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 problems being faced by farmers and fishermen in 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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The Forum, recognizing the severe depression and despair facing Northern Ireland farmers at this time, calls on Her Majesty's Government to provide urgent assistance to compensate for the effects of the strength of sterling and the continuing BSE crisis, and calls on the European Commission to award Northern Ireland beef intervention tenders in full.