities
• Mr Gordon Lyons, Minister for Communities
• Mr Mark O'Donnell, DfC
• Mr Paddy Rooney, DfC
• Ms Emer Morelli, DfC
Suspension from 11:30 AM (6 mins)
Public from 11:36 AM (33 mins)
January monitoring - oral briefing from DFC officials
• Mr John Greer, DfC
• Ms Kathy Sands, DfC
• Ms Cherrie Arnold, DfC
Public from 12:09 PM (27 mins)
Employment Rights Bill Legislative Consent Motion - Oral briefing from the Department for Communities
• Mr Richard Jordan, DfC
• Ms Nichola Connery, DAERA
• Ms Donna Kavanagh, DoF
• Ms Kellie Sprott, DfE
Suspension from 12:36 PM (3 mins)
Public from 12:39 PM (27 mins)
Sign Language Bill - Briefing from RaISe
• Ms Karen McCallion, Research Officer
• Mr Aidan Stennett, Research Officer
Public from 1:06 PM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:16 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:16 AM (13 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:29 AM (17 mins)
SI - The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No2) Order 2025 - Briefing from the Department
• Mr Richard Coey, DAERA
• Ms Anna McMahon, DAERA
Public from 10:46 AM (27 mins)
Briefing from The Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs - The Suckler Cow Scheme and required Regulations
• Dr Rosemary Agnew, DAERA
• Ms Aveen McMullan, DAERA
Public from 11:13 AM (16 mins)
SL1 The Waste (Materials Facilities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
• Mr Karl Beattie, DAERA
• Mr Laurence McCann, DAERA
Suspension from 11:29 AM (18 mins)
Public from 11:47 AM (17 mins)
Budget 2025-26 - Response to the Committee for Finance
Departmental Written Briefing - Launch of Public Consultation on the Third Northern Ireland Climate Change Adaptation Programme (NICCAP3)
Departmental Written Briefing - Northern Ireland Environment Agency Planning Update
Departmental Written Briefing - Northern Ireland Environment Agency Wastewater Capacity
Public from 12:04 PM (4 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:07 PM | Senate Chamber | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:07 PM (18 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:25 PM (51 mins)
Inquiry into Access to General Practice in Northern Ireland - Evidence session - Patient and Client Coucil
• Ms Meadhbha Monaghan, Patient and Client Council
• Mr Peter Hutchinson, Patient and Client Council
• Ms Katherine McElroy, Patient and Client Council
Suspension from 3:16 PM (14 mins)
Public from 3:30 PM (100 mins)
Inquiry into Access to General Practice in Northern Ireland - Oral evidence from the British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners
• Dr Frances O'Hagan, British Medical Association NI
• Dr Ciaran Mullan, British Medical Association NI
• Dr Ursula Mason, Royal College of General Practitioners NI
• Dr Emma Murtagh, Royal College of General Practitioners NI
Closed from 5:10 PM (25 mins)
Inquiry into Access to General Practice in Northern Ireland - Discussion of oral evidence sessions
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Colette Kane, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 5:35 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:08 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Health
Public from 2:08 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business - Committee Business
Public from 2:17 PM (38 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Oral briefing - Public Health Bill
• Mr Chris Matthews, DoH
• Ms Anne McNally, DoH
• Dr Jillian Johnston, Public Health Agency
Public from 2:55 PM (91 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Oral briefing - Autism Strategy
• Mr Mark McGuicken, DoH
• Mr Nigel Chambers, DoH
• Mr Maurice Leeson, DoH
• Mr Paul Millar, DoH
Public from 4:26 PM (4 mins)
SL1: The Health and Personal Social Services (Optical Charges and Payments)
Public from 4:30 PM (13 mins)
Committee Inquiry: Access to Palliative Care Services - RaISe briefing
• Dr Grainne Crealey, Northern Ireland Assembly
Public from 4:43 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:15 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:15 PM (8 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:23 PM (33 mins)
Justice Bill - Biometrics – Assembly Research and Information Service oral briefing
• Ms Judith Bailie, Research Officer
Public from 2:56 PM (74 mins)
Justice Bill - Biometrics - Scottish Biometrics Commissioner oral evidence
• Dr Brian Plastow, Scottish Biometrics Commissioner
Public from 4:10 PM (35 mins)
SL1 The Electronic Monitoring Requirements (Responsible Officer) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 - Department of Justice oral evidence
• Mr Michael McAvoy, DoJ
• Ms Alison Redmond, DoJ
• Mr Matthew Neill, DoJ
Public from 4:45 PM (12 mins)
Justice Bill - Written papers
Police and Criminal Evidence (PACE) Codes of Practice - Outcome of consultation on revised codes
SL1 The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order (Codes of Practice) Order 2025
SL1 The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Provisions Relating to Live Links for Courts and Tribunals) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
Public from 4:57 PM (14 mins)
Committee Business
Crime and Policing Bill - Proposal for Legislative Consent |