Archive Minutes of Evidence
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12/04/2013 |
Committee Investigates Tree Disease with Key Visits The Assembly Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development recently saw first-hand the issues surrounding tree disease with a visit to Belfast Harbour and Woodburn Forest. Reference: ARD 05/12/13 |
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12/04/2013 |
Assembly to Debate More Spontaneity for Assembly Question Time On Monday, 15 April 2013, the Northern Ireland Assembly will debate the Procedures Committee Report into Topical Questions. |
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15/04/2013 |
More Spontaneity for Assembly Question Time The Assembly’s Procedures Committee has recommended that Ministerial Question Time include time for topical and spontaneous questions to take place during the existing Oral Question Time. The recommendation comes as the Assembly considers the Committee’s Report into Topical Questions. Reference: Procedures 01/12/13 |
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15/04/2013 |
Agriculture Committee to Consider DARD Hardship Scheme |
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16/04/2013 |
Careful Consideration of Planning Bill is Needed, Says Committee The Committee for the Environment will hold an event on the Planning Bill on Thursday, 18 April 2013 at Parliament Buildings. Reference: ENV 10/12/13 |
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17/04/2013 |
No Evidence that Health and Social Care Services are Safer for Patients than a Decade Ago A Report published today by the Public Accounts Committee has highlighted that, while the vast majority of services provided by Health and Social Care Trusts are of a very high quality, patients and service users can suffer largely preventable harm and suffering. Reference: PAC 04/12/13 |
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17/04/2013 |
Corporation Tax Up for Consideration at Committee Meeting The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment will receive a briefing on corporation tax and other measures to improve the economy from the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI). The Committee will also receive a briefing on 4G mobile phone coverage and roaming charges from the Mobile Operators Association, which includes representatives from O2, Vodafone, Everything Everywhere and Three. |
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24/04/2013 |
Committee Encourages Use of ‘Exceptional Circumstances’ Section for Farmers Hit by Severe Weather The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development has welcomed the Minister’s announcement on stocking density (the number of stock per hectare) under the Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowances (LFACA) Scheme. Reference: AGR 06/12/13 |
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24/04/2013 |
Committee Criticises Translink Fare Increases The Committee for Regional Development today denounced increases in the cost of travelling by bus and by rail. The information emerged during a presentation to the Committee from the Chief Executive of Translink, Catherine Mason, on the organisation’s corporate and business plan. The increases will see the cost of a bus journey rise by 3% and the cost of a train journey rise by 5%. Reference: CRD 05/03/13 |
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24/04/2013 |
Assembly Committee to meet at Armagh Planetarium |
