# Committee for Health

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.
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 | 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.
| 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 | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | 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 | Vacant | Vacant |
| 12 September 2016 | Vacant | Vacant | 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 |
| 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 | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | 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 |
| 6 February 2012 | | 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 | Vacant | Vacant |
| 10 September 2012 | Vacant | Vacant | 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 | Vacant | Vacant |
| 16 September 2013 | | Paula Bradley MLA (DUP) | Belfast North | → | | David McIlveen MLA (DUP) | North Antrim |
| 16 September 2013 | | Sue Ramsey MLA (Chairperson, Sinn Féin) | Belfast West | → | | Maeve McLaughlin MLA (Chairperson, Sinn Féin) | Foyle |
| 30 September 2013 | Vacant | Vacant | 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 | Vacant | Vacant | → | | Rosie McCorley MLA (Sinn Féin) | Belfast West |
| 6 October 2014 | | David McIlveen MLA (DUP) | North Antrim | → | | George Robinson MLA (DUP) | East Londonderry |
| 6 October 2014 | | 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 | Vacant | Vacant |
| 14 September 2015 | Vacant | Vacant | 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.
| Party | Member | Constituency |
| 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 | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | New member and party | Constituency |
| 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 | Vacant | Vacant |
| 15 January 2010 | | Carmel Hanna MLA (SDLP) | Belfast South | → | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant |
| 26 January 2010 | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | → | | Conall McDevitt MLA (SDLP) | Belfast South |
| 1 February 2010 | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | → | | Thomas Buchanan MLA (DUP) | West Tyrone |
| 24 May 2010 | | Conall McDevitt MLA (SDLP) | Belfast South | → | | Tommy Gallagher MLA (SDLP) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
| 24 May 2010 | | 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 |
| 13 September 2010 | | 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.
| Party | Member | Constituency |
| 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 |
| 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 |