Annual Conference Slides

1. Welcome to our
Annual Conference
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2. Hugh Crossey
Chairman

3. Jim Fitzpatrick
MC
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4. Shadow Secretary of
State for Northern Ireland
Ivan Lewis MP

5. Welcome to our
Annual Conference
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6. David Gavaghan
CEO – Titanic Quarter

7. DOES ANYONE CARE WHO DELIVERS
PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE 21ST CENTURY?
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8. DOES ANYONE CARE WHO DELIVERS
PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE 21ST CENTURY?
Especially if they work and can be afforded!
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9. Did they?

10. Do they? Will they?

11. Spacial Context

12. Do they? Will they?
They might and soon!
725 50
Angela Merkel

13. Lie of the Land – Blight (1800s) Flight (1900s) and Bright (2000s)

14. So if EU is 7 25 50
What are the figures for Britain, RoI and NI?
Haven’t got the metrics yet but boy do we
need to see them and understand them?
Mark Friedman is the man!!

15. So if EU is 7 25 50….
There’s nothing wrong with your eyesight!
Very difficult to have a stab at it
– Richard Ramsey at UB is coming back to me
But it doesn’t matter really – as Mark Friedman
says its what we do next that MATTERS!!

16. Titanic Dreams

17. Let’s dream and deliver
“In dreams begin responsibility”
William Butler Yeats (1865 -1939 Irish poet, dramatist, mystic
and public figure)

18. Let’s dream, deliver and delight!
“Whatever you can do, or dream, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 –1832 German writer, artist and
politician)

19. New Beginning
“Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
And out you stepped onto new ground
Your eyes young again with energy and dream
A path of plenitude opening before you”
John O’Donohue “For a New Beginning”
(1956 –2008 Irish poet, author, priest, Hegelian philosopher )

20. Sun – Dharmachakra (Wheel of the Law)
“From a Lost Past”

21. Panel Debate
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22. Panel members
Ivan Lewis MP – Shadow Secretary of State
David Gavaghan - CEO – Titanic Quarter
Dr Joanne Stuart – NI Science Park Trust
Angela McGowan – Danske Bank
Paul Mac Flynn – Nevin Economic Research
Institute

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24. Q4 - How to answer...
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25. Warm up question
How did you travel here today
(a) Car
(b) Public transport
(c) Walk
(d) Bicycle
(c) Other

26. Warm up question
Who do you work for?
(a) Public sector
(b) Private sector
(c) Social Enterprise/3rd sector
(d) Other

27. Panel Debate
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28. Vox Pop
Ageing Population

29. Question 1 – Ageing
Population
Should all Government public policies
prioritise supporting older people to remain
in their own home?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Don’t Know

30. Panel Debate
Ageing Population
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31. Question 2 – Ageing
Population
If we are to deliver a new range of support
services for older people to remain in their
own homes, who do you think would best
deliver the services?
CHOOSE YOUR TOP 2 ANSWERS:
(a) Public sector staff
(b) Private sector staff
(c) Social Enterprise/3rd Sector staff
(d) Personal choice (of people receiving
services)

32. Panel Debate
Ageing Population
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33. Panel Debate
Fuel Poverty
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34. Vox Pop
Fuel Poverty

35. Panel Debate
Fuel Poverty
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36. Question 3 – Fuel Poverty
In the last 10 years we have spent £150 million
on fuel poverty schemes and the problem has
grown from 24% to 42% of households in fuel
poverty (the highest level on these islands).
• Why do you think we are falling so far short of
the target?
CHOOSE MOST RELEVANT ANSWER:
(a) Poor policy
(b) Poor implementation
(c) Outside factors beyond our control
(d) Other

37. Panel Debate
Fuel Poverty
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38. Question 4 – Fuel Poverty
• What factors do you believe most affect
fuel poverty?
CHOOSE YOUR TOP 2 ANSWERS:
(a) Availability of fuel type (oil, gas etc.)
(b) Energy efficiency of the home
(c) Cost of energy
(d) Low Income / Benefits
(f) Other

39. Panel Debate
Fuel Poverty

40. Panel
Debate
Unemployment
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41. Vox Pop
Unemployment

42. Panel
Debate
Unemployment
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43. Question 5 –
Unemployment
UK Government has prioritised Welfare Reform
and Universal Credit as a pathway to
employment.
•Do you believe that this will reduce
unemployment in NI?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Don’t Know

44. Panel
Debate
Unemployment
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45. Question 6 –
Unemployment
• Should our Government use major social
policy challenges, like fuel poverty and
caring for the ageing population, to create
attainable employment for youth and long
term unemployed?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Don’t know

46. Panel
Debate
Unemployment
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47. Panel Debate
Economy
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48. Vox Pop
Economy

49. Panel Debate
Economy
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50. Question 7 - Economy
• Choose the most important area that you
believe the Government Procurement
System should focus on.
(a) Cost of the Service
(b) Quality of the Service
(c) Social Impact of the Service

51. Panel Debate
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52. Question 8 – Economy
Does it matter who delivers public
services in the 21st Century?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Don’t know

53. Panel Debate
Economy
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54. Question 9 - Economy
• In a modern growing economy who
would you prefer to deliver our public
services?
CHOOSE YOUR TOP 2 ANSWERS:
(a) Public sector
(b) Private sector
(c) Social Enterprise/3rd Sector
(d) The person receiving the service
chooses themselves

55. Panel Debate
Economy

56. John McMullan
CEO
Bryson Group
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58. Q1 - Feedback
Please rate your overall experience at the
Bryson Annual Conference
(a) Excellent
(b) Very good
(c) Good
(d) Average
(e) Poor

59. Q2 - Feedback
Do you believe you have a better
understanding of the key issues discussed
and debated today.
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c ) Don’t Know

60. Q3 - Feedback
Would you attend another conference
organised by the Bryson Group in the
future?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Don’t Know

61. An Munia Tober Singing Group
CHOIR PHOTO

62. Thank you all for attending.