Archive Minutes of Evidence

Date Title Action

18/03/2015

Speaker to use his Time in Office to Highlight the Issue of Respect

The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mitchel McLaughlin MLA, tonight hosted the Speaker’s annual St Patrick’s event in Parliament Buildings. The Speaker used the event to make a wide ranging speech setting out his approach to his period of office and his intention to be guided by the theme of “respect”.

Reference: SO 09/14/15

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23/03/2015

Education Committee to Host ‘MoneySense’ Enterprise Event

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23/03/2015

Committee to refer Minister to Public Prosecution Service

The Committee for Regional Development today agreed to refer the Minister for Regional Development to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) for failing to respond to a requirement to produce a Project Assessment Review (PAR) report prepared by the Major Project Authority of the Cabinet Office into the Coleraine to Derry/Londonderry Phase 2 Railway project.

Reference: CRD 06/14/15

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27/03/2015

Agriculture Committee Quiz EU Commissioner on Local Farming Issues

The Assembly Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development met with the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan today (Friday 27 March).

Reference: AGR 06/14/15

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30/03/2015

Minister to Brief Environment Committee on Budget Allocations 2015/1016

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14/04/2015

Committee Event Focuses on Boosting Economy

The event focused on issues such as skills and education; government support; and the transport infrastructure, identified as areas of concern by respondents to the Committee’s survey conducted earlier this year.

Reference: ETI 04/14/15

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15/04/2015

Robin Swann MLA Elected as Chairperson of the NI Assembly Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

The Northern Ireland Assembly has today announced that Mr Robin Swann MLA has been elected to the newly created post of Chairperson of the NI Assembly Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).

Reference: CPA 01/14/15

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21/04/2015

Managing Sickness Absence Could Result in Savings of up to £37 Million a Year says Assembly Committee

The Committee for Finance and Personnel has today (Tuesday 21 April) published its Review into Sickness Absence in the Northern Ireland Public Sector.

Reference: CFP 03/14/15

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22/04/2015

Commissioner for Standards Publishes Annual Report

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23/04/2015

Committee Seminar Focuses on Innovation in the Criminal Justice System

The Assembly Committee for Justice has hosted the first in a series of seminars focusing on the development of innovative approaches and concepts to improve the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland.

Reference: JUS 01/14/15

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