Proceedings of the Committee on the Preparation for Government
13 June 2006
Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday, 13 June 2006 in Room 144, Parliament Buildings.
| Chairperson: | Jim Wells |
| Present: | John Dallat Diane Dodds Dr Sean Farren David Ford Michelle Gildernew MP Danny Kennedy Naomi Long Dr William McCrea MP Dr Alasdair McDonnell MP Alan McFarland Michael McGimpsey Conor Murphy MP John O’Dowd Ian Paisley Jnr |
| In Attendance: | Nuala Dunwoody (Clerk Assistant) Debbie Pritchard (Principal Clerk) Jim Beatty (Assistant Clerk) Pauline Innes (Clerical Officer) Peter Gilleece (Senior Researcher) |
| Observing: | Francie Molloy (Chairperson) |
The meeting commenced at 11.05am
1. Apologies
Mr Durkan MP (Mr Dallat attended the meeting as SDLP representative in place of Mr Durkan MP)
Mr McGuinness MP (Mr O’Dowd attended the meeting as Sinn Fein representative in place of Mr McGuinness MP)
Mr Morrow (Mrs Dodds attended the meeting as the DUP representative in place of Mr Morrow)
2. Minutes of Last Meeting
The minutes of the meeting of 12 June were agreed subject to the following amendments:-
Delete ‘The Committee agreed to re-consider the issue of sub-committees at a later stage.’
Insert ‘There was not consensus on the issue of sub-committees.’
Delete ‘It was agreed that the issue of allowing notetakers from each party to attend meetings would be reconsidered at a later stage.’
Insert ‘There was not consensus on the issue of allowing notetakers from each party to attend meetings.’
3. Meeting in Closed/Public Session
The Committee agreed that the meeting should remain closed.
4. Clerk’s Paper on Issues identified in Party Presentations
Mr Paisley left the meeting at 11.28am.
Mr Paisley rejoined the meeting at 11.29am.
Proposed - That the paper was not sufficiently detailed or extensive as it did not list all the issues raised by each party during the presentations and that a more comprehensive list could be produced, if required, once parties had submitted their papers.
There was consensus and the proposal was agreed.
5. Party Papers
Each party submitted a paper for consideration by the other parties. The Committee agreed that the papers would be treated as confidential.
6. Items for Plenary Business
Proposed – That the Committee has no business to refer to the Business Committee.
There was consensus and the proposal was agreed.
7. Establishment of Working Groups
The Committee agreed to discuss the Working Group on Economic Challenges facing Northern Ireland at the next meeting.
8. Next Meeting
The Committee agreed to meet on Friday 16 June at 3.30pm and at 10.00am on Monday 19 June, Tuesday 20 June and Wednesday 21 June subject to plenary business.
The meeting was adjourned at 12.23pm.
