COMMITTEE FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Monday 21 January 2008
Room 144 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
Brian Wilson MLA
In Attendance: Roisin Kelly (Assembly Clerk)
Clairita Frazer (Assistant Assembly Clerk)
Pauline Devlin (Clerical Supervisor)
Annette Page (Clerical Officer)
Stephanie Galbraith (Researcher)
Members agreed to hold the meeting in closed session.
The meeting opened at 11.10am in closed session.
1. Apologies.
No apologies were received.
2. Matters Arising.
There were no matters arising.
Jim Wells joined the meeting at 11.15am.
John McCallister joined the meeting at 11.22a.m.
3. Briefing from the Independent Panel on the Strand Two Report on Water and Sewerage.
Paddy Hillyard, Joan Whiteside and Prof. J Fitzgerald of the Independent Review Panel joined the meeting at 11.31 a.m.
The Independent Panel briefed the Committee on the Strand Two Report, Management, Governance and Delivery.
Stephen Moutray left the meeting at 12.07pm.
William Irwin left the meeting at 12.11pm.
The Panel left the meeting at 12.28pm.
The meeting was suspended at 12.30pm.
William Irwin left the meeting at 12.30pm.
John McCallister left the meeting at 12.30pm.
The meeting reconvened at 1.05pm.
Brian Wilson joined the meeting at 1.07pm.
4. Briefing from the Utility Regulator on the Strand Two Report on Water and Sewerage.
Iain Osborne and Neil McVey of the Utility Regulator joined the meeting at 1.15pm.
Representatives from the Utility Regulator briefed the Committee on aspects of the Strand Two Report, Management, Governance and Delivery.
Cathal Boylan left the meeting at 1.33pm.
Cathal Boylan rejoined the meeting at 1.55pm.
Stephen Moutray left the meeting at 1.35pm.
John McCallister rejoined the meeting at 1.44pm.
Iain Osborne and Neil McVey left the meeting at 2.10pm.
Stephen Moutray rejoined the meeting at 2.12pm.
5. Date, venue and time of next meeting.
The next meeting will be in Parliament Buildings in Room 135, at 10.30am on Tuesday 22 January 2008.
The Chairperson adjourned the meeting at 2.20pm.
Signed: ……………………………………………
FRED COBAIN MLA
Chairperson, Committee for Regional Development.
Dated: ………………………………………….