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

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BUSINESS

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

Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Up to 1 hour

11.03 – 11.30

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

Minister of Finance

*

11.30 – 12.30

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

Minister of Finance

*

12.30 – 12.45

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

Minister of Finance

*

12.45 – 1.00

 

LUNCH – BUSINESS COMMITTEE SCHEDULED TO MEET AT 1.00PM

 

 

 

QUESTION TIME

1. Infrastructure

2. Assembly Commission

 

 

2.00 – 3.15

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BUSINESS (cont’d)

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

Minister of Finance

*

3.15 – 4.15

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

Minister for Communities  *  4.15 – 4.45
Motion: Accelerated Passage – Hospital Parking Charges Bill Minister of Health  *  4.45 – 5.15

Second Stage: Hospital Parking Charges Bill

Minister of Health

*

5.15 – 6.15

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS

Motion: Blocking of an Independent Environmental Protection Agency

Mr John Blair

Mr Eóin Tennyson

Up to 1 hour 30 mins

6.15 – 7.45

ADJOURNMENT

The Reopening of Slieve Gullion Cairn

Ms Aoife Finnegan

Up to 1 hour

7.45 – 8.45