https://youtu.be/I0JkwGSa0jA The Committee for the Economy met on Wednesday 25 June 2025. On the agenda: TNI/TI and Visit Derry and DCSD council – oral and written evidence -North West tourism North West Tertiary Education cluster – oral and written evidence – FE/HE co-operation in the North West Foyle Port- oral and written evidence View the… Continue Reading Committee for the Economy Meeting, Wednesday 25 June 2025
https://youtu.be/jtB0n2CiZ-k The Committee met on Thursday 20 March 2025. On the agenda – SR 2025/52 The Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 SR 2025/53 The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 Oral briefing from Department for Communities – Fuel poverty update NUS-USI briefing – Student Rent and Affordability Report… Continue Reading Committee for Communities Meeting, Thursday 20 March 2025
https://youtu.be/tdkxXt6x4lE Minister for the Economy, Conor Murphy, answers Members questions on Monday 20 January 2025. View the questions asked of the Minister.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ-gdVMP7Tk&t=2s The Committee for the Economy met on Wednesday 8 January 2025. Please note that this meeting was recorded in audio only. Captions are available and are toggled on by default. Please note that they are auto-generated and will contain inaccuracies. The Committee met at Ulster University, Magee Campus, Northland Road, Derry/Londonderry. Agenda items – … Continue Reading Committee for the Economy Meeting, Wednesday 8 January 2025
The committee had briefings from the Department for the Economy, Ulster University and Queens University on university admissions for 2020. View the Official Report (Hansard) for this meeting. https://youtu.be/dPy4TpVGAFQ
Ms Louise O’Boyle (Ulster) This presentation will discuss the findings from evidence-based research into the effectiveness of a partnership between Louise O’Boyle (Ulster University) and PIPS Charity North Belfast, over a series of collaborations between 2012-2016. The constituency of North Belfast is an area of multiple disadvantages and has the highest suicide rate in Northern… Continue Reading Promoting community well-being through partnerships and co-production
Dr Nat O’Connor (Ulster) Economic inequality is rising in the developed world and influential research has found major risks to economic growth and population health; including OECD reports, IMF working papers, Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century and the UK’s ‘Marmot Review’. Nobel economist Robert Shiller has called it “The most important problem that we are… Continue Reading Assessing the risks of economic inequality; the impact on societal wellbeing and economic development
Dr Linda McElduff (Ulster) Coastal communities on the island of Ireland face a range of structural and locational challenges, including changing environmental parameters and the risk of specific coastal hazards. Such challenges have clear implications for the planning and regeneration of coastal resorts, as well as integrated coastal management. Some coastal communities are seeking to… Continue Reading Planning for Coastal Community Resilience
Dr Maria Truesdale and Dr Laurence Taggart (Ulster) Health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities (LD) is a critically important issue for primary and secondary healthcare services. Although health inequalities are, to an extent avoidable, it is evident that existing patterns of healthcare provision are insufficient and likely to be in contravention of legal… Continue Reading Diabetes education for adults with learning disabilities: addressing the inequalities
Mrs Ursula Walsh (Ulster) Farming is a very stressful occupation and ranks in the top ten job groups with a high mortality from suicide. This presentation aims to highlight the results of recent research (involving over 90 Northern Ireland farmers) that found that bureaucracy remains a significant cause of stress to farmers. Farmers reported that… Continue Reading Regulation and bureaucracy – a significant source of Farmers’ stress