Archive Minutes of Evidence

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09/03/2016

Social Development Committee to Visit Coleraine and Cloughmills

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10/03/2016

Social Development Committee Visit Coleraine and Cloughmills

The Committee for Social Development visited Coleraine today where it held an external meeting at the Northern Ireland Housing Executive’s (NIHE) Causeway offices.

Reference: SD 03/15/16

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14/03/2016

Speaker hosts lecture on Easter Rising

The Speaker of the Assembly, Mitchel McLaughlin MLA is hosting a lecture in Parliament Buildings today on the 1916 Easter Rising, with a lecture by the Rev Dr Johnston McMaster of the Irish School of Ecumenics.

Reference: SO 18/15/16

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16/03/2016

Committee finds serious flaws in NIHE's dealings with private developers

The Public Accounts Committee today has published its report into the Governance of Land and Property in the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE). The Report found serious failings in NIHE’s corporate governance regime in relation to a number of individual land disposals between 2004 and 2010.

Reference: PAC 06/15/16

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16/03/2016

Speaker hosts St Patrick's Day event

The Speaker of the Assembly, Mitchel McLaughlin MLA is hosting an event in Parliament Buildings today to mark St Patrick’s Day, with performances of music, dance, song and storytelling.

Reference: SO 19/15/16

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18/03/2016

Committee questions the benefits from Invest to Save schemes

The Assembly Public Accounts Committee today published its report into the Invest to Save schemes which were introduced to fund Departmental projects that would generate significant savings in the 2010 to 2015 budget period. The aim was for funded projects, which would not have been taken forward without the scheme, to have a clear link between the investment made and the savings generated.

Reference: PAC 07/15/16

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09/05/2016

Speaker welcomes increase in female MLAs

The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mitchel McLaughlin MLA has expressed his delight at the significant increase in female Members returned during last week’s Assembly elections and stressed the importance of building on it.

Reference: SO 01/16/17

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11/05/2016

Assembly meets for first Plenary of new Mandate

The Northern Ireland Assembly will meet in the Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings, Belfast, on 12 May for the first Plenary of the new Mandate.

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13/06/2016

New Meeting Schedule for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee

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30/06/2016

Committee brings Brexit concerns to the fore

The Assembly’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee (AERA) received briefings today from a number of agricultural and environmental stakeholders on the possible challenges and opportunities of the recent EU Referendum.

Reference: AERA 01/16/17

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