The Director General’s Office
The Director General’s Office is made up of the following Business Areas, which report to the Clerk/Director General:
Office of the Speaker
The staff of the Speaker’s Office support the Speaker, the Principal Deputy Speaker and the Deputy Speakers in the exercise of their statutory and non-statutory duties.
Examiner of Statutory Rules
The role of the Examiner of Statutory Rules is to carry out the technical scrutiny of statutory rules (subordinate legislation) laid before the Assembly by the eleven Northern Ireland Departments. The Examiner reports on a regular basis to the Statutory Committees and the Assembly as a whole.