FOI request No: FOI-0102-2024
November 2023-present:
– Minutes of meetings of the Water Policy Advisory Committee (WPAC)
– Presentations delivered at meetings of the Water Policy Advisory Committee (WPAC)
– Any briefings, assessments or reports prepared by members of the Water Policy Advisory Committee (WPAC)
– Minutes of any sub-groups of the Water Policy Advisory Committee (WPAC
Note:
” as much of the Committee’s discussions are confidential as part of the wider deliberative process, these bulletins are general in nature.”
AIE Request 30/12/2023
Under the AIE Regs to request actual minutes and actual agendas for the WPAC meetings for 2022 and 2023, plus any written reports made to the group
In particular
– An Fóram Uisce (AFU) presentations to the WPAC
– DHLGH presentations to the WPAC
– LAWPRO presentations to the WPAC
– IFI presentations to the WPAC
– DAFM and/or DAFM Forestry Service presentations to the WPAC
– OPW presentations to the WPAC
Please note this list is not exhaustive, as the minutes are not public, so it is not possible to list all public bodies that reported to WPAC in 2022/23.
Plus please provide the detailed comments regarding measures from members of the committee, that were to be returned within two weeks of the meeting/s referenced in the Water Policy Advisory Committee (WPAC) Bulletin dated September 2022
Note for context:
See link to the following “Bulletin”
Please note that the text suggests that the WPAC is seeking to circumvent AIE Regs by claiming that the actual minutes of the group are part of a deliberative process. Note the phrase as follows “as much of the Committee’s discussions are confidential as part of the wider deliberative process, these bulletins are general in nature”
Water Policy Advisory Committee (WPAC) Bulletin
March 2022
Water Policy Advisory Committee (WPAC)
Bulletin
December 2021