Minutes of Proceedings
Session: 2007/2008
Date: 05 March 2008
Venue: Room 135
The meeting opened at 10:34am in public session.
1. Apologies
Apologies are detailed above.
Departmental briefing on “A Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance Strategy for Northern Ireland”
The Committee received a briefing from Departmental Officials: Nuala Kerr, Director of Skills & Industry Division, and Judith Shaw, Careers & Guidance Services Branch, on the Department’s consultation responses. The briefing was followed by a question and answer session.
Agreed: Members agreed that a draft Committee response to the strategy be prepared for submission to the Department.
2. Minutes of the meeting held on 27 th February 2008
Agreed: The draft minutes were agreed.
3. Any Other Business
Members noted that James McCusker has been appointed as Chairperson of the Labour Relations Agency.
Agreed: Members agreed that final Hansard transcripts of evidence sessions relating to the Committee’s scrutiny of the Training for Success programme be published on the Committee’s website.
Members noted a paper from the Department detailing its reduced requirements in the February monitoring round.
Members noted and discussed correspondence from the Minister updating Members on the current position in relation to the FE Lecturers’ Pay Dispute.
11:44am The Chairperson adjourned the meeting
12.24pm The meeting resumed in closed session
12:24pm Mr Newton joined the meeting
4. Training for Success – Update on Contracting
The Committee received a briefing from Departmental Officials: Dr Aideen McGinley, Permanent Secretary, Catherine Bell, Deputy Secretary, and Nuala Kerr, Director of Skills & Industry Division, on contracting issues relating to the Training for Success programme. The briefing was followed by a question and answer session.
1:29pm Mr Spratt left the meeting
5. Date, time and place of next meeting
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, 12 th March 2008 at 10.30am in Room 135, Parliament Buildings.
The Chairperson adjourned the meeting at 1:34pm.
