Minutes of Proceedings of the nineteenth meeting of the Public Accounts Committee held in Room 152, Parliament Buildings on Wednesday 22nd May 2002
Members Present:
Mr B Bell (Chairman)
Mr Carrick
Mr Close
Mr Dallat
Mr Hilditch
Mr McClellant
Ms Ramsey
Ms Morrice
Apologies:
Mr Beggs
Ms Armitage
In Attendance:
Mr M Rickard (Committee Clerk)
Mr J Campbell (Assistant Committee Clerk)
Ms C Campbell
Ms J Dickson
- Introduction
The Chairman commenced proceedings by welcoming Mr John Dowdall, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG). He then proceeded to outline the main issues to be dealt with during the meeting.
Following this introduction, the Chairman turned to the order of business.
- Apologies
An apology was received from Mr Beggs and Ms Armitage.
- Minutes of Meeting of 17th April 2002
Agreed.
The minutes accurately represented the business of the Committee.
- Briefing by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr John Dowdall, and his tem on the NIAO Reports on Northern Ireland Tourist Board: Grant to the Malone Lodge Hotel (NIA 83/01), Northern Ireland Tourist Board Accounts 2000-01 (NIA 45/01) and extracts from the Northern Ireland Appropriation Accounts 1999-2000 and the PAC Composite Report on Issues Dealt with by Correspondence by the Committee
Following a brief introduction by the C&AG, Mr Hutcheson and Mr Donnelly gave presentations detailing the main issues to be dealt with in the forthcoming evidence session on the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.
Following the presentations, they addressed a number of queries raised by the members
- General Correspondence
Response from Department for Social Development re: C&AG's report on Vote C 2000-01
Agreed
The C&AG will review the response and report back to the Committee.
- Any Other Business
PAC Visits
Agreed
The visit to Scotland should be postponed.
Agreed
The Clerk should liaise with the National Assembly of Wales with a view to visiting the Audit Committee on 19th June.
The meeting was then drawn to a close at 12:40pm.
B Bell
Committee Chairman
13th June 2002
