| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 07 October 2024 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Tuesday 08 October 2024 |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:00 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:00 PM (60 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 09 October 2024 |
| 10:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:00 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:10 AM (60 mins)
Draft Programme for Government 2024-27 – Department for Infrastructure – Oral Evidence
Ms Alison Clydesdale, DfI
Mrs Rosemary Daly, DfI
Mr Liam McEvoy, DfI
Ms Adele Watters, DfI
Public from 11:10 AM (30 mins)
Ports Review Consultation - Department for Infrastructure – Oral Evidence
Ms Sian Kerr, DfI
Mr Seamus O'Hare, DfI
Mrs Adele Campbell, DfI
Public from 11:40 AM (30 mins)
SL1 - The Trunk Road T3 [(Western Transport Corridor – Sion Mills (North) to Ballygawley (West)] Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 - Department for Infrastructure - Oral Evidence
Mr Colin Hutchinson, DfI
Mr Seamus Keenan, DfI
Mr David Millar, DfI
Public from 12:10 PM (10 mins)
SR 2024-165 The Armagh Road Moy (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
SR 2024-166 The Moyraverty Centre, Craigavon (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
SL1 - The Coopers Mill Park, Dundonald (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
SL1 - The Drumna Walk, Lurgan (Abandonment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
Subordinate Legislation - SL1s - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
Subordinate Legislation - SRs - Not Subject to Assembly Proceedings
Public from 12:20 PM (10 mins)
Proposals in a range of Road Traffic and Vehicle Policy Areas – Department for Infrastructure – Written Briefing
Public from 12:30 PM (5 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 (55 mins)
Net Zero – oral and written evidence
Professor David Rooney, Queen's University Belfast
Public from 11:00 AM (60 mins)
PfG, Business Plan, Transformation – Department for the Economy - oral and written evidence
Mr Ian Snowden, DfE
Mr Shane Murphy, DfE
Mr Michael Kennedy, TEO
Public from 12:00 PM (55 mins)
Decarbonisation of housing and related skills development – oral and written evidence
Mr David Little, Forum for Better Homes NI
Anita Conway, Radius Housing
Ciaran Fox, RSUA
Gavin McGuire, Federation of Master Builders Northern Ireland
Public from 12:55 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 21 | Committee on Procedures
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:05 AM (30 mins)
Proxy Voting for Parental Leave in Plenary - Consideration of Draft Standing Order and Motion
Closed from 10:35 AM (30 mins)
Proxy Voting for Parental Leave in Plenary - Committee Draft Report
Closed from 11:05 AM (30 mins)
Annual Debate on the Executive’s Legislative Timetable – Legal Advice and Draft Standing Order
Ms Alice McKelvey, Legal Advisor
Closed from 11:35 AM (30 mins)
Schedule 6B of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 - Provision for the Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee in Standing Orders – Committee Consideration
Public from 12:05 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Education
Public from 2:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:15 PM (45 mins)
Relationships and Sexuality Education Inquiry - Oral Briefing from NSPCC
Ms Déarbhla Sloan, NSPCC
Ms Karen Walker, NSPCC
Caroline Cunningham, NSPCC
Public from 3:00 PM (45 mins)
Relationships and Sexuality Education Inquiry - Oral Briefing from the Transferor Representatives' Council
Dr Andrew Brown, Presbyterian Church in Ireland
Dr Anita Gracie, Methodist Church in Ireland
Dr Rebecca Stevenson, Presbyterian Church in Ireland
Public from 3:45 PM (45 mins)
Daily Mile - Oral Briefing
Dr Barbara McConnell, Stranmillis University College
Dr Brenda McKay Redmond, Stranmillis University College
Dr Gavin Breslin, The Daily Mile Network Northern Ireland
Public from 4:30 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 21 | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:15 PM (30 mins)
Banking Issues - RaISe – Oral briefing – Banking Service Provision
Mr Michael Scholes, Research Officer
Public from 2:45 PM (60 mins)
Banking Issues - The financial landscape in UK & Ireland - Oral briefing from the Financial Services Union
John Burns, Financial Services Union
John O'Connell, Financial Services Union
Brian McDowell, Financial Services Union
Public from 3:45 PM (30 mins)
Banking Issues - Banking Hubs in NI – Oral Briefing from Cash Access UK
Gareth Oakley, Cash Access UK
Public from 4:15 PM (20 mins)
Outturn and Forecast Outturn - Data for August 2024-25 – Written briefing
Public from 4:35 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (60 mins)
Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Strategic Framework - Departmental Officials - Oral Briefing
Public from 3:05 PM (40 mins)
Mother and Baby Institutions - Donation of Bodies for Anatomical Research - QUB Oral Briefing
Professor Alan Smyth, Queen's University Belfast
Mr Alistair Finlay, Queen's University Belfast
Public from 3:45 PM (40 mins)
Mother and Baby Institutions - Records and Access to Data - PRONI and Human Rights Commission - Oral Briefing
Mr David Huddleston, Public Records Office Northern Ireland
Mr Wesley Geddis, Public Records Office Northern Ireland
Ms Joy Carey, Public Records Office Northern Ireland
Ms Alyson Kilpatrick, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Dr Hannah Russell, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Ms Emma Osbourne, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Public from 4:25 PM (5 mins)
SR 2024-XXX The Period Products (Executive Office Specified Public Service Bodies) Regulations (NI) 2024
Public from 4:30 PM (5 mins)
Inquiry into Gaps in Equality Legislation - Update
Public from 4:35 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 10 October 2024 |
| VISIT | Oireachtas | Committee for Health |
| 10:00 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (60 mins)
Briefing from The Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs - DAERA Business Plan & Draft Programme for Government 2024-27
Mr David Simpson, DAERA
Mr Hugh Quinn, DAERA
Closed from 11:05 AM (30 mins)
Draft Programme for Government 2024-2027 - Committee response to TEO Committee
Public from 11:35 AM (20 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Update on the Ruminant Genetics Programme
Environmental Improvement Plan for Northern Ireland
Public from 11:55 AM (20 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:00 AM (20 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:20 AM (30 mins)
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill - Oral Briefing from CIPD
Mr Charles Cotton, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Public from 10:50 AM (30 mins)
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill - Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) – Oral briefing from Institute for Fiscal Studies
Mr Jonathan Cribb, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Public from 11:20 AM (30 mins)
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill - Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) – Oral briefing from University of Stirling
Dr Rachel Scarfe, University of Stirling
Public from 11:50 AM (45 mins)
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill - Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) – Committee deliberations on the clauses of the Bill
Ms Hayley Ward, DfC
Mr Richard Jordan, DfC
Public from 12:35 PM (15 mins)
SR 2024/160 The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Public from 12:50 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business - Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 30 | Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
Closed from 10:00 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:01 AM (15 mins)
Regulation (EU) 2024/2516 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products - Legal Advice
Public from 10:16 AM (1 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:17 AM (30 mins)
Regulation (EU) 2024/2516 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products - Departmental Oral Evidence
Public from 10:47 AM (5 mins)
COM (2022) 461 – Single Market Emergency Instrument (Regulation)
Public from 10:52 AM (5 mins)
COM (2022) 462 – Single Market Emergency Instrument (Directive)
Public from 10:57 AM (3 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Closed from 2:00 PM (40 mins)
Committee Business
Post-legislative scrutiny - Committee approach
Justice Bill - Committee approach
Public from 2:40 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Justice Bill - extension of Committee stage
Public from 2:50 PM (60 mins)
Mental health and the criminal justice system - Cardiff University School of Medicine oral evidence session
Professor Andrew Forrester, Cardiff University
Public from 3:50 PM (45 mins)
Programme for Government - Department of Justice oral evidence session
Hugh Widdis, DoJ
Ms Deborah Brown, DoJ
Dr David Lennox, DoJ
Public from 4:35 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 21 | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 2:05 PM (55 mins)
Inquiry into Child Poverty in Northern Ireland - Formal Consideration of draft report
Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Mr Tomas Wilkinson, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Mr Barry Mitchell, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Ms Claire Turner, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:00 PM (30 mins)
Inquiry into Major Capital Project - Follow-up Report - Issues Paper
Ms Dorinnia Carville, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Mr Kyle Bingham, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Mr Patrick Barr, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Ms Suzanne Murphy, Northern Ireland Audit Office
Closed from 3:30 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |