Assembly Section
The main focus of business for Assembly Section is liaison with the Assembly on behalf of the Northern Ireland Departments.
Its principal functions are: -
- to assist the junior Ministers in their responsibilities for arranging Executive business in the Assembly;
- to provide advice, support and training to NI Departments on Assembly Questions, Assembly Committees and on Assembly procedures in general;
- to liaise with the Department's statutory Committee and co-ordinate and monitor all Assembly Questions (AQs) directed to the Department; and
- to assist Departments in presenting papers to the Assembly.
