| Time | Venue | Committee |
| Wednesday 17 September 2025 |
| 10:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:00 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:15 AM (45 mins)
Water, Sustainable Drainage and Flood Management Bill - Assembly Research and Information Service – Oral Briefing
• Mr Desmond McKibbin, Research Officer
Public from 11:00 AM (60 mins)
Water, Sustainable Drainage and Flood Management Bill - Department for Infrastructure – Oral Evidence
• Ms Alison Clydesdale, DfI
• Mr Stuart Wightman, Department for Infrastructure
• Mr Jim McComish, DfI
• Ms Julie-Ann Dutton, DfI
Public from 12:00 PM (15 mins)
SR 2025-138 The Penalty Charges (Prescribed Devices) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
SL1 - The U324 Cannyreagh Road, Donaghadee (Stopping-Up) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
SL1 - The Mill Avenue, Belfast (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
SL1 - The U1105 Killybracken Road, Dungannon (Abandonment and Stopping-Up) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
Subordinate Legislation - SL1s - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
Public from 12:15 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (70 mins)
Oral and written evidence – AI Collaboration Centre and the Chief Scientific and Technology Adviser – AI and the NI economy
• Professor Helen McCarthy, Office for Science and Technology, TEO
• David Crozier CBE, AI Collaboration Centre
• Professor Michaela Black, AI Collaboration Centre
• Patrick McGirr, AI Collaboration Centre
Public from 11:15 AM (20 mins)
Assembly Research brief on social enterprises in Northern Ireland
• Nathan Mulholland, Research Officer
Public from 11:35 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:02 AM | Room 21 | Audit Committee
Public from 10:02 AM (4 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:06 AM (2 mins)
Committee consideration of Annual Reports and Accounts - Northern Ireland Assembly Commission, Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 10:08 AM (29 mins)
Evidence Session on Budget 2026-2029/30 - Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Rodney Allen, Northern Ireland Audit Office
• Mr Brian O'Neill, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Public from 10:37 AM (33 mins)
Evidence Session on Budget 2026-2029/30 - Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman
• Ms Margaret Kelly, Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman
• Mr Sean Martin, Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman
• Mr Michael McClean, Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman
Public from 11:10 AM (19 mins)
Evidence Session on Budget 2026-2029/30 - Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
• Mrs Lesley Hogg, Northern Ireland Assembly
• Paula McClintock, Northern Ireland Assembly
Public from 11:29 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:30 AM (6 mins)
Committee draft response on Fiscal Council Bill
Closed from 11:36 AM (39 mins)
Committee Scrutiny of Clause 20 of Administrative and Financial Provisions Bill - Briefing from Assembly Legal Services
Closed from 12:15 PM (1 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Education
Public from 2:00 PM (35 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:35 PM (22 mins)
Terms of Reference for the SEN Review
Public from 2:57 PM (67 mins)
SEN Placements - Oral Briefing by the Autism Reviewer
• Ms Ema Cubitt, DoH
Public from 4:04 PM (41 mins)
SEN Placements - Oral Briefing by EA Officials
• Mr Dale Hanna, Education Authority
• Mr Peter Canavan, Education Authority
• Dr Tomas Adell, Education Authority
Public from 4:50 PM (35 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 21 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:15 PM (45 mins)
Oral Briefing: Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill - The Consultative Forum
• Prof. Marie Breen Smyth, Victims' and Survivors' Consultative Forum
Public from 3:00 PM (45 mins)
Oral Briefing: Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill - Birth Mothers and their Children for Justice
• Ms Oonagh McAleer, Birth Mothers and their Children for Justice N.I.
• Ms Mechelle Dillon, Birth Mothers and their Children for Justice N.I.
Public from 3:45 PM (45 mins)
Oral Briefing: Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill - Truth Recovery NI
• Ms Maria Arbuckle, Truth Recovery NI
• Mr Paul McClarey, Truth Recovery NI
Public from 4:30 PM (45 mins)
Oral Briefing: Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill - Birth Mothers and their Children Together
• Ms Adele Johnstone, Birth Mothers and their Children Together
• Ms Barbara McCann, Birth Mothers and their Children Together
Public from 5:15 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:07 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:07 PM (13 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:20 PM (5 mins)
Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Bill - Agreement of Committee Report
Public from 2:25 PM (56 mins)
Administrative and Financial Provisions Bill - Oral briefing from RaISe
• Mrs Eileen Regan, Senior Researcher
Closed from 3:21 PM (20 mins)
Administrative and Financial Provisions Bill - Motion to extend Committee Stage and Bill Clerk Briefing
• Mr Stephen Orme, Assembly Clerk
Closed from 3:41 PM (13 mins)
Northern Ireland Fiscal Council Bill - Motion to extend Committee Stage & Bill Clerk Briefing
• Mr Stephen Orme, Assembly Clerk
Public from 3:54 PM (4 mins)
Public from 4:00 PM (15 mins)
Land Registration - Land Registration Legislation Project consultation launch – written briefing by Department of Finance
Public from 5:15 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |