AQW 11193/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 30/11/2020
Answered On Date: 05/02/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister (i) for an update on the reform of the Compact Civic Advisory Panel; (ii) when the public appointments criteria will be published; and (iii) when the recruitment process will be advertised as per New Decade, New Approach: Annex C, paragraph 3.8.

Answer:

We remain committed to the re-establishment of the Compact Civic Advisory Panel and the convening of at least one Citizen’s Assembly each year. Preparatory work has begun but Covid-19 has unavoidably impacted both on this work due to the necessary diversion of staffing resources and also on the panel’s potential ability to function most effectively due to the current social constraints in which we are operating.