Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

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The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission (usually referred to as the Assembly Commission) is the corporate body of the Northern Ireland Assembly. The commission is headed by the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, currently Alex Maskey MLA.[1]

## Establishment

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The Northern Ireland Act (1998) established a Northern Ireland Assembly. The Act provides for the creation of a Commission to make "arrangements for administrative, secretarial or other assistance" to the Assembly. The Act defines the Presiding Officer (styled Speaker in the manner of the old Parliament of Northern Ireland) as the chairperson of the commission. Legal proceedings taken for or against the Assembly are taken for or against the commission on behalf of the Assembly.[2]

The Assembly staff assigned to this body now form an enlarged Commission Secretariat. The secretariat had a staff of 71 during the 2009-10 session.[3]

## Responsibilities

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The commission has responsibility for the pay and pensions of members both directly and through tax-payer funded appointees. The first ever Act of the Assembly was to do with members pensions and was taken through its Assembly stages with very little ado by a member of the commission. The members of the commission are party appointees who receive a substantial premium over and above the basic MLA salary. This body also has an interest in the provision of property, staff and services to support Assembly members, Parliament Buildings and grounds.

## Commission membership

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The Commission consists of the Speaker along with five other Assembly members.[1]

Party  | Member

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| Independent | Alex Maskey MLA (chairperson)
| Alliance | Judith Cochrane
| DUP | Peter Weir
| Sinn Féin | Caitríona Ruane
| SDLP | Pat Ramsey
| UUP | Sam Gardiner

## See also

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* Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
* Senedd Commission
* House of Commons Commission
* House of Lords Commission
* Houses of the Oireachtas Commission

## External links

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* Assembly Commission at niassembly.gov.uk
* Office of the Speaker at niassembly.gov.uk

## References

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1. ^ a b Assembly Commission, Northern Ireland Assembly website. Accessed December 2012.
2. ^ Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47) Presiding Officer and Commission Office of Public Sector Information website. Accessed December 2008.
3. ^ "The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission Annual Report 2009/10" (PDF). Northern Ireland Assembly Commission. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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Northern Ireland Assembly

Assembly|

* Speaker
* Assembly Commission
* Acts
* Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)
* Parliament Buildings
* Commissioner for Standards at the Northern Ireland Assembly
* Clerk of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Committees|

| Statutory committees|

* Executive Office
* Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
* Communities
* Economy
* Education
* Finance
* Health
* Infrastructure
* Justice

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Standing committees|

* Assembly and Executive Review
* Standards and Privileges
* Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny

Constituencies|

* Belfast East
* Belfast North
* Belfast South
* Belfast West
* East Antrim
* East Londonderry
* Fermanagh and South Tyrone
* Foyle
* Lagan Valley
* Mid Ulster
* Newry and Armagh
* North Antrim
* North Down
* South Antrim
* South Down
* Strangford
* Upper Bann
* West Tyrone

Parties|

Current:

* Alliance
* Democratic Unionist
* People Before Profit
* Sinn Féin
* Social Democratic and Labour
* Traditional Unionist Voice
* Ulster Unionist

Elections|

* 1998
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* 2007
* 2011
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* 2017
* 2022
* Next

Members|

* 1st Assembly (1998–03)
* 2nd Assembly (2006–07)
* 3rd Assembly (2007–11)
* 4th Assembly (2011–16)
* 5th Assembly (2016–17)
* 6th Assembly (2017–22)
* 7th Assembly (2022)

Procedure|

* Cross-community vote

See also|

* Sunningdale Agreement
* Anglo-Irish Agreement
* Good Friday Agreement
* St Andrews Agreement
* Hillsborough Castle Agreement
* Stormont House Agreement
* New Decade, New Approach
* Northern Ireland Protocol
* Windsor Framework
* Northern Ireland Youth Assembly

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