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Since the Speaker, Mr William Hay MLA, was elected in May 2007 he has welcomed many Presidents, Ambassadors and dignitaries to Parliament Buildings. The Speaker hosts a range of events designed to promote an understanding of the Assembly as an institution and to develop links with the wider Northern Ireland community. This page contains links to photographs of some events and visits by the Speaker and arranged by the Speaker's Office:

2010 (click photo to open slideshow)

Mr Billy Leonard signing the Roll of Members on 7th January 2010 Deputy Speaker Francie Molloy MLA meets with visiting Parliamentarians from the Nepalese Congress, Mr Ram Chandra Paudel and Mr Nabinda Raj Joshi. The John Brown University Choir meets with the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mr William Hay Mr Conall McDevitt signing the Roll of Members on 22nd January 2010
       
Mr Jonathan Bell signing the Roll of Members on 25th January 2010 The Speaker, Mr William Hay MLA, with Lord Coe and Nelson McCausland, Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure, after a briefing on the forthcoming 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games. Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mr William Hay MLA, with Hon Winifred Kiiza MP, Uganda and Hon Sophia Abdi Noor MP, Kenya at the International Parliamentary Conference on Peacebuilding Speaker Mr William Hay MLA and Mr Thomas Buchanan MLA with students Scoil Phobail Bhéara, Co Cork
       
Northren Ireland Assembly Business Trust dinner Speaker of the Assembly, Mr William Hay, MLA, presents Dr Paisley and his wife Eileen with a shamrock at the St Patrick’s Day reception at Parliament Buildings. The Lions of Zululand Mr Alex Attwood MLA, accepting the nomination to become the new Minister for Social Development
       
Speaker of the Assembly Mr William Hay MLA welcomes a US Congressional delegation The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly launched ‘A Snapshot of Democracy’ - a new educational DVD for post-primary school pupils Mr Paul Givan signing the Roll of Members on Monday 14th June 2010, Mr Paul Frew MLA signing the Roll of Members on Monday 21st June 2010
       
The portrait of The Rt Hon The Lord Bannside of North Antrim MLA (formerly Rev Dr Ian Paisley), is unveiled at Parliament Buildings. Mr Sydney Anderson signed the Roll of Members on Friday 2nd July 2010 Mr Paul Girvan signed the Roll of Members on Friday 2nd July 2010. Mr Chris Lyttle signed the Roll of Members on Monday 5th July 2010
       
The Speaker of the NI Assembly, Mr William Hay MLA, along with the Deputy Speaker Francie Molloy MLA, welcomes a delegation of visiting Somaliland MPs to Parliament Buildings during their visit to Northern Ireland.      
       

2009 (click photo to open slideshow)

Indian High Commissioner H.E. Mr Shiv Shankar Mukherjee Commonwealth Day 2009 Commonwealth Day 2009 Speaker’s St Patrick’s Day Celebrations
       
Speaker’s St Patrick’s Day Celebrations Speaker’s St Patrick’s Day Celebrations Speaker’s St Patrick’s Day Celebrations Speaker’s St Patrick’s Day Celebrations
       
President Obama Italian Ambassador, His Excellency Mr Giancarlo Aragona Convenor of Education, Lifelong Learning & Culture Committee, Ms Karen Whitefield MSP His Excellency Mr Iztok Jarc, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to London
       
Mr Krzysztof Stanowski NICVA’s Older Persons Parliament Delegation of Iraqi’s who attend a lunch in the Members’ Dining Room Delegation of Palestinians who attend a lunch in the Private Dining Room
       
His Excellency Ron Prosor, Ambassador of Israel to London Consular Association of Northern Ireland Deputy Speaker John Dallat meets with Ms Christine Quinn, New York City Council His Excellency Mr Kitti Wasinondh, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
       
Mr Danny Kinahan MLA signs the Roll of Members Vice Chancellor of the University of Ulster, Professor Richard Barnett, visits Parliament Buildings 25th Anniversary of the 174 Trust
Representative Ritchie Neal
       
Representative Ritchie Neal congressional delegation
Mr Bruce Atkinson MLC for Australia
Ms Zuzana Chuda, Consul for Slovak Embassy in London The Chinese National Day Celebrations
       
Ambassador Louis B. Susman European Board of the International Ombudsman The Speaker is pictured with Jim Fitzpatrick and Martina Purdy before being interviewed for Stormont Live Mr TRAN Dai Quang, Vice Minister of Public Security of Vietnam
       
House of Commons Speaker, Rt Hon John Bercow MP St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel US Secretary of State, Mrs Hilary Clinton Mrs Hilary Clinton signs the Visitors Book
       
His Excellency Mr Alexis P Lautenberg, Swiss Ambassador to the UK His Excellency Dr Sami Khryami, Syrian Ambassador to London His Excellency Mr Julian King, British Ambassador to Ireland His Excellency Mr Hubert Wurth, the Luxembourg Ambassador to the UK & Ireland
       
Intergenerational Event Dame Mary Peters Roll of Honour Reception The Speaker meets US congressional delegation
       
The Speaker greets the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mr William Hay MLA receives the White Ribbon Charter with signatures from all 108 MLAs. The Speaker, assisted by Catherine and Niamh Cullen at the switching on of the Parliament Buildings Christmas Tree lights  

2008 (click photo to open slideshow)

European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Mr Charlie McCreevy Sheikh Human Bakir Abdulmajed Hamoudi, member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Ambassador of Poland, Mrs Barbara Krystyna Tuge-Erecińska Commonwealth Day Reception
       
Ms Li Libei, Head of Staff and Consul in the Chinese Consulate in Edinburgh Mr Gary Knell, President of Sesame Workshop St Patrick’s Day Celebration Mr Gerry Anderson
       
Piping Hot, Lambeg Drums Melisma, choral singers Mark Wilson Celtic Storm
       
Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin, Mr Michael Kitt TD The President of Burundi Flemish Deputy Speaker, Mr Carl Decaluwe tree planting ceremony for the Woodland Trust
       
His Excellency Mr Edgardo Espiritu, Philippines Ambassador to the UK Ambassador to Slovenia Mayor Bloomberg, Mayor of New York and Mr Tony O'Reilly, Chairman of Heinze High Commissioner for Malta, HE Dr Michael Refalo
       
President of the National Assembly of Nicaragua, Mr Ing René Núñez Téllez delegation of Nicaraguan Parliamentarians delegates from the CPA Scottish Branch The Committee on Procedures & Privileges from Seanad Eireann
       
International Parliamentary Governance Seminar delegates Ms Kaye Griffin, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council Committee for Domestic Affairs of the Parliament of Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany Prime Minister, Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
       
Ceann Comhairle of Dail Eireann, Mr John O'Donoghue TD US Deputy Secretary of State, Mr John Negroponte Speaker of the Kurdish National Assembly, Mr Adnan Rashad Mufti, Speaker of the Kurdish National Assembly, Mr Adnan Rashad Mufti,
       
reception for Cross community groups from across Northern Ireland reception for Cross community groups from across Northern Ireland reception for Cross community groups from across Northern Ireland Baroness Royall MP, Leader of the House of Lords

2007 (click photo to open slideshow)

Mr Alex Ferguson MSP and Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas the Lord Chief Justice President of the Czech Republic, Mr Václar Klaus Iranian Ambassador, Mr Rasoul Movahedian Attar
       
President of the Basque Parliament lighting of the Christmas Tree lighting of the Christmas Tree  

 

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