Archive Minutes of Evidence

Date Title Action

20/06/2013

Committee Visits Coleraine to See Town Centre Regeneration

The Committee for Social Development today visited Coleraine Borough Council. Following their meeting, Members received a briefing from Council officials on local Neighbourhood Renewal schemes.

Reference: SD 06/12/13

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26/06/2013

Department must close gap in educational achievement says Committee

The large and persistent gap in literacy and numeracy between pupils who are entitled to free school meals and those who are not must not be allowed to continue. That is the key message in the Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee report launched today entitled Improving Literacy and Numeracy Achievement in Schools.

Reference: PAC 06/12/13

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26/06/2013

More Needs to be Done to Eradicate Bovine TB, Says Committee

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development received an update earlier this week from DARD on its Test, Vaccinate and Release (TVR) model of dealing with bovine TB in badgers and on the badger sett survey.

Reference: AGR 08/12/13

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26/06/2013

Inspecting the Inspectors: Education Committee Launches

The Committee for Education today announced the launch of its Inquiry into the School Improvement process and the role of the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI).

Reference: EDUC 10/12/13

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27/06/2013

Assembly Committee Examines Roaming Charges with Oireachtas Communications Committee

A delegation from the Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment met informally this week with Members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications.

Reference: ETI 11/12/13

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28/06/2013

Committee Focuses on Wind Farms in West Tyrone

The Committee for the Environment travelled to Omagh earlier this week to hear from local organisations about wind energy development in the area. Members of the Committee received briefings from West Tyrone Against Wind Turbines and Omagh and Strabane District Councils’ Joint Working Group on Wind Farms.

Reference: ENV 15/12/13

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01/07/2013

Committee to Hear Implications of CAP Reform for NI

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development will be receiving a briefing from DARD officials on the implications of European CAP reform for Northern Ireland.

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03/07/2013

Committee to Visit the Lough Neagh Fisherman’s Cooperative Toomebridge and Ballyronan Marina

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure will visit the Lough Neagh Fisherman’s Cooperative in Toomebridge on Thursday 4 July 2013. Members will receive briefings from the Lough Neagh Fisherman’s Cooperative, Dr Derek Evans from the Agri-food and Bio Science Institute and from the Lough Neagh Dollaghan Trust.

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04/07/2013

Additional Plenary Sitting

There will be an additional Plenary sitting of the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday, 8 July 2013 after the Speaker received a valid request to recall the Assembly.

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09/07/2013

Committee to Examine Translink Accounts

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Regional Development will hold a special meeting to receive a briefing from Translink officials on the company’s 2012/2013 accounts.

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