1993 Open Files

2018 Annual Release RELEASE OF 1993 FILES LIST OF OPEN FILES AUGUST 2018 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Department of Agriculture 6 Central Secretariat 16 Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention 26 Department of Education (DE) 27 District Electoral Areas Commission 27 Department of Economic Development 35 Ministry of Development 65 Department of Employment and Learning 67 Department of Enterprise, Trade & Investment 68 Department of Education (ED) 70 Ministry of Manpower Services 77 Department of Environment 78 Department of Finance & Personnel 116 Department of Health & Social Services & Public Safety 121 Department of Health & Social Services 121 Northern Ireland Office 137 Policy Co-ordinating Committee 142 Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 2 Crown Copyright 2018 Introduction The files are being released under the 30/20 Year Rule. The annual release of selected official files continues against a background of greater public access through the Freedom of Information Act balanced against the need to protect personal information. The FOI Act (2000) created a new access to information regime and all records were reviewed in accordance with the Act, GDPR and the Data Protection Act. Annually since 1976, official records held by PRONI which were 30 years old have been reviewed with a view to making them publicly available (“the 30 year rule). In September 2011, the Assembly accepted a Legislative Consent Motion to reduce the time limit for release from 30 years to 20 years (“the 20 year Rule”). This is underpinned by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the amendments made to it by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. The 20 Year Rule is being phased in over 10 years, with two years’ worth of records being reviewed and released each year. This year, the records of NI Departments and the NIO with terminal dates of 1993 were brought forward for release during August 2018 and the records of 1994 are being brought forward for release during December 2018. This process involves the referral of the files to the Responsible Authority for sensitivity review. This entails a page by page examination to ensure that a record contains nothing sensitive as defined by the FOI Act, GDPR and the DP Act. Records Released There are 527 files being deemed as suitable for release as “fully open”. A further 227 files are open but subject to blanking out of some content. 35 files remain closed in full, the bulk of which are individual prisoner files. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 3 Crown Copyright 2018 The main file series being released includes Central Secretariat files. Some of the main significant issues covered by the 1993 release include: Political developments and talks between the Northern Ireland parties and the Secretary of State SECRASP papers (Social, Economic and Community Relations Aspects of Security Policy) Cross border economic cooperation US / Northern Ireland relations, specifically fair employment (the MacBride principles) Anglo Irish Intergovernmental Conference Political Development Group papers Secretary of State’s briefings on various NI issues Child abuse Industrial development Rural tourism Youth training Paramilitary racketeering Rural development Forensic science laboratory explosion Police matters Civil emergencies Records may be closed either fully or in part only. Blanking out involves the removal of a limited number of papers from the file that have been deemed as exempt from the right to know under FOI. To facilitate the release of as much information as possible, redaction can be used to blank out sensitive data within individual documents that would otherwise prevent release. All information which is withheld in the manner outlined above, however, must be retained in accordance with the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 4 Crown Copyright 2018 exemptions contained within the FOI Act. In the majority of cases, the reason for extended closure was the application of section 40 – the personal information exemption – of the FOI Act. This means that personal information is exempt from the right to know if it would breach GDPR and the Data Protection principles. The catalogue of files for 1993 are publicly available online on PRONI website and files are available to view at PRONI. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 5 Crown Copyright 2018 Department of Agriculture PRONI COVERING DESCRIPTION DEPT NO. ACCESS REF. NO. DATES DECISION AG/5/6/114 1989-1993 Lough Erne Advisory Committee Minutes of Meetings. DD 102/1989 Open AG/15/61 1988-1993 Green Pound. MG 3197 Open AG/15/97 1991-1993 Aflatoxins in Milk. MG 2892 part 2 Open AG/15/99 1986-1993 Super Levy - Allocation of G.B. Quota - Including N.I. MG 3012 part 2 Open Allocation. AG/15/109 1988-1993 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. MG 3238 Open Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 6 Crown Copyright 2018 PRONI COVERING DESCRIPTION DEPT NO. ACCESS REF. NO. DATES DECISION AG/15/112 1991-1993 Trade Gap in Food and Drink. MG 3353 Open AG/15/116 1992-1993 Press Cuttings. MG 3388 part 2 Open AG/15/121 1992-1993 Consolidation and Simplification of the Milk Quota MG 3398 part 2 Open Regulations. AG/15/122 1993-1993 Consolidation and Simplification of the Milk Quota MG 3398 part 3 Open Regulations. AG/15/124 1992-1993 Future of Milk Marketing in Northern Ireland - Consultation MG 3401 Open Exercise. AG/15/127 1993-1993 Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1993. MG 3415 Open Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 7 Crown Copyright 2018 PRONI COVERING DESCRIPTION DEPT NO. ACCESS REF. NO. DATES DECISION AG/15/128 1993-1993 Marketing of Milk Products - Implementation of E.C. Directive MG 3416 part 1 Open 92/46. AG/15/137 1993-1993 Milk Marketing Board Re-organisation Schemes - MG 3444 part 1 Open Consultation Period. AG/15/138 1993-1993 Milk Marketing Board Re-organisation Schemes - MG 3444 part 2 Open Consultation Period. AG/17/157 1990-1993 Inter-Departmental Meetings. BV 9.1/91 Open AG/21/7/1 1992-1993 Business Development Service (BDS) Review of Finance TC 9/93 Open Division TCB Papers. AG/24/1/18 1989-1993 Ballinamore / Ballyconnell Canal European Commission 004/18 Open Funding. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 8 Crown Copyright 2018 PRONI COVERING DESCRIPTION DEPT NO. ACCESS REF. NO. DATES DECISION AG/31/48/1 1990-1993 Countryside Management Advisory Group. 115/90 Open AG/32/4 1992-1993 Research Review Committee (RRC) Minutes and Papers. C 134/92 Open AG/35/4/6 1993 Annual Report on Research and Development, 1991-1992. Open AG/38/60 1991-1993 1992 Crop Policy File. PS 2/107 Open AG/38/61 1993-1993 1992 Crop Policy File. PS 2/107 Pt.2 Open AG/38/65 1990-1993 Ulster Agricultural Organisation Society. PS 417 part 6 Open Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 9 Crown Copyright 2018 PRONI COVERING DESCRIPTION DEPT NO. ACCESS REF. NO. DATES DECISION AG/71/1/18 1993-1993 DANI Annual Report 1992/93. CS 2/13 Open formerly F 7965 92/93 AG/76/4 1989-1993 DANI/NIO/PSA Meetings. NIS 187 Open AG/77/1/77 1993-1993 Minutes of Top Management Group Meeting on 5 February TMG/5/2/93 Open 1993. AG/77/1/78 1993-1993 Minutes of Top Management Group Meeting on 1 March TMG - 1/3/93 Open 1993. AG/77/1/79 1993-1993 Minutes of Top Management Group Meeting on 22 March TMG/-22/3/93 Open 1993. AG/77/1/80 1993-1993 Minutes of Top Management Group Meeting on 10 May TMG - 10/5/93 Open 1993. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 10 Crown Copyright 2018 PRONI COVERING DESCRIPTION DEPT NO. ACCESS REF. NO. DATES DECISION AG/77/1/81 1993-1993 Minutes of Top Management Group Meeting on 27 TMG - 27/9/93 Open September 1993. AG/79/4 1991-1993 Food Policy Briefing Papers. FP 14/1/1991 Open AG/79/5 1993-1993 Food Policy Briefing Papers. FP 14/1/1993 Open AG/80/23 1992-1993 D.O.E. Strategy for the Countryside. RD 6011/2/92 Open AG/80/24 1992-1993 Rural Tourism. RD 6061/1/92 Open AG/80/25 1993-1993 Rural Tourism. RD 6061/2/93 Open Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 11 Crown Copyright 2018 PRONI COVERING DESCRIPTION DEPT NO. ACCESS REF. NO. DATES DECISION AG/80/26 1993-1993 Rural Tourism. RD 6061/3/93 Open AG/80/27 1990-1993 Rural Development Steering Group. RD 6130/1/92 Open AG/80/28 1990-1993 Rural Development in the R.O.I. RD 6311/1/90 Open AG/80/29A 1992-1993 Rural Development in the R.O.I. RD 6311/2/92 Open AG/80/30A 1993-1993 Rural Development in the R.O.I. RD 6311/3/93 Open AG/80/31 1992-1993 Cross-Border Steering Group on Rural Development. RD 6322/3/92 Open Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 12 Crown Copyright 2018 PRONI COVERING DESCRIPTION DEPT NO. ACCESS REF. NO. DATES DECISION AG/80/32 1993-1993 Border Road Closures. RD 6330/1/93 Open AG/80/33A 1990-1993 Rural Community Network. RD 7015/1/91 Open AG/80/34A 1990-1993 Belcoo and District Development Plan. RD 7110/2 Open AG/80/35 1993-1993 Belcoo and District Development Plan. RD 7110/3 Open AG/80/36A 1992-1993 South West Fermanagh Development Organisation. RD 7120/4/92 Open AG/80/37A 1992-1993 South West Fermanagh Development Organisation. RD 7120/5/92 Open Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 13 Crown Copyright 2018 PRONI COVERING DESCRIPTION DEPT NO. ACCESS REF. NO. DATES DECISION AG/80/38 1993-1993 South West Fermanagh Development Organisation.

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