Archive Minutes of Evidence

Date Title Action

10/06/2013

Assembly Committees Make Joint Visit to City of Culture

Six Northern Ireland Assembly Committees are to visit the City of Culture on Wednesday, 12 June. The Committees will hold their meetings at three venues across the city: Magee campus of the University of Ulster, the new Ebrington Barracks venue and the North West Regional College.

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12/06/2013

Committee to Meet at Mount Stewart and Visit Kiltonga Reservoir

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development will be holding a meeting at Mount Stewart and will visit the Kiltonga Reservoir in Newtownards after the meeting.

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12/06/2013

Power NI to Brief Committee on Electricity Prices

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment will receive a briefing from Power NI on its recent electricity price increase.

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12/06/2013

Committee to Hold Meeting at Tollymore National Outdoor Centre

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure will hold its next meeting tomorrow (Thursday 13 June) at the Tollymore National Outdoor Centre, Bryansford, Newcastle, one of the venues for this year’s World Police and Fire Games.

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13/06/2013

Committee Emphasises Importance of Reservoir Safety Ahead of New Legislation

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development today visited Kiltonga Reservoir in Newtownards to highlight the importance of reservoir safety. The visit was ahead of the Committee’s consideration of important new legislation from DARD which will focus on ensuring that reservoirs are managed and operated to minimise the risk of flooding.

Reference: AGR 07/12/13

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13/06/2013

Planning Bill Will Streamline Planning System, Says Committee

The Committee for the Environment today published its Report on the Planning Bill, which details the Committee’s consideration and views on the Bill.

Reference: ENV 13/12/13

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14/06/2013

Committee Scrutinises Proposed New Increases in Carrier Bag Charges

The Committee for the Environment is now considering the proposed Carrier Bags Bill, which will apply charges to a wider range of carrier bags and increase the amount of the charge.

Reference: ENV 14/12/13

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19/06/2013

Assembly Committee to Receive Urgent Briefing from Housing Executive on Maintenance Contracts

The Assembly’s Committee for Social Development will hold its weekly meeting in Coleraine Borough Council offices on Thursday 20 June 2013. Committee Members will receive a briefing from the Chairman of the Housing Executive Donald Hoodless and the Chief Executive Dr John McPeake on the recent report into the organisation’s mishandling of planned maintenance contracts.

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20/06/2013

Committee Seeks Urgent Answers on Housing Executive Contracts

The Assembly Committee for Social Development was briefed today by Donald Hoodless, the recently appointed Chairperson of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and Dr John McPeake, the Chief Executive of the Housing Executive. The meeting, focused on the recent report into the organisation’s mishandling of planned maintenance contracts which has revealed that overpayments have been made to 6 contractors totalling an estimated £18m.

Reference: SD 07/12/13

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20/06/2013

Committee Agrees to Undertake Review into Electricity Prices

Following its meeting today, the Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment announced that it will undertake a review of electricity policies in Northern Ireland.

Reference: ETI 10/12/13

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