Agriculture and Rural Development

The Committee met on Tuesday 15 March, 2016 in Room 30, Parliament Buildings. The Committee received oral briefings from DARD on the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 and on the Sustainable Use of Poultry Litter. View the agenda. Minutes of Proceedings

The Committee met in room 30, Parliament Buildings on 08 March 2016 to receive Departmental briefings on Bovine TB and Agricultural Land Use Strategy. View the agenda. Minutes of Proceedings Minutes of Evidence

The Committee met in room 30, Parliament Buildings on 01 March 2016 and received DARD briefings on the beef sector/suckler cow industry and the public consultation for a successor for the TRPSI Framework. The Committee also received a briefing from the Health and Safety Executive on farm safety. View the agenda. Minutes of Proceedings

MLAs received briefings on Rural Deprivation Measures from NISRA; and from RaISE on the RDP Outturn 2007-2013. View the agenda Minutes of Proceedings

The Committee met in room 30, Parliament Buildings, on 16 February 2016 to receive Departmental briefings on the Better Regulation Inquiry, Evidence and Innovation Strategy 2015-17 and Areas of Natural Constraint; Designation of areas of Natural Constraint; and Review of coupled Support Options. View the agenda. Minutes of Proceedings Minutes of Evidence (Fisheries Bill) Minutes of Evidence (Better… Continue Reading Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development Meeting 16 February 2016

The Committee met in room 30, Parliament Buildings to receive Departmental briefings on EU issues and the Rural Needs Bill. View the agenda. Minutes of Proceedings Minutes of Evidence

The Committee met in room 30, Parliament Buildings on 02 February 2016 to receive a briefing from Queen’s University concerning the Institute for Global Food Security and from Departmental officials on the Northern Ireland Food Animal Information System and flooding issues. View the agenda. Minutes of Proceedings Minutes of Evidence

The Agriculture met to discuss the final Report on the Rural Needs Bill, key issues on the Fisheries Bill and received an Oral briefing from the Department on the Budget 2016-17. Minutes of Proceedings Minutes of Evidence (Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Budget 2016-17: DARD Officials) Minutes of Evidence (Rural Needs Bill: Consideration… Continue Reading Agriculture Committee Meeting – Tuesday 26 January 2016

The Committee met in room 30, Parliament Buildings on 19 January 2016 to consider the draft report for the Rural Needs Bill and receive a DARD briefing on the budget for 2016/17. View Agenda Minutes of Proceedings Minutes of Evidence  

The Committee met on room 30, Parliament Buildings on 12 January 2016 to continue the formal clause by clause scrutiny of the Rural Needs Bill. This was followed by a briefing from the Rivers Agency on recent flooding incidents and briefings from DARD and the Anglo-North Irish Fish Producers Organisation on the Fisheries Bill. View the… Continue Reading Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development Meeting 12 January 2016