Order Paper
Date: 24 March 2026
The Assembly to sit at 10.30am.
Indicative timings for order of business.
1. Prayers
2. Members’ Statements
3. Executive Committee Business
Final Stage: Insolvency (Amendment) Bill (NIA Bill 20/22-27)
Minister for the Economy
Consideration Stage: Sign Language Bill (NIA Bill 10/22-27)
Minister for Communities
Consideration Stage: Hospital Parking Charges Bill (NIA Bill 29/22-27)
Minister of Health
Consideration Stage: RHI (Closure of Non-Domestic Scheme) Bill (NIA Bill 22/22-27)
Minister for the Economy
Motion: The draft Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Proposed:
That the draft Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2026 be approved.
Minister of Health
Motion: The draft Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Miscarriage) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
Proposed:
That the draft Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Miscarriage) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 be approved.
Minister for the Economy
4. Question Time
5. Private Members’ Business
Motion: Renewables to Enhance Northern Ireland’s Energy Security
Proposed:
That this Assembly expresses grave concern at the impact of energy price rises on families and businesses due to conflict in the Middle East; further expresses grave concern that Northern Ireland already had the highest fuel poverty rate in the UK and that this is likely to be compounded by the sharp rise in prices; recognises that Northern Ireland’s dependence on volatile global energy markets is a major risk to our energy security and will always leave local households exposed to internationally-driven price spikes; agrees that greater renewable energy generation offers the clearest and lowest-cost pathway to enhance Northern Ireland’s energy security and, as a result, stable and lower costs for consumers; further agrees that delivering this transition will require stronger north–south collaboration on energy infrastructure, grid connectivity and market integration; condemns those seeking to roll back on renewable energy targets and inhibiting delivery of the North-South Interconnector; regrets that, according to the Northern Ireland Audit Office, there have been significant flaws in implementing the NI Energy Strategy; and calls on the Minister for the Economy to deliver a comprehensive plan to end Northern Ireland’s dependence on planet-killing fossil fuels and deliver a green energy transition.
Mr David Honeyford
Ms Kate Nicholl
6. Adjournment
A1 Junctions Phase 2
Mr Eóin Tennyson
