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Assembly and Executive Review Committee

This Committee has been established to exercise the functions set out in Section 29A and 29B of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, and Standing Order 54 which provide for the Committee to:

- consider matters relating to the functioning of the Assembly or the Executive Committee as may be referred to it by the Assembly.

- consider the operation of Sections 16A to 16C of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and, in particular, whether to recommend that the Secretary of State should make an order amending that Act and any other enactment so far as may be necessary to secure that they have effect, as from the date of the election of the 2011 Assembly, as if the executive selection amendments had not been made.

- make a report to the Secretary of State, the Assembly and the Executive Committee, by no later than 1 May 2015, on the operation of Parts 3 and 4 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Membership (11)

Democratic Unionist Party Mr Jimmy Spratt (Chairperson)1
  Mr Nigel Dodds4
  Mr Simon Hamilton 3
  Mr Ian Paisley Jnr3
Sinn Fein Mr Raymond McCartney (Deputy Chairperson)
  Mr Alex Maskey 2
  Mr John O'Dowd
Social Democratic and Labour Party Mr Alex Attwood
  Mr Declan O'Loan 6
Ulster Unionist Party Mr Danny Kennedy
  Mr Alan McFarland

Committee Clerk: Stephen Graham
Address: Room 428, Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, BT4 3XX
Telephone: (028) 9052 1784
Fax: (028) 9052 1597
E-mail: committee.assembly&executivereview@niassembly.gov.uk

1 Mr Jeffrey Donaldson resigned from the Committee with effect from Tuesday, 26 February 2008 and was replaced by Mr Jimmy Spratt on 04 March 2008
2 With effect from 20 May Mr Alex Maskey replaced Ms Carál Ní Chuilín
3 With effect from 15 September 2008 Mr Simon Hamilton replaced Mr Ian McCrea and Mr Ian Paisley Jnr replaced Mr George Robinson
4 With effect from 15 September 2009 Mr Nigel Dodds replaced Mr Nelson McCausland
5 With effect from 15 January 2010 Mrs Carmel Hanna resigned as an MLA
6 With effect from 26 January 2010 Mr Declan O'Loan replaced Mrs Carmel Hanna