Finance

https://youtu.be/UKqINkX4jG0 The Committee received briefings on ‘A Fiscal Council for NI’ from representatives of the Office for Budget Responsibility and the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/owWxqHUkh94 The Committee received a briefing from Assembly Research on the 2021-22 Budget and received Departmental briefings on the Main Estimates and Budget (No.2) Bill 2021 and the June Monitoring Round. View the agenda.

The Committee received two Oral Evidence sessions from the Department. The first one on the  Financial Reporting (Departments and Public Bodies) Bill (NI) – Departmental briefing pre 2nd Stage and the other on  the Budget (No.2) Bill and Main Estimates.

https://youtu.be/K6jMR6lBIRQ The Committee received briefings on a Fiscal Council for Northern Ireland from representatives of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and representatives of the Parliamentary Budget Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas. View the agenda.

The Committee received Oral Evidence from Scottish Fiscal Commission: A Fiscal Council for Northern Ireland, NICVA Report on fiscal powers for NI and Oral Evidence – Department of Finance / Land and Property Services – Covid recovery, repayment issues, Business Rates Reform. The Committee also received a number of written brifings.

https://youtu.be/54J-QD6ZzjI The Committee received briefing sessions from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Fiscal Council Options; the Institute for Fiscal Studies on Fiscal Council Options and the Carnegie Trust on Public Sector Reform. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/igl3q6hcHKo The Committee received Departmental briefings on the Final Budget 2021-22; the Impact of Budget 2021-22 on departmental spending; and Reform of Property Management Programme. The Committee also received a briefing from Queen’s University Belfast on Public Sector Reform. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/6Rk1GuENnY8 The Committee received briefings on: Northern Ireland Committee – Irish Congress of Trade Unions – Public Sector Pensions and Department of Finance – Reform of Property Management Programme View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/hWRTfqpPn_Y The Committee received briefings on Public Sector Reform from representatives of the Institute for Government and Pivotal. This was followed by a briefing from Department of Finance on Nearly Zero Energy Buildings and Energy Performance Building Regulations. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/IrlpdhO1DC4 The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Finance on the NI Procurement Board; a briefing from the NI Assembly EU Affairs Manager on the Withdrawal Agreement Structures; and a briefing from Assembly Research on Building Regulations RoI. View the agenda.