| Time | Venue | Committee |
| Thursday 12 March 2026 |
| VISIT | CRAIGAVON AREA HOSPITAL | Committee for Health |
| 10:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (1 mins)
SL1 - The Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance (Rates of Allowances) (Amendments and Modifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
Public from 10:06 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Guaranteed Minimum Pension Increase Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
Public from 10:07 AM (1 mins)
SL1 The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
Public from 10:08 AM (2 mins)
Urology Services Inquiry Retention and Disposal Schedule
Public from 10:10 AM (1 mins)
Probation Board for Northern Ireland Retention and Disposal Schedule
Public from 10:11 AM (49 mins)
Children Services Co-operation Act (Northern Ireland) 2015: Oral evidence from Children’s Law Centre
• Mr Fergal McFerran, Children's Law Centre
• Ms Rachel Hogan, Children's Law Centre
Public from 11:03 AM (46 mins)
Children Services Co-operation Act (Northern Ireland) 2015: Oral evidence from the Department for Communities and Department of Finance
• Mr John McCord, DfC
• Mr Jeff McGuinness, DoF
Suspension from 11:49 AM (8 mins)
Public from 11:57 AM (27 mins)
Draft Local Government Code of Audit Practice: Oral Evidence from Local Government Auditor and Department for Communities
• Mr Brian O'Neill, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Dr Roger McCance, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Jeff Glass, DfC
Public from 12:24 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 30 | Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
Closed from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:05 AM (15 mins)
Regulation (EU) 2026/405 on detergents and surfactants, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 - Legal Advice
• Ms Caroline Byers, Legal Advisor
Public from 10:20 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:25 AM (30 mins)
Regulation (EU) 2026/405 on detergents and surfactants, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 - Departmental Oral Evidence
• Mr Colin Armstrong, DAERA
Public from 10:55 AM (5 mins)
COM(2023)769: Proposal for Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability - Consideration of Survey Responses
Public from 11:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Work Planning
Public from 11:05 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:06 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:06 AM (9 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:15 AM (90 mins)
Dilapidation Bill - Informal Clause by Clause Session
• Ms Aoibheann Baker, Assembly Clerk
Public from 11:45 AM (45 mins)
Dilapidation Bill - Evidence session with DAERA Bill Officials
• Mr Simon Webb, DAERA
• Mr Mark Allison, DAERA
Public from 12:30 PM (34 mins)
Departmental Oral Evidence Session - Departmental Response to the Independent Review of Environmental Governance in Northern Ireland – Final Report
• Mr Shane Doris, DAERA
• Ms Liz Loughran, Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Public from 1:04 PM (1 mins)
SL1 - The Climate Change (Just Transition Commission) Regulations (NI) 2026 - Departmental Evidence Session
• Ms Jane Corderoy, DAERA
• Mr John Early, DAERA
• Mr Ian Fleming, DAERA
Public from 1:05 PM (3 mins)
SL1 - Mandatory Use of Closed-Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses Regulations (NI) 2026 - Outcome of Citizen Space Survey
Departmental Written Briefing - Synopsis of Responses and Departmental Response to the Consultation on Recreational Fishing for Crabs and Lobsters
Departmental Written Briefing - Mobuoy Remediation Project – Draft Summary Report - Responses to the Public Consultation on the Draft Remediation Strategy for the Mobuoy Site
Public from 1:08 PM (7 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Health
Public from 2:00 PM (15 mins)
SL1 - The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
• Mr Canice Ward, Pharmaceutical Society NI
• Mr David McCann, Pharmaceutical Society NI
Closed from 2:15 PM (145 mins)
Adult Protection Bill - Committee deliberations
Public from 4:40 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 4:45 PM (5 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Safe and Effective Staffing Bill Overview
Public from 4:50 PM (5 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Transformation Agenda
Public from 4:55 PM (5 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - SPPG – Commissioning within Committee’s Strategic Priorities
Public from 5:00 PM (5 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Serious Adverse Incident (SAI) Procedure
Public from 5:05 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 5:25 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (105 mins)
Operation Kenova and Operation Denton - PSNI Chief Constable and Sir Iain Livingstone oral evidence
• Mr Jon Boutcher, Police Service of Northern Ireland
• Sir Iain Livingstone, Operation Kenova
Public from 3:50 PM (15 mins)
SR 2026/34 The Judgment Enforcement Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
SR 2026/35 The Court of Judicature (Non-Contentious Probate) Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
SR 2026/36 The County Court Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
SR 2026/37 The Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
SR 2026/38 The Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
SR 2026/39 The Court of Judicature Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill - Correspondence
Victims and Witnesses of Crime Bill - Pre-legislative scrutiny - Correspondence
Department of Justice Five-year Equality Action Plan and Disability Action Plans - Consultation on draft Action Plans - Department of Justice written paper
Domestic Abuse in Private Family Law Proceedings - RaISe written paper
Public from 4:05 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 4:15 PM (45 mins)
Justice Bill - Committee deliberations
• Mrs Liz Marsh, Assembly Clerk |
| 2:00 PM | Senate Chamber | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (115 mins)
Memorandum of Reply - Oral briefing from DfC on MOR on Child Poverty in NI
• Ms Emer Morelli, DfC
• Mr John McCord, DfC
• Ms Cherrie Arnold, DfC
• Stuart Stevenson, DoF
Closed from 4:00 PM (15 mins)
Inquiry into Road Openings by Utilities - Final Consideration of draft report
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Rodney Allen, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 4:15 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office |