Today's Business

Thursday 19 March 2026


* Committee Business relates to non-substantive items of business such as the consideration of minutes of the previous meeting and consideration of correspondence or matters arising from previous meetings
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Thursday 19 March 2026
10:00 AMRoom 21Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business

Closed from 10:05 AM (70 mins)
Dilapidation Bill - Dilapidation Bill – Informal Clause by Clause Session

Public from 11:15 AM (15 mins)
Dilapidation Bill - Evidence session with DAERA Bill Officials
• Mr Simon Webb, DAERA
• Mr Mark Allison, DAERA

Public from 11:30 AM (40 mins)
SL1 - Mandatory Use of Closed-Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses Regulations (NI) 2026
• Mr Neal Gartland, DAERA
• Mr Christopher Andrews, DAERA
• Mr Barry McGarvey, DAERA
• Mr Chris Wade, DAERA

Public from 12:10 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business
10:00 AMRoom 29Committee for Communities

Public from 10:00 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:03 AM (48 mins)
Housing (Amendment) Bill 2026: Pre-introductory evidence from the Department for Communities
• Ms Heloise Brown, DfC
• Mr Stephen Baird, DfC

Public from 10:51 AM (57 mins)
Funding for social housing: Oral evidence from NIFHA
• Mr Seamus Leheny, Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations
• Mr Michael Rafferty, Choice Housing Ireland
• Ms Jan Sloan, Clanmil Housing Association
• Mr Barry Kerr, Apex Housing Association
• Anita Conway, Radius Housing

Suspension from 11:48 AM (9 mins)

Closed from 11:57 AM (37 mins)
The Northern Ireland Football Fund: Oral evidence from the Department for Communities (closed session)
• Ms Emer Morelli, DfC
• Mr Iain Greenway, DfC
• Ms Joanna Gray, DfC

Public from 12:34 PM (16 mins)
SL1 The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims And Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
• Ms Hayley Ward, DfC
• Ms Catrina Coulter, DfC

Public from 12:50 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business
10:04 AMRoom 30Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee

Public from 10:04 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 10:05 AM (21 mins)
Regulation (EU) 2026/405 on detergents and surfactants, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 - Departmental Oral Evidence
• Mr Colin Armstrong, DAERA
• Ms Adele Willis, DAERA
• Ms Donna Acheson, DAERA

Public from 10:26 AM (1 mins)
Committee Work Planning

Public from 10:27 AM (8 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 29Committee for Health

Public from 2:00 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 2:01 PM (4 mins)
SL1 - The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Public from 2:05 PM (5 mins)
SR 2026/21 The Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Public from 2:10 PM (5 mins)
Draft SI The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Public from 2:15 PM (60 mins)
Health Trust Overview - Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
• Ms Maxine Paterson, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
• Mr Neil Sinclair, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service

Public from 3:15 PM (2 mins)
Business Office Departmental Minutes on Contingent Liabilities

Public from 3:17 PM (3 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - ADHD Services for Adult and Children Overview

Public from 3:20 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business

Closed from 3:25 PM (105 mins)
Adult Protection Bill - Committee Deliberations

Public from 5:10 PM (15 mins)
Adult Protection Bill - Committee Amendments

Public from 5:25 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
2:00 PMRoom 30Committee for Justice

Closed from 2:00 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business

Justice Bill - Deliberations

Public from 2:30 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business

Public from 2:35 PM (25 mins)
Justice Bill - Clause by Clause scrutiny

Public from 3:00 PM (60 mins)
An Inspection of Child Criminal Exploitation in Northern Ireland - Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland oral evidence
• Ms Jacqui Durkin, Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland
• Ms Maureen Erne, Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland

Public from 4:00 PM (10 mins)
SL1 The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order (Codes of Practice) Order 2025

Public from 4:10 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business

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