APN 537-22/27 re. NSMC Agriculture Meeting, APG on Children and Young People and APG on Skills

NORTH SOUTH MINISTERIAL COUNCIL AGRICULTURE 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 Agriculture meeting will be held on 15 May 2026.

Minister Muir, Junior Minister Reilly and Junior Minister Bunting will be in attendance:

The agenda for the meeting is attached at Appendix A.

ALL PARTY GROUP ON CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

A hybrid meeting of the All-Party Group on Children & Young People has been arranged to take place on Tuesday 16 June at 13:00 using the Microsoft Teams platform, or alternatively in Room 30 for those that would prefer to attend in person.

The main agenda item will be a presentation from the Department of Health on Families Together — the new Family Support Model that will be implemented as part of the reform of children’s social care.  All Members are welcome to attend.

An invite will be emailed separately to each APG member (and, on request, to any other MLAs who wish to attend) providing instruction on how to join the remote/virtual meeting.

For further information and to request the appropriate links and joining instructions for the hybrid meeting, please contact Dr Ernest Purvis on 028 9040 1290 or email ernest@ci-ni.org.uk

ALL PARTY GROUP ON SKILLS

The All-Party Group on Skills will hold a meeting on Friday 12th June 2026 at 11am via the Microsoft Teams platform. 

All Members are invited to attend.

To confirm your attendance or for further information please contact The Open University (Secretariat) by emailing ni-apg-skills@open.ac.uk.