APN 282 - 17/22: North South Ministerial Council Plenary / APG on Climate Action

NORTH SOUTH MINISTERIAL COUNCIL PLENARY

The Speaker received notification from the Executive, in accordance with section 52A (1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (as amended), that a North South Ministerial Council Plenary meeting will be held in Dublin Castle, Dublin, on 31 July 2020.

The following Executive Ministers will be in attendance:

First Minister

deputy First Minister

Minister Diane Dodds, MLA

Minister Nichola Mallon, MLA

Minister Conor Murphy, MLA

Minister Carál Ní Chuilín, MLA

Minister Edwin Poots, MLA

Minister Robin Swann, MLA

Minister Peter Weir, MLA

TEO Junior Minister Declan Kearney, MLA

TEO Junior Minister Gordon Lyons, MLA

The agenda for the meeting is available below:

NORTH SOUTH MINISTERIAL COUNCIL

TWENTY-SECOND PLENARY MEETING

DUBLIN CASTLE

31 JULY 2020

AGENDA

1. Opening Remarks

2. Joint Secretaries’ Progress Report [Paper NSMC P1 (20) 1]

3. Response to COVID-19 [Paper NSMC P1 (20) 2]

4. New Decade, New Approach Commitments [Paper NSMC P1 (20) 3]

5. Implications of UK Withdrawal from the EU    

6. Boards of North South Implementation Bodies and Tourism Ireland [Paper NSMC P1 (20) 4]

7. Future Meetings [Paper NSMC P1 (20) 5]

8. Draft Joint Communiqué [Paper NSMC P1 (20) JC]

ALL PARTY GROUP ON CIMATE ACTION

A remote/virtual meeting of the All Party Group on Climate Action has been arranged to take place on Wednesday 19 August at 10:00am using the Zoom platform.

Representatives from local climate youth panels have been invited to share their views on the climate emergency.

All Members are welcome to attend.

An invite will be emailed separately to each APG member (and, on request, to any other MLAs who wish to attend) providing instruction on how to join the remote/virtual meeting.

For further information and to request the appropriate links and joining instructions for the remote/virtual meeting, please contact Nichola Hughes on 07591 172485 or email info@sustainableni.org.