Audit Committe Meetings

Corporate Planning Meetings

These are held aprox every six months and topics include Business Planning, Health and Safety, Port Marine Safety and Personnel Matters.

Finance and General Purposes Meetings

These are held every three months and review the financial information since the last meeting and discuss forecasts to be presented to the Board.

Budgets are also prepared for presentation to the Board.

Port User Consultation

The Authority’s harbours provide a vital interface between the catching, buying, processing and service sectors of the industry and it is therefore essential that the Authority maintains both formal and informal consultation procedures with these sectors in order to provide the facilities and services which are required for the safe and competitive operation of the industry.

The Authority holds regular rounds of Port User meetings which are held quarterly by rotation in each harbour i.e. a meeting takes place in each harbour once every 9 months.  These meetings provide a valuable forum for consultation on operational issues, including on-shore and marine safety, and on capital works plans and priorities. The views expressed at these meetings feed directly in to the Authority’s forward planning and continuous improvement procedures.

When appropriate ‘working parties’ made up of Port Users and Authority staff are formed to deal with specific issues.  These working parties have proved to be particularly effective, the most recent examples being Kilkeel Harbour Breakwater studies where a small group of Port Users successfully took part in navigation simulation exercises which are contributing to the breakwater design. This approach helps to achieve Port User ‘ownership’ of the various projects.

Minutes of Meetings

• Audit
• Board
• Corporate Planning
• Finance and General Purposes
• Port User Meetings