Committee for Health
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The Committee for Health is a Northern Ireland Assembly committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of the Department of Health and Minister of Health (currently Robin Swann). The committee also plays a key role in the consultation, consideration and development of new legislation.[1]
Until 2016, the committee was called the Committee for Health, Social Services and Public Safety.
2022–2027 Assembly
The committee met for the first time in the 2022–2027 Assembly on 15 February 2024.
Party | Member[2] | Constituency | |
---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Liz Kimmins MLA (Chairperson) | Newry and Armagh | |
Alliance | Danny Donnelly MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | East Antrim | |
UUP | Alan Chambers MLA | North Down | |
Sinn Féin | Linda Dillon MLA | Mid Ulster | |
DUP | Diane Dodds MLA | Upper Bann | |
Sinn Féin | Órlaithí Flynn MLA | Belfast West | |
Alliance | Nuala McAllister MLA | Belfast North | |
SDLP | Colin McGrath MLA | South Down | |
DUP | Alan Robinson MLA | East Londonderry |
2017–2022 Assembly
The committee met for the first time in the 2017–2022 Assembly on 23 January 2020.[3]
Party | Member[4] | Constituency | |
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Sinn Féin | Colm Gildernew MLA (Chairperson) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
DUP | Pam Cameron MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | South Antrim | |
SDLP | Sinéad Bradley MLA | South Down | |
Alliance | Paula Bradshaw MLA | Belfast South | |
People Before Profit | Gerry Carroll MLA | Belfast West | |
Sinn Féin | Jemma Dolan MLA | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
DUP | Alex Easton MLA | North Down | |
Sinn Féin | Órlaithí Flynn MLA | Belfast West | |
UUP | John Stewart MLA | East Antrim |
Changes 2017–2022
Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | ||
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10 February 2020 | John Stewart MLA (UUP) | East Antrim | → | Alan Chambers MLA (UUP) | North Down | ||
23 March 2020 | Sinéad Bradley MLA (SDLP) | South Down | → | Colin McGrath MLA (SDLP) | South Down | ||
16 March 2020 | Jemma Dolan MLA (Sinn Féin) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | → | Pat Sheehan MLA (Sinn Féin) | Belfast West | ||
2 November 2020 | Alex Easton MLA (DUP) | North Down | → | Jonathan Buckley MLA (DUP) | Upper Bann | ||
14 December 2020 | Colin McGrath MLA (SDLP) | South Down | → | Cara Hunter MLA (SDLP) | East Londonderry | ||
1 February 2021 | Pat Sheehan MLA (Sinn Féin) | Belfast West | → | Carál Ní Chuilín MLA (Sinn Féin) | Belfast North | ||
21 June 2021 | Pam Cameron MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP) | South Antrim | → | Gordon Lyons MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP) | Upper Bann | ||
7 July 2021 | Gordon Lyons MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP) | Upper Bann | → | Pam Cameron MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP) | South Antrim | ||
18 October 2021 | Cara Hunter MLA (SDLP) | East Londonderry | → | Colin McGrath MLA (SDLP) | South Down | ||
1 November 2021 | Jonathan Buckley MLA (DUP) | Upper Bann | → | Deborah Erskine MLA (DUP) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
Source:[5]
2016–2017 Assembly
The committee met for the first time in the 2016–2017 Assembly on 2 June 2016.[6]
Party | Member[7] | Constituency | |
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DUP | Paula Bradley MLA (Chairperson) | Belfast North | |
DUP | Gary Middleton MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | Foyle | |
Alliance | Paula Bradshaw MLA | Belfast South | |
UUP | Robbie Butler MLA | Lagan Valley | |
People Before Profit | Gerry Carroll MLA | Belfast West | |
DUP | Trevor Clarke MLA | South Antrim | |
UUP | Jo-Anne Dobson MLA | Upper Bann | |
SDLP | Mark H. Durkan MLA | Foyle | |
Sinn Féin | Barry McElduff MLA | West Tyrone | |
Sinn Féin | Daithí McKay MLA | North Antrim | |
Sinn Féin | Catherine Seeley MLA | Upper Bann |
Changes 2016–2017
Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | ||
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20 June 2016 | Barry McElduff MLA (Sinn Féin) | West Tyrone | → | Pat Sheehan MLA (Sinn Féin) | West Belfast | ||
18 August 2016 | Daithí McKay MLA (Sinn Féin) | North Antrim | → | Vacant | |||
12 September 2016 | Vacant | → | Ian Milne MLA (Sinn Féin) | Mid Ulster |
2011–2016 Assembly
The committee met for the first time in the 2011–2016 Assembly on 25 May 2011.[8]
Party | Member[9] | Constituency | |
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Sinn Féin | Michelle Gildernew MLA (Chairperson) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
DUP | Jim Wells MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | South Down | |
Sinn Féin | Michaela Boyle MLA | West Tyrone | |
DUP | Paula Bradley MLA | Belfast North | |
Sinn Féin | Mickey Brady MLA | Newry and Armagh | |
DUP | Gordon Dunne MLA | North Down | |
SDLP | Mark H. Durkan MLA | Foyle | |
UUP | Sam Gardiner MLA | Upper Bann | |
DUP | Pam Lewis MLA | South Antrim | |
UUP | John McCallister MLA | South Down | |
Alliance | Kieran McCarthy MLA | Strangford |
Changes 2011–2016
Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | ||
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23 January 2012 | Michaela Boyle MLA (Sinn Féin) | West Tyrone | → | Sue Ramsey MLA (Sinn Féin) | Belfast West | ||
6 February 2012 | Sue Ramsey MLA (Sinn Féin) | Belfast West | → | Sue Ramsey MLA (Chairperson, Sinn Féin) | Belfast West | ||
Michelle Gildernew MLA (Chairperson, Sinn Féin) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Michelle Gildernew MLA (Sinn Féin) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||||
23 April 2012 | Mark H. Durkan MLA (SDLP) | Foyle | → | Conall McDevitt MLA (SDLP) | Belfast South | ||
2 July 2012 | Michelle Gildernew MLA (Sinn Féin) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | → | Vacant | |||
10 September 2012 | Vacant | → | Maeve McLaughlin MLA (Sinn Féin) | Foyle | |||
15 October 2012 | John McCallister MLA (UUP) | South Down | → | Roy Beggs Jr MLA (UUP) | East Antrim | ||
4 September 2013 | Conall McDevitt MLA (SDLP) | Belfast South | → | Vacant | |||
16 September 2013 | Paula Bradley MLA (DUP) | Belfast North | → | David McIlveen MLA (DUP) | North Antrim | ||
Sue Ramsey MLA (Chairperson, Sinn Féin) | Belfast West | Maeve McLaughlin MLA (Chairperson, Sinn Féin) | Foyle | ||||
30 September 2013 | Vacant | → | Fearghal McKinney MLA (SDLP) | Belfast South | |||
4 July 2014 | Sam Gardiner MLA (UUP) | Upper Bann | → | Jo-Anne Dobson MLA (UUP) | Upper Bann | ||
23 September 2014 | Jim Wells MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP) | South Down | → | Paula Bradley MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP) | Belfast North | ||
6 October 2014 | Vacant | → | Rosie McCorley MLA (Sinn Féin) | Belfast West | |||
David McIlveen MLA (DUP) | North Antrim | George Robinson MLA (DUP) | East Londonderry | ||||
Roy Beggs Jr MLA (UUP) | East Antrim | Michael McGimpsey MLA (UUP) | Belfast South | ||||
1 December 2014 | Gordon Dunne MLA (DUP) | North Down | → | Paul Givan MLA (DUP) | Lagan Valley | ||
11 May 2015 | Paula Bradley MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP) | Belfast North | → | Alex Easton MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP) | North Down | ||
3 June 2015 | Mickey Brady MLA (Sinn Féin) | Newry and Armagh | → | Vacant | |||
14 September 2015 | Vacant | → | Daithí McKay MLA (Sinn Féin) | North Antrim | |||
5 October 2015 | Thomas Buchanan MLA (DUP) | West Tyrone | → | Paul Givan MLA (DUP) | Lagan Valley | ||
9 November 2015 | George Robinson MLA (DUP) | East Londonderry | → | Gary Middleton MLA (DUP) | Foyle |
2007–2011 Assembly
The committee met for the first time in the 2007–2011 Assembly on 17 May 2007.[10]
Party | Member[11] | Constituency | |
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DUP | Iris Robinson MLA (Chairperson) | Strangford | |
Sinn Féin | Michelle O'Neill MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | Mid Ulster | |
DUP | Thomas Buchanan MLA | West Tyrone | |
UUP | Robert Coulter MLA | North Antrim | |
Independent | Kieran Deeny MLA | West Tyrone | |
DUP | Alex Easton MLA | North Down | |
SDLP | Tommy Gallagher MLA | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
SDLP | Carmel Hanna MLA | Belfast South | |
UUP | John McCallister MLA | South Down | |
Sinn Féin | Carál Ní Chuilín MLA | Belfast North | |
Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey MLA | Belfast West |
Changes 2007–2011
Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | ||
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20 May 2008 | Carál Ní Chuilín MLA (Sinn Féin) | Belfast North | → | Claire McGill MLA (Sinn Féin) | West Tyrone | ||
15 September 2008 | Robert Coulter MLA (UUP) | North Antrim | → | Sam Gardiner MLA (UUP) | Upper Bann | ||
29 June 2009 | Tommy Gallagher MLA (SDLP) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | → | Dolores Kelly MLA (SDLP) | Upper Bann | ||
4 July 2009 | Iris Robinson MLA (Chairperson, DUP) | Strangford | → | Jim Wells MLA (Chairperson, DUP) | South Down | ||
14 September 2009 | Thomas Buchanan MLA (DUP) | West Tyrone | → | Iris Robinson MLA (DUP) | Strangford | ||
12 January 2010 | Iris Robinson MLA (DUP) | Strangford | → | Vacant | |||
15 January 2010 | Carmel Hanna MLA (SDLP) | Belfast South | → | Vacant | |||
26 January 2010 | Vacant | → | Conall McDevitt MLA (SDLP) | Belfast South | |||
1 February 2010 | Vacant | → | Thomas Buchanan MLA (DUP) | West Tyrone | |||
24 May 2010 | Conall McDevitt MLA (SDLP) | Belfast South | → | Tommy Gallagher MLA (SDLP) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
Dolores Kelly MLA (SDLP) | Upper Bann | Mary Bradley MLA (SDLP) | Foyle | ||||
13 September 2010 | Thomas Buchanan MLA (DUP) | West Tyrone | → | Paul Girvan MLA (DUP) | South Antrim | ||
Claire McGill MLA (Sinn Féin) | West Tyrone | Mickey Brady MLA (Sinn Féin) | Newry and Armagh | ||||
22 November 2010 | Mary Bradley MLA (SDLP) | Foyle | → | Pól Callaghan MLA (SDLP) | Foyle |
1998-2003 Assembly
The committee met for the first time in the 1998-2003 Assembly on 30 November 1999.[12]
Party | Member[13] | Constituency | |
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SDLP | Joe Hendron MLA (Chairperson) | Belfast West | |
SDLP | Tommy Gallagher MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
DUP | Paul Berry MLA | Newry and Armagh | |
UUP | Joan Carson MLA | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
SDLP | Carmel Hanna MLA | Belfast South | |
Sinn Féin | John Kelly MLA | Mid Ulster | |
UUP | Alan McFarland MLA | North Down | |
NI Women's Coalition | Monica McWilliams MLA | Belfast South | |
Sinn Féin | Sue Ramsey MLA | Belfast West | |
DUP | Iris Robinson MLA | Strangford |
Changes 1998-2003
Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | ||
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11 September 2000 | Joan Carson MLA (UUP) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | → | Robert Coulter MLA (UUP) | North Antrim | ||
21 January 2002 | Carmel Hanna MLA (SDLP) | Belfast South | → | Annie Courtney MLA (SDLP) | Foyle | ||
11 March 2002 | Alan McFarland MLA (UUP) | North Down | → | Tom Hamilton MLA (UUP) | Strangford |
See also
References
- ^ "Northern Ireland Assembly – Health, Social Services and Public Safety Statutory Committee Home". Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- ^ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "COMMITTEE FOR HEALTH MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS – Thursday 23 January 2020" (PDF). NI Assembly. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Committee Membership". NI Assembly. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "COMMITTEE FOR HEALTH MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS – Thursday 2 June 2016" (PDF). NI Assembly. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Minutes of Proceedings – 25 May 2011". NI Assembly. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Minutes of Proceedings – 17 May 2007". NI Assembly. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "30 November 1999". NI Assembly. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Committee Membership". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
External links
- Committee for Health