COMMITTEE FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER 2008
ROOM 152 PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS

PUBLIC SESSION

Meeting commences at 1.30pm

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION:

• Presentation – DARD Direct Offices – UFU, NIPSA, DARD

Witnesses attending: John Thompson, Deputy President, UFU
Wesley Aston, Policy Director, UFU
Noel Griffin, NIPSA Official
Mary Keys, DARD TUS Office
Gerard Higgins, Chair, NIPSA DARD Committee
John Doherty, NIPSA DARD Committee
Roy McClenaghan, Under Secretary, DARD
Pauline Rooney, Acting Senior Principal Officer, DARD

• Presentation – DARD – December Monitoring Round

Witnesses attending: John Smith, Assistant Secretary, DARD
Peter Scott, Principal Officer, DARD

• Pre-consultation – Swine Vesicular Disease Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008
• SL1 –The European Fisheries Fund (Grants) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008
• SR – The Organic Farming (Amendment) Regulations ( Northern Ireland) 2008
• SR The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) Regulations
• Future Presentations