Committee for Health facts for kids
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 for Health. The committee also plays a key role in the consultation, consideration and development of new legislation.
Until 2016, the committee was called the Committee for Health, Social Services and Public Safety.
Contents
2017–2022 Assembly
The committee met for the first time in the 2017–2022 Assembly on 23 January 2020.
| Party | Member | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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2016–2017 Assembly
The committee met for the first time in the 2016–2017 Assembly on 2 June 2016.
| Party | Member | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| Party | Member | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| DUP | Pam Lewis MLA | South Antrim | |
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy MLA | Strangford | |
| UUP | Sam Gardiner MLA | Upper Bann | |
| UUP | John McCallister MLA | South Down | |
Changes 2011–2016
| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
See also
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