Minutes of Proceedings

Session: 2007/2008

Date: 18 June 2008

Venue: Room 135

The meeting opened at 10:33am in public session.

Apologies

Apologies are detailed above.

1.    Minutes of the meeting held on 11 th June 2008

Agreed: The minutes were agreed.

2.    Departmental Finance Briefing

11:03am Anna Lo joined the meeting

The Committee received a briefing from Departmental representatives: Greg McConnell, Deputy Secretary, and Trevor Connolly, Director of Finance & European Division, on provisional 2007-08 outturn, the June Monitoring Round and European Social Funding. The briefing was followed by a question and answer session.

12:02pm David McClarty left the meeting

3.    Briefing from the NI Union of Supported Employment

The Committee received a briefing from representatives of the NI Union of Supported Employment: Margaret Haddock, Chairperson, Edyth Dunlop, Regional Manager, Lorraine Boyd, Supported Employment in Action Project Co-ordinator, Anne McAleer, and Robert Watson, on the findings of the Supported Employment in Action Project and issues that affect people with disabilities. The briefing was followed by a question and answer session.

Agreed: Members agreed that the Chairperson write to the Departments for Employment and Learning, Education, Social Development and Health on cross-cutting issues relating to people with disabilities.

Agreed: Members agreed that the Chairperson write to the Department for Employment and Learning on the issues of concern to NI Union of Supported Employment and Mencap.

4.    Matters Arising

Members noted an update paper from the Department on Training for Success

5.    Chairperson’s Business

Members noted a number of items of correspondence and agreed responses.
The Chairperson updated Members on a meeting with Mencap held on 18 th June.

6.    Departmental Press Notices

Members noted a number of Departmental press notices issued recently.

7.    Any Other Business

No other items of business were raised.

8.    Date, time and place of next meeting

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, 25 th June 2008 at 10.30am in Room 135, Parliament Buildings.

The Chairperson adjourned the meeting at 1:09pm.

Ms Sue Ramsey
Chairperson, Committee for Employment & Learning
25 June 2008

 

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