APN 404 - 17/22: British/Irish Council Summit Meeting / APG on the Arts / APG on Social Enterprise
BRITISH-IRISH COUNCIL SUMMIT MEETING
The Speaker has received notification from the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in accordance with section 52A (1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (as amended), that a British-Irish Council Summit meeting will be held on Friday 11 June 2021.
The following Ministers will be attending the meeting;
First Minister, the Rt. Hon Arlene Foster MLA
Deputy First Minister, Michelle O’Neill MLA
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots MLA
Minister for Communities, Deirdre Hargey MLA
Minister for the Economy, Diane Dodds MLA
Minister of Finance, Conor Murphy MLA
Minister of Health, Robin Swann MLA
Minister for Infrastructure, Nichola Mallon MLA
Minister of Justice, Naomi Long MLA
Junior Minister, Declan Kearney MLA
Junior Minister, Gordon Lyons MLA
The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
35th British-Irish Council Summit, Northern Ireland Executive
11 June 2021, 10.00-12.00
Agenda
1. Welcome and Introductions [10 Mins]
2. Discussion topic: Priorities for Covid-19-Recovery and Planning for Potential Impacts [to include Latest Political Developments] [60 Mins]
3. Discussion papers: [45 Mins]
a. Ongoing work of the Council
b. Future of the Coun.cil
c. Operational Review of the Secretariat
4. BIC Secretariat End-Year Report [1 Min]
5. Minutes of the 34"' Summit, hosted virtually by the Scottish Government, 6"' November 2021 [1 Min]
6. Date and location of the next BIC Summit [1 Min]
7. Any Other Business [1 Min]
8. Draft Communique [1 Min]
Meeting ends approximately 12:00 noon, followed by press conference at 12.20pm [TBC]
ALL PARTY GROUP ON THE ARTS
A remote/virtual meeting of the All-Party Group on the Arts has been arranged to take place on Friday 25 June 2021 at 12:00 using MS Teams platform.
Topic: Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in the arts.
All Members are welcome to attend.
An invite will be emailed separately to each APG Member (or on request to another MLA who wishes 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 Niamh Flanagan on 028 9031 1806 or email director@theatreanddanceni.org or Sussanne Gillespie on email Sussanne.Gillespie@party.niassembly.gov.uk
ALL PARTY GROUP ON SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
A remote/virtual meeting of the All-Party Group on Social Enterprise has been arranged to take place on Tuesday 29th June 2021 at 12.30pm using the Microsoft Teams application.
All Members are welcome to attend.
An invite will be emailed separately to each Member providing instruction on how to join the remote/virtual meeting Via Microsoft Teams.
For further information please contact David Arthurs on 07925 740 395 or email david@socialenterpriseni.org.
