Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
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Chair: William McCrea MP MLA (Mid Ulster) (DUP)
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Deputy Chair:
Tom Elliott MLA
(Fermanagh & South Tyrone) (UUP)
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Members: P J Bradley MLA (South Down) (SDLP) ; Thomas Burns MLA (Antrim South) (SDLP); Allan Bresland MLA (West Tyrone) (DUP); Trevor Clarke MLA (Antrim South); Willie Clarke MLA (South Down) (Sinn Féin); Pat Doherty MP MLA (West Tyrone) (Sinn Féin); Mr William Irwin MLA (Newry & Armagh) (DUP); Francie Molloy MLA (Mid Ulster) (Sinn Féin); George Savage MLA (Upper Bann) (UUP).
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Areas of Responsibility:
Food, Farming and Environmental Policy, Agri-food Development, Veterinary Matters, Science Service, Rural Development, Forestry, Sea Fisheries and Rivers.
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Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee
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Chair:
Barry McElduff MLA
(West Tyrone) (Sinn Féin) |
Deputy Chair: David McNarry MLA
(Strangford) (UUP)
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Members: Dominic Bradley MLA (Newry & Armagh) (SDLP) ; Francie Brolly MLA (Londonderry East) (Sinn Féin) Lord Browne MLA (Belfast East) (DUP); Ken Robinson MLA (Antrim East) (UUP) ; Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) (Sinn Féin); Kieran McCarthy MLA (Strangford) (Alliance); Nelson McCausland MLA (Belfast North) (DUP); Pat Ramsey MLA (Foyle) (SDLP); Jim Shannon MLA (Strangford) (DUP).
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Areas of responsibility:
Arts and Culture, Sport and Leisure, Libraries and Museums, Armagh Planetarium, Ulster Historical Foundation, Inland Waterways, Inland Fisheries, Ordnance Survey, Public Record Office, Language Policy, Lottery Matters, and Visitor Amenities.
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Education Committee
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Chair: Sammy Wilson MP MLA (Antrim East) (DUP)
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Deputy Chair: Dominic Bradley MLA (Newry & Armagh) (SDLP)
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Members: Mary Bradley MLA (Foyle) (SDLP); John O'Dowd MLA (Upper Bann) (Sinn Féin); Trevor Lunn MLA (Lagan Valley) (Alliance); Basil McCrea MLA (Lagan Valley) (UUP); Nelson McCausland MLA (Belfast North) (DUP); Michelle McIlveen MLA (Strangford) (DUP); Michelle O’Neill MLA (Mid Ulster) (Sinn Féin); Ken Robinson MLA (Antrim East) (UUP); Mervyn Storey MLA (Antrim North) (DUP).
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Areas of Responsibility:
Schools Funding and Administration, Special Education, School Effectiveness, School Planning and Provision, Schools Inspectorate, Pre-school Education, Youth Service, Teachers (numbers and remuneration) and Education and Library Boards Appointments. |
Employment and Learning Committee
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Chair: Sue Ramsey MLA
(Belfast West) (Sinn Féin)
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Deputy Chair:
Jimmy Spratt MLA
(Belfast South) (DUP)
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Members: Alex Attwood MLA (Belfast West) (SDLP); Paul Butler MLA (Lagan Valley) (Sinn Féin); Anna Lo MLA (Belfast South) (Alliance); Nelson McCausland MLA (Belfast North) (DUP); David McClarty MLA (Londonderry East) (UUP); Basil McCrea MLA (Lagan Valley) (UUP); Claire McGill MLA (West Tyrone) (Sinn Féin); Robin Newton MLA (Belfast East) (DUP); Alastair Ross MLA (Antrim East) (DUP).
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Areas of Responsibility:
Higher Education, Further Education, Vocational Training, Employment Services, Employment Law and Labour Relations, Teacher Training and Teacher Education, Student Support, Postgraduate Awards and Training Grants, Investors in People and National Training Awards.
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Enterprise, Trade and Investment Committee
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Chair: Mark Durkan MP MLA
(Foyle) (SDLP) |
Deputy Chair: Jennifer McCann MLA
(Belfast West) (Sinn Féin)
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Members: Paul Butler MLA (Lagan Valley) (Sinn Féin); Leslie Cree MLA (North Down) (UUP); Simon Hamilton MLA (Strangford) (DUP); Alasdair McDonnell MP MLA (Belfast South) (SDLP); Alan McFarland MLA (North Down) (UUP); Gerry McHugh MLA (Fermanagh & South Tyrone) (Independent); Sean Neeson MLA (Antrim East) (Alliance); Robin Newton MLA (Belfast East) (DUP); David Simpson MP MLA (Upper Bann) (DUP).
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Areas of Responsibility:
Economic Development Policy, Industry, Invest NI, Research and Development, Tourism, Health and Safety Executive, Company Regulation, Company Training Grants Schemes, Employment Medical Advisory Service, Consumer Affairs, Energy Policy, Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation (NIAUR) (formerly Ofreg), Minerals and Petroleum Unit, NICO, Company Development Programme and Explorers.
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Environment Committee
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Chair: Patsy McGlone MLA
(Mid Ulster) (SDLP) |
Deputy Chair: Cathal Boylan MLA
(Newry & Armagh) (Sinn Féin)
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Members: Billy Armstrong MLA (Mid Ulster) (UUP); Trevor Clarke MLA (Antrim South) (DUP); David Ford MLA (Antrim South) (Alliance); Tommy Gallagher MLA (Fermanagh & South Tyrone) (SDLP); Samuel Gardiner MLA (Upper Bann) (UUP); Ian McCrea MLA (Mid Ulster) (DUP); Daithí McKay MLA (Antrim North) (Sinn Féin); Alastair Ross MLA (Antrim East) (DUP); Peter Weir MLA (North Down) (DUP). |
Areas of Responsibility:
Planning Control, Protection of the Countryside, Pollution Control, Wildlife Protection, Environment and Heritage, Waste Management, Local Government, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Road Safety, Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency, Mineral Resources (planning aspects), Transport Licensing and Enforcement and Water Quality.
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Finance and Personnel Committee
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Chair: Mitchel McLaughlin MLA
(Antrim South) (Sinn Féin)
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Deputy Chair: Mervyn Storey MLA
(Antrim North) (DUP)
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Members: Roy Beggs MLA (Antrim East) (UUP); Stephen Farry MLA (North Down) (Alliance); Simon Hamilton MLA (Strangford) (DUP); Fra McCann MLA (Belfast West) (Sinn Féin); Jennifer McCann MLA (Belfast West) (Sinn Féin); Adrian McQuillan MLA (Londonderry East) (DUP); Declan O’Loan MLA (Antrim North) (SDLP); Dawn Purvis MLA (Belfast East) (PUP); Peter Weir MLA (North Down) (DUP).
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Areas of Responsibility:
Finance, Personnel, IT and Common Services, Accommodation, Legal Services, NI Statistics and Research Agency, Land Registry, Rates Collection Agency, Valuation and Lands Agency, Construction Service, NI Construction Industry Advisory Council, Government Purchasing Agency, Office of Law Reform, Business Development Service.
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Health, Social Services and Public Safety Committee
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Chair: Iris Robinson MP, MLA
(Strangford) (DUP) |
Deputy Chair: Michelle O'Neill MLA
(Mid Ulster) (Sinn Féin)
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Members: Thomas Buchanan MLA (West Tyrone) (DUP); Robert Coulter MLA (Antrim North) (UUP); Kieran Deeny MLA (West Tyrone) (Independent); Alex Easton MLA (North Down) (DUP); Tommy Gallagher MLA (Fermanagh & South Tyrone) (SDLP); Carmel Hanna MLA (Belfast South) (SDLP); John McCallister MLA (South Down) (UUP); Claire McGill MLA (West Tyrone) (Sinn Féin); Sue Ramsey MLA (Belfast West) (Sinn Féin).
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Areas of Responsibility:
Health, Social Services, Public Health and Safety, Health Promotion, Fire Authority.
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Regional Development Committee
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Chair: Fred Cobain MLA
(Belfast North) (UUP) |
Deputy Chair: Jim Wells MLA
(South Down) (DUP)
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Members: Cathal Boylan MLA (Newry & Armagh) (Sinn Féin); Willie Clarke MLA (South Down) (Sinn Féin); John Dallat MLA (Londonderry East) (SDLP); William Irwin MLA (Newry & Armagh) (DUP); John McCallister MLA (South Down) (UUP); Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) (Sinn Féin); Stephen Moutray MLA (Upper Bann) (UUP); George Robinson MLA (Londonderry East) (DUP); Brian Wilson MLA (North Down) (Green).
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Areas of Responsibility:
Transport Planning, Public Transport, Roads, Rail, Ports and Airports, City Visioning, Water (rates) and Strategic Planning.
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Social Development Committee
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Chair: Gregory Campbell MP MLA
(Londonderry East) (DUP) |
Deputy Chair: David Hilditch MLA
(Antrim East) (DUP)
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Members: Micky Brady MLA (Newry & Armagh) (Sinn Féin); Thomas Burns MLA (Antrim South) (SDLP); Fred Cobain MLA (Belfast North) (UUP); Jonathan Craig MLA (Lagan Valley) (DUP); Anna Lo MLA (Belfast South) (Alliance); Alban Maginness MLA (Belfast North) (SDLP); Fra McCann MLA (Belfast West) (Sinn Féin); Michelle McIlveen MLA(Strangford) (DUP); Carál Ní Chuilín MLA (Belfast North) (Sinn Féin)
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Areas of Responsibility:
Housing Executive and housing policy, Urban renewal and Laganside Corporation, Community sector and Voluntary Activity Unit, Rent Assessment Panel and Housing Benefit Review Boards, Social Security Agency, Social Legislation, Child Support Agency and Appeals Service.
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Standing Committees
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Committee for the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister
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Chair: Danny Kennedy MLA
(Newry & Armagh) (UUP) |
Deputy Chair: Naomi Long MLA
(Belfast East) (Alliance)
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Members: Martina Anderson MLA (Foyle) (Sinn Féin), Tom Elliott MLA (Fermanagh & South Tyrone) (UUP), Barry McElduff MLA (West Tyrone) (Sinn Féin), Francie Molloy MLA (Mid Ulster) (Sinn Féin), Stephen Moutray MLA (Upper Bann) (DUP), Dolores Kelly MLA (Upper Bann) (SDLP), Jim Shannon MLA (Strangford) (DUP), Jimmy Spratt MLA (Belfast South) (DUP), Jim Wells MLA (South Down) (DUP).
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Areas of Responsibility:
Functions carried out by the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister including Economic Policy Unit (other than the Programme for Government), Equality Unit, Civic Forum, European Affairs and International Matters, Community Relations, Public Appointments Policy, Freedom of Information, Victims, Nolan Standards, Public Service Office, Emergency Planning, Women's Issues and functions relating to the Planning Appeals Commission and the Water Appeals Commission.
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Committee on Procedures
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Chair: Lord Morrow of Clogher Valley (Maurice Morrow) MLA (Fermanagh & South Tyrone) (DUP) |
Deputy Chair: Mervyn Storey MLA
(Antrim North) (DUP)
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Members: Mickey Brady MLA (Newry & Armagh) (Sinn Féin); Francie Brolly MLA (Londonderry East) (Sinn Féin); Lord Browne MLA (Belfast East) (DUP); Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) (Sinn Féin); David McClarty MLA (Londonderry East) (UUP); Adrian McQuillan MLA (Londonderry East) (DUP); Sean Neeson MLA (Antrim East) (Alliance); Declan O’Loan MLA (Antrim North) (SDLP); Ken Robinson MLA (Antrim East) (UUP).
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Areas of Responsibility:
To monitor the working of the Assembly
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Business Committee
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Chair: William Hay MLA (Foyle) (DUP)
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Members: Billy Armstrong MLA (Mid Ulster) (UUP); PJ Bradley MLA (South Down) (SDLP); Paul Maskey MLA (Belfast West) (Sinn Féin); Kieran McCarthy MLA (Strangford) (Alliance); Patsy McGlone MLA (Mid Ulster) (SDLP); David McNarry MLA (Strangford) (UUP); Lord Morrow MLA (Fermanagh & South Tyrone) (DUP); Carál Ní Chuilín MLA (Belfast North) (Sinn Féin); Peter Weir MLA (North Down) (DUP).
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Areas of Responsibility:
To timetable Assembly business
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Public Accounts Committee
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Chair: Paul Maskey MLA
(Belfast West) (Sinn Féin) |
Deputy Chair: Roy Beggs Jnr MLA
(Antrim East) (UUP)
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Members: Jonathan Craig MLA (Lagan Valley) (DUP); John Dallat MLA (Londonderry East) (SDLP); Simon Hamilton MLA (Strangford) (DUP); David Hilditch MLA (Antrim East) (DUP); Trevor Lunn MLA (Lagan Valley) (Alliance); Ian McCrea MLA (Mid Ulster) (DUP); Thomas Burns MLA (Antrim South) (SDLP); Mitchel McLaughlin MLA (Antrim South) (Sinn Féin); Dawn Purvis MLA (Belfast East) (PUP).
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Areas of Responsibility:
Consider reports of public bodies' accounts
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Committee on Standards and Privileges
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Chair: Carmel Hanna MLA
(Belfast South) (SDLP) |
Deputy Chair: Willie Clarke MLA (South Down) (Sinn Féin)
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Members: Allan Bresland MLA (West Tyrone) (DUP); Francie Brolly MLA (Londonderry East) (DUP); Robert Coulter MLA (Antrim North) (UUP); Alex Easton MLA (North Down) (DUP); David Hilditch MLA (Antrim East) (DUP); Paul Maskey MLA (Belfast West) (Sinn Féin); Alastair Ross MLA (Antrim East) (DUP); George Savage MLA (Upper Bann) (UUP); Brian Wilson MLA (North Down) (Green)
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Areas of Responsibility:
Monitor Members conduct and interests
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Audit Committee
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Chair: Robin Newton MLA
(Belfast East) (DUP) |
Deputy Chair: Samuel Gardiner MLA (Upper Bann) (UUP)
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Members: Stephen Farry MLA (North Down) (Alliance); John O’Dowd MLA (Upper Bann) (Sinn Féin); Pat Ramsey MLA (Foyle) (SDLP).
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Areas of Responsibility:
Will take on some responsibilities currently held by the Department of Finance and Personnel
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Assembly and Executive Review Committee
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Chair: Jimmy Spratt MLA
(Belfast South) (DUP) |
Deputy Chair: Raymond McCartney MLA (Foyle) (Sinn Féin)
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Members: Alex Attwood MLA (Belfast West) (SDLP); Carmel Hanna MLA (Belfast South) (SDLP); Danny Kennedy MLA (Newry & Armagh) (UUP); Alex Maskey MLA (Belfast South) (Sinn Féin); Nelson McCausland MLA (Belfast North) (DUP); Ian McCrea MLA (Mid Ulster) (DUP); Alan McFarland MLA (North Down) (UUP); John O’Dowd MLA (Upper Bann) (Sinn Féin); George Robinson MLA (Londonderry East) (DUP).
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Areas of Responsibility:
To review efficiency and value for money of the Institutions. |
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