Committee for Communities

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

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
	UUP	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

• Committee