Executive Office

https://youtu.be/RMAncBNNZsU The Committee received a briefing on Brexit from theJoint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. This was followed by a Departmental briefing on Article 2 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland – Funding arrangements and dedicated mechanisms. The Committee was also briefed on a Research and Information Service Briefing Paper on… Continue Reading Committee for the Executive Office Meeting Wednesday 10 February 2021

https://youtu.be/t4K2mgN8agY The Committee received a Departmental briefing on the High Street Task Force and an introductory briefing from the Interim Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service/The Executive Office Permanent Secretary. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/E4_IsQXL4yE The Committee received a briefing on Brexit issues from Junior Ministers Declan Kearney and Gordon Lyons. The Committee also received a briefing on Historical Institutional Abuse including Memorial for Victims from the Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/0is6jbRxSLo The Committee received Departmental briefings on Historical Institutional Abuse and The Executive Office Work Strands under New Decade, New Approach. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/ptIl1mNjpEQ The Committee received a briefing from the First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill. This was followed by Departmental briefings on the assessment of the impact of Brexit on the institutions and North/South and East/West relationships; and an update on Common Frameworks. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/IulHqy75ZEo The Committee received two briefings on Brexit, one from Departmental Officials and one from the Joint Committee of Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/EdrQ_C-_R6w The Committee received an evidence session on Brexit from the House of Lords Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee. This was followed by an evidence session with Departmental Officials on EU funding programmes and participation in EU programmes in the future. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/diEhPTdrF_Y The Committee considered a Departmental written briefing on Historical Institutional Abuse, Engagement with Institutions. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/lYoxcxAhXvE The Committee received briefings on Brexit issues from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs and from Junior Ministers Gordon Lyons and Declan Kearney. The Committee also considered its draft report on the evidence received from local councils on the impact of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. View the agenda.

The Committee heard an evidence session from the Special EU Programmes Body. This as followed by a Departmental briefing on the Victims’ Payment Scheme. View the agenda.