Committee Reports The Views Of Statutory Committees On The Executive’s Draft Programme For Government And Investment Strategy

The Committee for the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister today published its report on the draft Programme for Government and draft Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland. The report includes the views of all the Assembly’s statutory committees.

Following publication of the report, the Chairperson of the Committee, Mr Danny Kennedy said:

“ This report encompasses the views of all the Assembly’s statutory committees on the draft Programme for Government and draft Investment Strategy.”

“I trust that the First Minister and deputy First Minister and members of the Executive will take account of the responses when finalising the Programme for Government and Investment Strategy.”

The report was produced in response to a request from the First Minister and deputy First Minister, when they launched the consultation on the Programme for Government and Investment Strategy. The Committee for the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister were asked to undertake a co-ordinating role in liaising with the other statutory committees and gathering their views on the Programme for Government and Investment Strategy.