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Featured News

Read the featured news from the Northern Ireland Assembly.

• PRESS RELEASE: Speaker Hosts Joint Ceremony at Parliament Buildings to Confer Honorary Doctorates on US Economic Envoy
• PRESS RELEASE: Assembly’s Health Committee Seeks Views on Access to Palliative Care
• PRESS RELEASE: Handling of Child Poverty was "Catalogue of Failures" says Assembly Committee
• 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:

• There are no current recruitment opportunities. Please check back soon for new opportunities.

Further information:

• For more information, to learn about temporary opportunities and to sign up for updates, visit our recruitment website.

Consultations on Members' Bills Proposals

• Gerry Carroll MLA has initiated a consultation for his People’s Housing Bill. Find out more…
• John Blair MLA has initiated a consultation for his Hunting of Wild Mammals with Dogs Bill. Find out more…
• Danny Baker MLA is consulting on a Member’s Bill to End Holiday Hunger. Find out more…’

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)
• Consultation on the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission's draft Disability Action Plan 2025-2030 (survey closes Monday 17 February 2025)
• Consultation on the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission's draft Good Relations Action Plan 2025-2030 (survey closes Monday 17 February 2025)

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]

Youth Assembly

The second mandate of the Youth Assembly is underway.

• Visit the Youth Assembly website for all the latest news...