CULTURE, ARTS AND LEISURE COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Thursday 6 July 2000 at 10.15am
in the Senate Chamber Parliament Buildings
1. Apologies
2. Chairperson's business
3. Minutes of last two meetings
4. Matters arising
5. Programme of work
6. Inland Fishing Inquiry
7. Public Evidence Session - Bann System Ltd
8. Public Evidence Session - Ulster Angling Federation
9. Any other business
10. Date of next meeting
Present: Mr E ONeill (Chairperson)
Ms M Nelis (Deputy Chairperson)
Dr I Adamson
Mr I Davis
Mr K McCarthy
Mr B McElduff
Mr J Shannon
Mr J Wilson
In attendance: Mrs C White, Ms M Higgins
Mr J McCourt, Mr J Nesbitt
In attendance for public evidence session at 11.00am: Bann System Ltd - Cmdr. Campbell, Mr E Montgomery, Mr D Agnew, and Mr T Miller
In attendance for public evidence session at 12.00pm: Ulster Angling Federation - Mr J Haughey, Mr N McCreight, Mr A Kilgore
The meeting opened, in private, at 10.17am
1. Apologies
Apologies were received from Mr D Hilditch and Mr E McMenamin.
TOP2. Chairperson's business
i. The Chairperson reminded members of the rules on the use of the Senate Chamber.
ii. The Chairperson reported on a letter he had received from the Minister regarding the allocation of financial resources for a Modernisation Fund under the banner of Agenda for Government. The Chairperson advised that the Minister stated he had received an additional £3m to take forward two specific programmes of work. It was agreed that the Minister's letter should be copied to the members.
TOP3. Minutes of the last two meetings
The minutes of the last two meetings were agreed.
TOP4. Matters arising
i. The Chairperson reminded members that a presentation on the environmental impact of Hydro-schemes on Inland Fishing was due to take place after recess.
ii. Members discussed the potential problem of not having a quorum during public evidence sessions, and the sound difficulties in the Senate Chamber.
TOP5. Programme of work - post recess
Agreed - that all the major interest groups on the draft programme should be invited to give evidence and that a geographical spread of angling clubs should also be invited. It was also agreed that two full days of public evidence sessions should be arranged for 5 September and 7 September to speed up the evidence gathering process.
Mr Shannon joined the meeting at 10.35am
TOP6. Inland Fishing Inquiry
Agreed - that the draft press release, highlighting the level of interest shown in the inquiry, should be issued.
TOP7. Public evidence session - Bann System Ltd
Bann System Ltd gave oral evidence, in public, to the Committee on its inquiry into Inland Fishing.
Ms Nelis left the meeting at 11.29am
Mr McElduff joined the meeting at 11.30am
TOP8. Public evidence session - Ulster Angling Federation
The Ulster Angling Federation gave oral evidence, in public, to the Committee on its inquiry into Inland Fishing.
Mr McElduff left the meeting at 12.40pm
Mr Shannon left the meeting at 12.55pm
TOP9. Any other business
The Chairperson advised that the Department had requested feedback on the "Future Search" conference report. It was agreed that members would send their responses to the Committee Clerk within the next two weeks.
10. Date of next meeting
The next meeting of the Committee will take place on Tuesday 5 September at 10.15am in the Senate Chamber.
TOPThe meeting closed at 1.20pm
Mr E ONeill
(Chairperson)
29 June 2000 / Menu / 7 September 2000