The Committee for Communities is a Northern Ireland Assembly committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of the Department for Communities and Minister for Communities (currently Gordon Lyons). The committee also plays a key role in the consultation, consideration and development of new social development legislation.[1]
Until 2016, the committee was called the Committee for Social Development.
2022–2027 Assembly edit
The committee will meet for the first time in the 2022–2027 Assembly on 15 February 2024.
Party | Member[2] | Constituency | |
---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Colm Gildernew MLA (Chairperson) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
Sinn Féin | Ciara Ferguson MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | Foyle | |
Ulster Unionist | Andy Allen MLA | Belfast East | |
Alliance | Kellie Armstrong MLA | Strangford | |
DUP | Maurice Bradley MLA | East Londonderry | |
DUP | Brian Kingston MLA | Belfast North | |
SDLP | Daniel McCrossan MLA | West Tyrone | |
Sinn Féin | Maolíosa McHugh MLA | West Tyrone | |
Alliance | Sian Mulholland MLA | North Antrim |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Social Development Committee - niassembly.gov.uk Archived 2008-12-28 at the Wayback Machine, URL accessed 25 November 2008.
- ^ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2024.