Welcome to the Northern Ireland Assembly
Useful links
- Watch live coverage of today's Committee meetings...
- Catch up with the latest coverage of Plenary and Committee meetings
- Latest consultations
- Latest Order Papers
- Written Questions
- Question Time rota and schedule of questions
- Primary Legislation
- Assembly Committees
- Official Report (Hansard)
- Latest Written Ministerial Statements
- Assembly Explained - articles, videos and podcasts demystifying the work of the Assembly
Featured News
Read the featured news from the Northern Ireland Assembly.
- PRESS RELEASE: Public Accounts Committee Expresses Concern Over Slow Implementation of RHI Report Recommendations
- PRESS RELEASE: Procedures Committee to Introduce Proxy Voting for MLAs
- PRESS RELEASE: Assembly Finance Committee to Undertake an Inquiry on Financial Services in Northern Ireland
- Miss the Older People's Parliament on 12 October 2024? Watch it back to see what was debated...
- Joint Communiqué: Ninth Plenary of the North/South Inter-Parliamentary Association
- Watch our virtual tour of Parliament Buildings
- View the latest tender opportunities...
- Brexit and Beyond - learn more about Brexit and Northern Ireland. Stay up-to-date with the latest developments.
Recruitment Opportunities
Current recruitment opportunities in the Northern Ireland Assembly:
- Assistant Assembly Clerk - Clerking (Deadline for applications - 12pm Monday 18 November 2024)
- Payroll Supervisor (Deadline for applications - 12pm Friday 8 November 2024)
Further information:
Inquiries, Consultations and Calls for Evidence - Have your say
As part of their regular scrutiny duties, Committees may ask stakeholders and members of the public for their views and submissions on a particular subject or piece of legislation.
This is a chance for you to have your say and help Committees with their work.
We have a dedicated Citizen Space hub for our consultations which you can visit to see what is currently being consulted upon.
You can check out current calls for evidence below:
Please note that these consultation links will take you to our Citizen Space site.
- Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee inquiry into proposed EU regulation on the welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability (survey closes Friday 8 November 2024) [EXTERNAL LINK]
- Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee Inquiry into proposed replacement EU act on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (survey closes Tuesday 12 November 2024) [EXTERNAL LINK]
- Committee for Education Inquiry into Relationship and Sexuality Education (survey closes Tuesday 19 November 2024) [EXTERNAL LINK]
- Have your say on the issues that should be debated in the Women's Parliament in February 2025. Find out more and complete the survey (survey closes 28 November 2024) [EXTERNAL LINK]
- Committee for Health Inquiry into Access to Palliative Care Services (survey closes Friday 10 January 2024)
View the status of all our consultations by visiting our Citizen Space hub hompage [EXTERNAL LINK]
You can also view previous calls for evidence on our Citizen Space 'Find activities' page [EXTERNAL LINK]
Assembly Business
The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature for Northern Ireland. It is responsible for making laws on transferred matters in Northern Ireland and for scrutinising the work of Ministers and Government Departments.
25 years of the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement
Information on the programme of events, tours and exhibition to mark 25 years since the signing of the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement:
