Speaker's Correspondence

24 September 2026 - Letter from the Speaker re. Tone and Conduct Within Recent Assembly Debates

16 September 2025 - Letter from Speaker re Commissioner for Standards

21 July 2025 - Statement from the Assembly Speaker, Edwin Poots MLA, on the success of the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush

02 July 2025 - Letter from the Speaker - Update on Legislative Scrutiny for the Remainder of the Assembly Mandate and Members’ Bills

17 June 2025 - Letter from the Speaker regarding Standards of Debate in the Assembly

22 April 2025 - Letter from the Speaker regarding Assembly arrangements to mark the passing of Pope Francis

14 March 2025 - Letter from the Speaker to all Members regarding Proxy Voting

27 January 2025 - Letter from the Speaker on Parliamentary Culture at the Assembly

20 January 2025 - Correspondence from the Speaker regarding a letter from Secretary of State in relation to Stormont Brake notification

20 December 2024 - Letter from the Speaker to the Secretary of State regarding Notification under Part 3 of Schedule 6B of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (‘‘Stormont Brake’’) and the Written Explanation (Annex 1)

2 December 2024 - Letter from the Speaker to all Members on Democratic Consent Motion

31 October 2024 - Letter from the Speaker to all Members on the Democratic Consent Process

5 August 2024 - Earlier Meeting of the Assembly Under Standing Order 11

1 March 2024 - Speaker's Events in March

2 February 2024 - Farewell Letter from the Speaker Alex Maskey

1 February 2024 - Plenary Sitting on 3 February 2024

15 January 2024 - Earlier Meeting Of The Assembly Under Standing Order 11

26 April 2023 - Speaker to attend the coronation of King Charles III

21 February 2023 - Letter from the Speaker to all Members - First Anniversary of the Invasion of Ukraine – Minute’s Silence

13 February 2023 - Letter from the Speaker to all Members on the sitting to be held on 14 February 2023.

10 February 2023 - Letter from the Speaker to all members on Procedural Guidance and Potential Recall of the Assembly

9 January 2023 - Letter from the Speaker to all Members on Restoring the Assembly in 2023

9 December 2022 - Letter from the Speaker on standards of debate during the Assembly Sitting Wednesday 7 December 2022

25 October 2022 - Letter from the Speaker on Earlier Meeting of the Assembly under Standing Order 11

24 October 2022 - Letter from the Speaker on the Deadline for Ministerial Appointments

10 October 2022 - Letter from the Speaker on the book of condolence for the victims of the Cresslough tragedy

28 September 2022 - Letter from the Speaker with reference to the 28 October deadline

9 September 2022 - Letter from the Speaker to all Assembly Members on tributes to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.

25 July 2022 - Letter from The Speaker to all Assembly Members on the Leader of the Opposition

21 July 2022 - Earlier meeting of the Assembly under Standing Order 11

27 May 2022 - Letter from The Speaker to MLAs on arrangements for the formation of an Opposition by qualifying parties

26 May 2022 - Earlier meeting of the Assembly under Standing Order 11

9 May 2022 - Letter to MLAs on the initial steps in establishing the new Assembly.

15 February 2022 - Letter from Speaker of the Assembly to all Members in respect of Business Committee decisions

10 February 2021 - Changes arising from the passage of legislation at Westminster

3 February 2021 - Resignation of the First Minister, Paul Givan MLA

16 March 2021 - Assembly Commission and Speaker’s Events and Initiatives in 2021

15 January 2021 - Update on Managing Assembly Business in the Context of COVID-19

10 January 2020 - Letter from The Speaker to all Members regarding the correspondence from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

9 January 2020 - Letter from The Speaker to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland regarding request for urgent meeting

9 January 2020 - Letter from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to The Speaker requesting an urgent meeting of the Assembly on Friday 10 January 2020

19 December 2019 - Letter from The Speaker to Whips and Party Representatives regarding deadline for Ministerial appointments