OFMDFM COMMITTEE’S CONCERNS ABOUT PROPOSALS FOR EU DIRECTIVE ON GENDER GOODS AND SERVICES

A meeting of the Committee for the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister today considered a letter from the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister about proposals for implementing the EU Directive on Gender, Goods and Services.

The Chairperson Mr Danny Kennedy MLA said,

“The Committee has concerns following the receipt of the letter advising that UK Ministers have decided to implement the EU Directive on Gender, Goods and Services and agreed to seek detailed clarification on the proposals from the First Minister and deputy First Minister”.

Notes for editors

The Committee for the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister is one of the statutory committees established by the Northern Ireland Assembly on 9 May 2007.

A motion was approved in the Assembly on Tuesday 12 June 2007 proposing that the committee’s name be changed from the Committee of the Centre to the Committee for the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister.

The role of the Committee as set out in Standing Orders for the Northern Ireland Assembly is “to advise and assist the First Minister and the deputy First Minister in the formulation of policy with respect to matters within their responsibilities as Ministers jointly in charge of the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister.”

Committee Membership: -
Danny Kennedy, Chairperson
Naomi Long, Deputy Chairperson
Martina Anderson
Tom Elliott
Dolores Kelly
Barry McElduff
Francie Molloy
Stephen Moutray
Jim Shannon
Jimmy Spratt
Jim Wells

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