APN: 325-2227 NSMC Institutional Meeting NSMC Plenary Meeting and Various APG

NORTH SOUTH MINISTERIAL COUNCIL INSTITUTIONAL MEETING

The Speaker received notification from the Executive, in accordance with section 52A (1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (as amended), that a North South Ministerial Council Institutional meeting will be held on 13 September 2024.

The First Minister and deputy First Minister will be in attendance:

The agenda for the meeting is attached at Appendix A

NORTH SOUTH MINISTERIAL COUNCIL PLENARY MEETING

The Speaker received notification from the Executive, in accordance with section 52A (1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (as amended), that a North South Ministerial Council Plenary meeting will be held on 13 September 2024.

The Following Executive Ministers will be in attendance:

-       The First Minister

-       The deputy First Minister

-       Minister Archibald

-       Minister Givan

-       Minister Lyons

-       Minister Muir

-       Minister Murphy

-       Mr Nesbitt

-       Minister OʹDowd

-       Junior Minister Reilly

The agenda for the meeting is attached at Appendix B.

ALL PARTY GROUP ON REDUCING HARM RELATED TO GAMBLING

The All-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling will meet at 1:00pm on Tuesday 8 October 2024 in Room 21 Parliament Buildings the subject of which will be the Gambling Codes of Practice.

For further information, please contact Emer Haines secretariat@gamharmapg.org, Tel +44 (0) 7565 108306.  

ALL PARTY GROUP ON AGEING AND OLDER PEOPLE

A meeting of the All-Party Group (APG) on Ageing and Older People has been arranged to take place on Tuesday 24th September at 10.30 – 2.00pm in The Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings.

All Members are welcome to attend.

The meeting will take place as part of a stakeholder event on the topic Preparing for an Ageing Society. A panel of speakers will present recent data on ageing in Northern Ireland and issues impacting older people. This includes Age NI’s Lived Experience research and the Commissioner for Older People’s report At the Centre of Government Planning: The Programme for Government and Preparing for an Ageing Population. Thematic presentations will cover older people and the economy; pensioner poverty; health and social care priorities for older people; age-friendly communities; and discrimination and rights.

Following the presentations, members are invited to participate in roundtable discussions with older people about the issues impacting their lives and how the Programme for Government could address these. Discussions will be facilitated by Age NI’s peer facilitators from 12:30pm and lunch will be served.

Members are invited to contact Kellie Turtle at kellie.turtle@ageni.org to confirm their attendance and receive a copy of the agenda