COMMITTEE FOR FINANCE AND PERSONNEL MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS Twelth Meeting Wednesday, 7 June 2000 Room 144, Parliament Buildings

Members Present:

Present:

Mr Francie Molloy (Chairman)         Mr William Bell         Mr Seamus Close         Mr Oliver Gibson         Mr Derek Hussey         Mr Donovan McCelland

Apologies:     

Mr Alex Attwood         Mr Gardiner Kane         Mr James Leslie         Mr Alex Maskey         Mr Peter Weir

In attendence:     

Mr Martin Wilson (Committee Clerk)         Mr Peter Hughes (Assistant Clerk)         Ms Sharon Bowman (Administrative Support)

The Chairman declared the meeting open at 2.00 pm. The meeting was held in closed session except for the Briefing on the Census 2001, which was opened to the public.

Minutes of Proceedings

 

1.1. Resolved: The Committee agreed the Minutes of Proceedings for 31 May 2000.

 

Minutes of Evidence

1.2. Resolved: The Committee agreed the draft Minutes of Evidence for 19, 27 January and 2, 3, 9 February 2000 and ordered that they be placed in the Northern Ireland Assembly Library.

 

Matters Arising

1.3. Role of Committee.

1.3.1. Resolved: The Committee agreed to meet on 6 September 2000 to consider its role and future business programme.

 

1.4. Allowances to Members and Office Holders Bill

1.4.1. The Committee deliberated on the handling of the Consideration Stage of the Bill.

1.5. Chairman's Meeting with Minister

1.5.1. The Chairman informed members of his meeting on Friday, 2 June with the Minister of Finance and Personnel

 

Briefing by Minister of Finance and Personnel

1.6. Mr Mark Durkan, Minister of Finance and Personnel appeared before the Committee. The Committee deliberated on the management of public spending.

Mr Gibson left the meeting at 3.10 pm.

The Chairman declared the meeting open to the public at 3.15 pm.

 

Briefing on Census 2001

1.7. Dr Norman Caven, Registrar General for Northern Ireland and Dr James Gillen, NISRA appeared before the Committee. The Committee deliberated on the Northern Ireland Census 2001.

The Chairman declared the meeting closed to the public at 4.40 pm.

 

Draft Budget Report

1.8.Resolved: Members agreed that a report on the 2000/01 Budget would not be issued.

Committee Programme

1.9. Resolved: The Committee agreed its business programme.

 

Consider any Statutory Rules

1.10. No statutory rules were tabled.

 

Consider any Bills

1.11. Ground Rents Bill

1.11.1. Resolved: The Committee agreed to commence the Committee Stage of the Ground Rents Bill on Wednesday, 5 July.

 

Correspondence

1.12. Letters dated 6 June to the Chairman from the Minister of Finance and Personnel on: (1) Launch of National Statistics, and (2) Access for People with Disabilities to Buildings; and Press notices issued by the Department of Finance and Personnel on 5 June on: (1) 2000/01 Main Estimates and (2) Ground Rents Bill were tabled for members' information.

 

Any Other Business

1.13. Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Third Report - the NIO 2000 Departmental Report.

1.13.1. Resolved: The Committee agreed that the report would be considered further at a later meeting.

 

Date of Next Meeting

1.14. Resolved: The Committee agreed to meet on Wednesday, 14 June at 2.00 pm.

 

The Chairman declared the meeting closed at 5.05 pm.