The Forum for Political Dialogue met between 1996 and 1998 in Belfast as part of the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement.
To examine the contribution which education services and structures make to the promotion of dialogue and understanding within Northern Ireland and report to the Forum by 31 December 1996. [Note that the Committee is alleged to meet every Thursday but we do not have records of their meetings. To avoid speculation on meeting dates we have only modelled sessions which we know took place.]
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Response to draft Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998
This Forum is content that the Chairman of Standing Committee B write to Mr Worthington urging him not to proceed with further reductions in grant-aid to preparatory departments and to restore their funding to at least the previous level of 40% of teaching costs.