ASSEMBLY BUSINESS

Minutes of Evidence

This page lists all the proceedings of the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development during the current mandate that were reported by Hansard for publication. Committee Minutes of Evidence are published within three working days of the proceedings covered, excluding days on which the full Assembly sits.

Please note that Minutes of Evidence are not produced for all meetings of the Committee or indeed the entirety of those meetings. Generally, Minutes of Evidence are produced for those meetings, or parts of meetings, that involve the consideration of legislation or the taking of evidence as part of a Committee inquiry.

16/05/2013	Hardship Payment Scheme for Northern Ireland Farmers: Ministerial Briefing	Read now PDF
14/05/2013	Review of Tree Disease and Biosecurity Issues: Landscape Institute Briefing	Read now PDF
07/05/2013	DARD Headquarters Relocation	Read now PDF
07/05/2013	Review of Tree Disease and Biosecurity Issues: Forest Service/DARD Briefing	Read now PDF
30/04/2013	Reservoir Community Asset Survey: Rivers Agency Briefing	Read now PDF
30/04/2013	Forest Service Business Plan 2013-14: Forest Service Briefing	Read now PDF
16/04/2013	Severe Weather: DARD Update	Read now PDF
16/04/2013	Severe Weather: National Sheep Association Briefing	Read now PDF
09/04/2013	DARD Business Plan 2013-14	Read now PDF
09/04/2013	DARD Briefing on Forestry (Felling of Trees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and Calculation of the Area of Land Regulations	Read now PDF
28/03/2013	Severe Weather: DARD Briefing on Emergency Response	Read now PDF
12/03/2013	Food Contamination of Beef Products with Horse DNA: Livestock and Meat Commission Briefing	Read now PDF
12/03/2013	Agri-Food Strategy Board: Progress Report	Read now PDF
12/03/2013	Food Contamination of Beef Products with Horse DNA: Food Standards Agency NI/DARD Briefing	Read now PDF
05/03/2013	DARD Business Plan 2012-13: Progress Report	Read now PDF
26/02/2013	Review of Tree Disease and Biosecurity Issues: Confor/NI Farm Forestry Briefing	Read now PDF
19/02/2013	Review of Tree Disease and Biosecurity Issues: Stakeholder Event	Read now PDF
19/02/2013	Review of Tree Disease and Biosecurity Issues: AFBI/DARD Briefing	Read now PDF
12/02/2013	Contamination of Beef Products with Horse and Pig DNA	Read now PDF
12/02/2013	Review of Tree Disease and Biosecurity Issues: Woodland Trust Briefing	Read now PDF
12/02/2013	Review of Tree Disease and Biosecurity Issues: National Trust Briefing	Read now PDF
05/02/2013	Rural Development Programme: DARD Briefing	Read now PDF
05/02/2013	Food Contamination Incident in Northern Ireland: DARD Briefing	Read now PDF
29/01/2013	Bovine TB Review: Ministerial Response to Committee Report	Read now PDF
29/01/2013	Agriculture and Rural Development Priorities for 2013: Ministerial Briefing	Read now PDF
15/01/2013	Ash Dieback: Forest Service Briefing	Read now PDF
11/12/2012	Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and Dogs (Guard Dog Kennels) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013: DARD Briefing	Read now PDF
04/12/2012	Lough Neagh: DARD Briefing	Read now PDF
16/10/2012	Loughs Agency	Read now PDF
09/10/2012	Single Farm Payment Review: DARD Briefing	Read now PDF
09/10/2012	Single Farm Payment Review: NIACA Briefing	Read now PDF
09/10/2012	Strangford Lough Fishing Exclusion Zones: DARD Briefing	Read now PDF
09/10/2012	Single Farm Payment Review: UFU/NIAPA Briefing	Read now PDF
25/09/2012	Reservoirs Bill: Consultation Outcome	Read now PDF
25/09/2012	Rivers Agency Business Plan 2012-13	Read now PDF
25/09/2012	October Monitoring Round: DARD Briefing	Read now PDF
18/09/2012	Agriculture (Student Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012	Read now PDF
18/09/2012	The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012: Stakeholder Event Feedback	Read now PDF
11/09/2012	Programme for Government 2011-15 Delivery Plans: DARD Briefing	Read now PDF
11/09/2012	Bovine TB Review: DARD Briefing	Read now PDF
03/07/2012	Bovine TB Review: Ministerial Briefing	Read now PDF
03/07/2012	The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments) Regulations (NI) 2012: DARD Briefing	Read now PDF
26/06/2012	The Welfare of Animals (Docking of Working Dogs' Tails and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012	Read now PDF
26/06/2012	Agri-Food Strategy Board	Read now PDF
19/06/2012	Bovine TB Review: National Trust	Read now PDF
19/06/2012	Bovine TB Review: Ulster Wildlife Trust	Read now PDF
19/06/2012	The Welfare of Animals (Docking of Working Dogs' Tails and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012: DARD Briefing	Read now PDF
12/06/2012	Bovine TB Review: Food and Environment Research Agency	Read now PDF
22/05/2012	Bovine TB Review: Veterinary Northern Ireland	Read now PDF
15/05/2012	Bovine TB Review: Farmers for Action	Read now PDF
15/05/2012	Poultry Litter Utilisation and Disposal: Alternative Technologies to Fluidised Bed Combustion	Read now PDF
08/05/2012	Bovine TB Review: Ulster Farmers' Union and Northern Ireland Agricultural Producers' Association	Read now PDF
01/05/2012	Bovine TB Review: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute	Read now PDF
01/05/2012	Bovine TB Review: Departmental Briefing	Read now PDF
01/05/2012	Bovine TB Review: Queen's University Belfast	Read now PDF
24/04/2012	Bovine TB Review: Northern Ireland Audit Office	Read now PDF
17/04/2012	Marine Bill: Departmental Briefing	Read now PDF
17/04/2012	Rural Development Programme: Departmental Briefing	Read now PDF
20/03/2012	Common Agricultural Policy Reform: European Commission Proposals	Read now PDF
13/03/2012	Ulster Wildlife Trust	Read now PDF
06/03/2012	Greening the Common Agricultural Policy Seminar	Read now PDF
28/02/2012	Programme for Government: DARD Position	Read now PDF
14/02/2012	Programme for Government, Anti-Poverty and Social Exclusion	Read now PDF
31/01/2012	Draft Forestry Land Byelaws and draft Forestry (Felling of Trees) Regulations	Read now PDF
07/02/2012	Reservoirs Bill: Policy Proposals	Read now PDF
10/01/2012	Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: Business Plan	Read now PDF
13/12/2011	Draft Rural White Paper Action Plan	Read now PDF
15/11/2011	Departmental Role in the Committee’s Scrutiny Function	Read now PDF
08/11/2011	Common Agricultural Policy Reform Ulster Farmers’ Union	Read now PDF
08/11/2011	Common Agricultural Policy Reform Department of Agriculture and Rural Development	Read now PDF
11/10/2011	Agrifood Sector’s Role in the Northern Ireland Economy: Ministerial Presentation	Read now PDF
14/06/2011	Ministerial Briefing	Read now PDF
07/06/2011	Common Agricultural Policy Reform	Read now PDF
07/06/2011	Policy and Legislation	Read now PDF
07/06/2011	Single Farm Payment	Read now PDF
31/05/2011	Department Budget Settlement, Including Savings Plans	Read now PDF
31/05/2011	Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme	Read now PDF
31/05/2011	June Monitoring Round	Read now PDF

ASSEMBLY BUSINESS

Minutes of Evidence

Hardship Payment Scheme for Northern Ireland Farmers: Ministerial Briefing

Review of Tree Disease and Biosecurity Issues: Landscape Institute Briefing

DARD Headquarters Relocation

Review of Tree Disease and Biosecurity Issues: Forest Service/DARD Briefing

Reservoir Community Asset Survey: Rivers Agency Briefing

Forest Service Business Plan 2013-14: Forest Service Briefing

Severe Weather: DARD Update

Severe Weather: National Sheep Association Briefing

DARD Business Plan 2013-14

DARD Briefing on Forestry (Felling of Trees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and Calculation of the Area of Land Regulations

Severe Weather: DARD Briefing on Emergency Response

Food Contamination of Beef Products with Horse DNA: Livestock and Meat Commission Briefing

Agri-Food Strategy Board: Progress Report

Food Contamination of Beef Products with Horse DNA: Food Standards Agency NI/DARD Briefing

DARD Business Plan 2012-13: Progress Report

Review of Tree Disease and Biosecurity Issues: Confor/NI Farm Forestry Briefing

Review of Tree Disease and Biosecurity Issues: Stakeholder Event

Review of Tree Disease and Biosecurity Issues: AFBI/DARD Briefing

Contamination of Beef Products with Horse and Pig DNA

Review of Tree Disease and Biosecurity Issues: Woodland Trust Briefing

Review of Tree Disease and Biosecurity Issues: National Trust Briefing

Rural Development Programme: DARD Briefing

Food Contamination Incident in Northern Ireland: DARD Briefing

Bovine TB Review: Ministerial Response to Committee Report

Agriculture and Rural Development Priorities for 2013: Ministerial Briefing

Ash Dieback: Forest Service Briefing

Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and Dogs (Guard Dog Kennels) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013: DARD Briefing

Lough Neagh: DARD Briefing

Loughs Agency

Single Farm Payment Review: DARD Briefing

Single Farm Payment Review: NIACA Briefing

Strangford Lough Fishing Exclusion Zones: DARD Briefing

Single Farm Payment Review: UFU/NIAPA Briefing

Reservoirs Bill: Consultation Outcome

Rivers Agency Business Plan 2012-13

October Monitoring Round: DARD Briefing

Agriculture (Student Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012: Stakeholder Event Feedback

Programme for Government 2011-15 Delivery Plans: DARD Briefing

Bovine TB Review: DARD Briefing

Bovine TB Review: Ministerial Briefing

The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments) Regulations (NI) 2012: DARD Briefing

The Welfare of Animals (Docking of Working Dogs' Tails and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Agri-Food Strategy Board

Bovine TB Review: National Trust

Bovine TB Review: Ulster Wildlife Trust

The Welfare of Animals (Docking of Working Dogs' Tails and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012: DARD Briefing

Bovine TB Review: Food and Environment Research Agency

Bovine TB Review: Veterinary Northern Ireland

Bovine TB Review: Farmers for Action

Poultry Litter Utilisation and Disposal: Alternative Technologies to Fluidised Bed Combustion

Bovine TB Review: Ulster Farmers' Union and Northern Ireland Agricultural Producers' Association

Bovine TB Review: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

Bovine TB Review: Departmental Briefing

Bovine TB Review: Queen's University Belfast

Bovine TB Review: Northern Ireland Audit Office

Marine Bill: Departmental Briefing

Rural Development Programme: Departmental Briefing

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: European Commission Proposals

Ulster Wildlife Trust

Greening the Common Agricultural Policy Seminar

Programme for Government: DARD Position

Programme for Government, Anti-Poverty and Social Exclusion

Draft Forestry Land Byelaws and draft Forestry (Felling of Trees) Regulations

Reservoirs Bill: Policy Proposals

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: Business Plan

Draft Rural White Paper Action Plan

Departmental Role in the Committee’s Scrutiny Function

Common Agricultural Policy Reform Ulster Farmers’ Union

Common Agricultural Policy Reform Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Agrifood Sector’s Role in the Northern Ireland Economy: Ministerial Presentation

Ministerial Briefing

Common Agricultural Policy Reform

Policy and Legislation

Single Farm Payment

Department Budget Settlement, Including Savings Plans

Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme

June Monitoring Round