Indicative timings for order of business

Tuesday 10 March 2026

ITEM OF BUSINESS

(TUESDAY)

 

MEMBER

TIME ALLOCATED BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE

ANTICIPATED TIME

Prayers

The Speaker

 

10.30 – 10.32

MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS

 

Up to 30 mins

10.32 – 11.00

PUBLIC PETITION

Protection of Christianity and Christian Ethos within our Schools

 

Mr David Brooks

 

Up to 3 mins

 

11.00 – 11.03

MINISTERIAL STATEMENT

Residents’ Parking Zones


Minister for Infrastructure


Up to 1 hour

 

11.03 – 11.45

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Motion: The draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026

 

Minister of Agriculture,

Environment & Rural

Affairs

 

*

 

11.45 – 12.15

Motion: The Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

Minister of Finance

*

12.15 – 1.00

 

LUNCH – BUSINESS COMMITTEE SCHEDULED TO MEET AT 1.00PM

 

 

 

QUESTION TIME

1. Communities

2. Assembly Commission

 

 

2.00 – 3.15

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BUSINESS (cont’d)

Motion: The Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 (cont’d)


Minister of Finance


*


3.15 – 3.30

Motion: The Rates (Temporary Rebate) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

Minister of Finance

*

3.30 – 3.45

Motion: The Rates (Exemption for Automatic Telling Machines in Rural Areas) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

Minister of Finance

*

3.45 – 4.00

Final Stage: Budget Bill (NIA Bill 25/22-27)

Minister of Finance

*

4.00 – 5.00

Motion: The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

Minister for Communities

*

5.00 – 5.30

Motion: Accelerated Passage – Hospital Parking Charges Bill

Minister of Health

*

5.30 – 6.00

Second Stage: Hospital Parking Charges Bill

Minister of Health

*

6.00 – 7.00

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

Motion: Blocking of an Independent Environmental Protection Agency

Mr John Blair

Mr Eóin Tennyson

 

Up to 1 hour 45 mins

 

7.00 – 8.45

ADJOURNMENT

The Reopening of Slieve Gullion Cairn

Ms Aoife Finnegan

 Up to 1 hour

 8.45 – 9.45