Committee for Health
# 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 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.

## 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 |
| Ulster Unionist | 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 |
| Ulster Unionist | Robbie Butler MLA | Lagan Valley |
| People Before Profit | Gerry Carroll MLA | Belfast West |
| DUP | Trevor Clarke MLA | South Antrim |
| Ulster Unionist | 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 |
| DUP | Pam Lewis MLA | South Antrim |
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy MLA | Strangford |
| Ulster Unionist | Sam Gardiner MLA | Upper Bann |
| Ulster Unionist | John McCallister MLA | South Down |

### 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 |
