Members will receive at today s meeting copies of the Executive s press statement that has just been released. AOB Departmental Officials will attend the meeting scheduled for Wednesday 9 February to speak to the NI Children Order and children in residential care. The NHSS Board will attend the meeting scheduled for Wednesday 16 February. The Committee will deliberate its future work programme on Wednesday 23 February. The Chairman drew the Committee s attention to the Tripartite Research Conference on Saturday 12 February at UU Jordanstown.
Papers are available for any Members wishing to attend.
The Armagh and Dungannon Health Action Zone has issued an invitation to the Committee to its conference in the Navan Centre on Friday 11 February. The Clerk will copy the programme to Members. As a follow-up to the concept of Healthy Living Centres and HAZs, which attracted considerable Committee interest, the Clerk will obtain more information on the New Opportunities Fund and its objectives. The Clerk will also request a detailed breakdown from the Department of the five blocks of expenditure. For the purposes of making comparisons, the Public Expenditure and Priorities Document for NI published each March by DFP gives considerable detail on expenditure breakdowns for the previous year.