Committee for Communities, Thursday 24 September 2026

Committee for Communities met on Thursday 24 September 2026.

On the agenda:

  • Committee Business

  • Anti-Poverty Strategy Update from Department for Communities
    • Ms Grainia Long, DfC
    • Mr Iain Greenway, DfC
    • Ms Linsey Farrell, DfC
    Charities (Amendment) Bill: Oral evidence from Charities Commission Northern Ireland
    • Ms Frances McCandless, Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    • Ms Ainslie McMullan, Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    • Ms Fiona Muldoon, Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    Charities (Amendment) Bill: Oral evidence from NICVA
    • Denise Copeland, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
    • Ms Donna Semple, Northern Ireland Community and Voluntary Association

  • Charities (Amendment) Bill: Oral evidence from the Fundraising Regulator
    • Mr Gerald Oppenheim, Fundraising Regulator
    • Ms Lisa Caldwell, Fundraising Regulator
    • Mr Paul Winyard, Fundraising Regulator
    • Ms Gráinne Mathews, Fundraising Regulator

  • Housing (Amendment) Bill: agreement of Committee stage arrangements

  • Retention and Disposal Schedule – Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry

  • End of session of report – Committee agreement
    SL1 The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026

  • Committee Business

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