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COMMITTEE FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER 2007
ROOM 135, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS


Present: Fred Cobain MLA (Chairperson)
Cathal Boylan MLA
Willie Clarke MLA
John Dallat MLA
William Irwin MLA
John McCallister MLA
Raymond McCartney MLA
Stephen Moutray MLA
George Robinson MLA
Jim Wells MLA

In Attendance: Roisin Kelly (Assembly Clerk)
Gillian Lyness (Assistant Assembly Clerk)
Clairita Frazer (Clerical Supervisor)
Jill McCoubrey (Clerical Officer)
Stephanie Galbraith (Researcher)

Members decided to hold the meeting in closed session.

The meeting opened at 10.06 am in closed session.

1. Apologies

Brian Wilson MLA.

Officials from the Independent Water Review Panel joined the meeting at 10.10 am

2. Independent Water Review Panel.

Paddy Hillyard, Joan Whiteside, Charles Coultard and Bill Smith briefed the Committee on the Independent Water Review Panel’s Strand One Report.

Officials from the Independent Water Review Panel left the meeting at 10.48 am.
Meeting adjourned 10.50am.
Meeting resumed at 11.10 am.

3. Briefing from Victor Hewitt, Director of the Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland.

Victor Hewitt of the Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland briefed the Committee.

Victor Hewitt of the Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland left the meeting at 11.49am.

4. Any Other Business.

The Committee decided to meet again on Wednesday 10 October 2007 at 10.00 am in room 144.

The Chairperson adjourned the meeting at 12.01 pm.

Signed:
FRED COBAIN MLA
Chairperson, Committee for Regional Development.

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