COMMITTEE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND LEARNING
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Wednesday, 16th JANUARY 2008
Room 135, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS
Present:
Mr Jimmy Spratt MLA (Deputy Chairperson)
Mr Alex Attwood MLA
Mr Paul Butler MLA
Ms Anna Lo MLA
Mr Nelson McCausland MLA
Mr David McClarty MLA
Mrs Claire McGill MLA
Mr Robin Newton MLA
Mr Alastair Ross MLA
In Attendance:
Mr Rab McConaghy (Assembly Clerk)
Mr Trevor Allen (Assistant Assembly Clerk)
Mr Collan Cree (Clerical Supervisor)
Ms Jessica Dougan (Clerical Officer)
Apologies:
Ms Sue Ramsey MLA (Chairperson)
Mr Basil McCrea MLA
The meeting opened at 10:37am in public session.
Apologies
Apologies are detailed above.
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Minutes of the meeting held on 9 th January 2008
Agreed: The draft minutes were agreed.
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Matters Arising
Members noted a paper from the Committee Office on the Review of Tax Policy in Northern Ireland – “The Varney Review” that details how the Committee’s response to the Varney Review has been addressed.
Members also noted the Department of Finance and Personnel Memorandum on the Second Report from the Public Accounts Committee Session 2007-2008 – Springvale Educational Village Project.
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Chairperson’s Business
Members noted a number of items of correspondence and agreed the proposed responses.
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Briefing from the Learning and Skills Development Agency, Northern Ireland (LSDANI)
10:52am Mr Attwood joined the meeting
10:59am Mr Butler joined the meeting
The Committee received a briefing from Trevor Carson, Director of the Learning and Skills Development Agency Northern Ireland (LSDANI), and Justin Edwards, Associate Director of the Learning & Skills Network (LSN), on the work of the LSDANI and on the early stages of the Department’s Training for Success Programme and their work and planned work within the programme. The briefing was followed by a question and answer session.
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Briefing from the Sector Skills Councils
11:27am Mr Newton left the meeting
The Committee received a briefing from representatives of the Sector Skills Councils David Hatton, SEMTA, Gillian Winters and Jim McIlveen, Engineering Training Services, and Ronnie Moore, Energy & Utility Skills, on the early stages of delivery of the Department’s Training for Success Programme. The briefing was followed by a question and answer session.
12:00pm Mr Ross left the meeting
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Briefing from SummitSkills
The Committee received a briefing from Bill Cherry, SummitSkills, Derek Thompson, Chief Executive of Electrical Training Trust (ETT), David Dennison, Managing Director of DM Engineering, Jim Gourley, General Manager of Plumbing and Mechanical Services Training (PMST), Derek Poole, Managing Director of CHC Group Employer and Chair of PMST, and Peter Williamson, Electrical Training Trust Board Member, on the early stages of the delivery of the Department’s Training for Success Programme. The briefing was followed by a question and answer session.
12:52pm Mr McClarty left the meeting
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Departmental Resource Accounts – year ending 31 March 2007
Members noted the Department’s Resource Accounts for the financial year ending 31 March 2007, laid in the Assembly on 21 September 2007.
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Departmental Press Notices
Members noted a number of Departmental press notices issued recently.
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Any Other Business
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Date, time and place of next meeting
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, 23 rd January 2008 at 10.30am in Room 135, Parliament Buildings.
The Chairperson adjourned the meeting at 1:00pm.