These are the Board Meeting minutes from18 December 2013.

Present

Sylda Langford, Chair

Damian Casey

Austin Currie

Bernadette Fahy

David Lane

Phyllis Morgan

In attendance

Mary Higgins

Conor Morrison

Fiona Coyne

1. Apologies

There were apologies from Tom Daly and Katherine Finn.  Austin Currie indicated that due to unforseen circumstances he would be late but he joined the meeting shortly after it started.

2. Minutes of the meeting Held on 11th December

The minutes of the meeting were read and adopted subject to some minor changes.

Proposed by Phyllis Morgan, seconded by David Lane.

3. Minutes of the meeting Held on 14th November

The minutes of the meeting were read and adopted subject to some minor changes.

Proposed by Damian Casey, seconded by Phyllis Morgan.

4. Matters Arising from the minutes not on agenda

There were no items under this heading.

5. Draft Operating Budget 2014

A discussion took place around the draft operating budget presented to the Board by the Head of Finance and Administration.  The board agreed the budget of €1.27m subject to some minor changes.

Proposed by Bernadette Fahy, seconded by Phyllis Morgan.

6. Scheme of Assistance Criteria and Application Form

The Board then read and discussed the draft scheme of assistance criteria and the application form presented by the CEO.  During the discussion Bernadette Fahy left the meeting.

Several changes to both documents were suggested.  The CEO pointed out that they would both be ‘plain englished’ by the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) to ensure that they were clear and understandable.

The Board agreed the scheme of assistance criteria and the application form subject to the changes discussed.

Proposed by Phyllis Morgan, seconded by Damian Casey.

7. AOB

There were no items under this heading.

8. Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Board will be held on 23rd January 2014 at 10.30 a.m.