Minutes of Proceedings

The meeting opened, in private, at 12:05pm

1. Chairperson's business

1.1 Agreed - that lists of all written and oral evidence received by the Committee should form part of the report on the inquiry into Inland Fisheries in Northern Ireland.

Mr Hilditch joined the meeting at 12:12pm

1.2 Agreed - that the Minutes of Evidence and their relevant written submissions should form part of the report on the inquiry into Inland Fisheries in Northern Ireland. The Committee divided on this issue. The question was proposed by the Chairperson - 'Do the members agree that the written submissions of those organisations who gave oral evidence should be included in the report on the inquiry into Inland Fisheries in Northern Ireland?' The following members members voted 'Yes' - Mr ONeill, Dr Adamson, Mr Davis, Mr Hilditch and Mr McCarthy and Mr McMenamin abstained.

Mr McElduff joined the meeting at 12:28pm
Mr Shannon joined the meeting at 12:32pm

1.3 Agreed - that the report on the inquiry into Inland Fisheries in Northern Ireland would be published without the photographs, graphs, maps and extracts from reports referred to in written submissions.

2. Report on Inland Fisheries in N.I.

2.1 The Committee discussed further aspects of the report by Dr Winfield and agreed to meet again on Thursday 11 January 2001.

3. Date of next meeting

3.1 The next meeting of the Committee will take place on Thursday 11 January 2001 at 10:15am in Room 152.

The meeting closed at 12:47pm

Mr E ONeill
(Chairperson)