COMMITTEE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND LEARNING

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS: THURSDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2001
ROOM 152, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS

Present:
Dr Esmond Birnie MLA (Chairman)
Mr Mervyn Carrick MLA (Deputy Chairman)
Mr Roy Beggs MLA
Mr Joe Byrne MLA
Mr John Dallat MLA
Prof Monica McWilliams MLA
Mrs Mary Nelis MLA

In Attendance:
Dr Andrew C Peoples
Mr Colin Jones
Ms Anne Colville
Mr Michael Meehan
Dr Rosanne Cecil (Specialist Adviser)

Apologies:
Mrs Joan Carson MLA
Mr William Hay MLA

Meeting opened at 3.07 pm in open session.

 

1. Apologies

Apologies are detailed above.

 

2. Approval of draft minutes of 6 September 2001

Agreed as amended. Proposed: Mr Byrne Seconded: Mrs Nelis.

Clerk: To amend

3. Matters Arising

Members noted the clarification sought by the Committee from the Permanent Secretary in relation to how the 10% of research funding to universities arising from the Research Assessment Exercise sould be allocated; this 10% shall be for "mainly economic development but not exclusively".

3.18pm Mr Carrick joined the meeting

Members agreed an amended response to the consultation on the Research, Development and Innovation Strategy. The response to be forwarded to the Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment.

Proposed: Mr Byrne, Seconded: Prof McWilliams

Action: Clerk

4. Inquiry into Education and Training for Industry

The Committee agreed to have the debate on the Report in open session. Members considered and debated the various sections of the draft Report of their Inquiry into Education and Training for Industry.

• Structure of the Committee’s Report –agreed

• Chairman’s draft of Section 1

• Chairman’s draft of Section 2


4.03pm Mr Byrne left the meeting


• Chairman’s draft conclusions and recommendations

The Committee directed the Clerk to make the proposed amendments for further consideration at the next meeting.

Action: Clerk in conjunction with the Chairman

Members agreed that all the recommendations once finalised at the next meeting on the 18 September should be sent immediately to each of the Assembly Statutory Committees and the Committee of the Centre with a covering letter from the Chairman.

Action: Clerk in conjunction with the Chairman

It was further agreed that an amended version of the draft Section 1 - Review of Background Material, and Section 2 - Summary of Oral and Written Evidence –Findings, should be passed to the Department for Employment and Learning on Friday 14 September for factual checking.

Action: Clerk

The Committee directed the Clerk and staff to focus fully on the Committee’s Report leaving other matters in abeyance until the Report in completed.

Action: Clerk

5. Any Other Business

Members were issued with a bound copy of all Committee responses in the 2000/01 session.

It was agreed that packs for the next meeting would be issued early on Tuesday morning 18 September.

Action: Clerk

6. Date and time of next meeting

On Tuesday 18 September 2001 at 12.30pm in Room 144, Parliament Buildings, lunch will be provided.

The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 5.35pm

Dr Esmond Birnie, MLA
Chairman, Committee for Employment and Learning
18 September 2001

6 September 2001 / Menu / 18 September 2001