Archive Minutes of Evidence

Date Title Action

29/05/2013

Committee to Receive PWC Briefing on Economic Growth Report

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment will receive a briefing from PricewaterhouseCoopers on its Economic Growth Report.

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03/06/2013

Speaker Hosts Lecture on Perspective on Female Suffrage

The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mr William Hay MLA, hosted an event in Parliament Buildings this evening as part of the “Perspectives On…” series agreed by the Assembly Commission to mark the decade of centenaries. The event, entitled ‘Perspectives on Female Suffrage’, featured a lecture by Dr Margaret Ward, author of women’s history.

Reference: SO 10/12/13

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05/06/2013

Committee Critical of Translink Transparency

The Committee for Regional Development has criticised the Department for Regional Development and Translink for the lack of transparency over the level of reserves held by Translink.

Reference: CRD 06/12/13

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05/06/2013

Utility Regulator to Brief Committee on Electricity Prices

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment will receive a briefing from the Utility Regulator, Mr Shane Lynch on the recent electricity price increases.

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05/06/2013

Committee Event Will Focus on High Levels of Local Repossessions

The Assembly Committee for Social Development and the Housing Rights Service will hold an important stakeholder event on Thursday 6 June 2013 to look at the high levels of housing repossessions locally

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06/06/2013

Northern Ireland Assembly calls on the City of Culture to ‘Get Involved’

The Northern Ireland Assembly will be at Ebrington Barracks on Friday 7 June 2013 to meet with locally based voluntary and community sector groups.

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06/06/2013

High Levels of Local Housing Repossessions Must Be Tackled Says Committee

The Assembly Committee for Social Development held an important event today in conjunction with the Housing Rights Service to look at the increasing levels of repossessions and local households affected by negative equity.

Reference: SD 05/12/13

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06/06/2013

Students “talk back” at North West Regional College

The Northern Ireland Assembly Education Service, in conjunction with the Peace and Reconciliation Group, will host a “Talks Back” panel discussion at North West Regional College (NWRC). Local third-level students will have the opportunity to ask the panel, which includes local MLAs, about a range of social and economic issues affecting the region.

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06/06/2013

Assembly Community Connect ‘Gets Involved’ in the City of Culture

The Northern Ireland Assembly will host a major event at Ebrington Barracks in Derry~Londonderry on Friday 7 June. The event is part of the Assembly’s new Community Connect initiative which helps local community and voluntary sector groups to work more effectively with the Assembly and its Committees.

Reference: SO 10/12/13

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10/06/2013

Assembly Committees take their work to the City of Culture

Six Northern Ireland Assembly Committees will be holding their meetings in the City of Culture on Wednesday, 12 June. The Committees will be meeting in a variety of venues, including the Magee campus of the University of Ulster, the new Ebrington Barracks venue and the North West Regional College.

Reference: SO 11/12/13

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