Friday, August 17, 2012

Report of meeting for information of AIACE Ireland members, held on 6 July, 2012


Attendance. The meeting was chaired by Colin Maynard of the AIACE Ireland Committee. Also present were PMO representatives from Ispra, Ms Gilda Capuano and Ms Daniela Balzarini, members of the AIACE Irish Committee and 40 ordinary members – list of names in Annex 1.

Format of Meeting: The purpose of the meeting, arranged by the AIACE Ireland section, was to get first hand information on the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme (JSIS) from PMO staff in Ispra. To that end, AIACE Irish members were invited to send in specific questions and these formed the agenda for the meeting – with scope for supplementary questions also. In addition, 8 members sought specific 1 to 1 meetings with the PMO representatives, two of which could not attend, the remainder being dealt with by Ms. Balzarini. .
In his introductory remarks, the chairman, Colin Maynard, welcomed the visitors from Ispra and mentioned that he was chairing the meeting in the place of AIACE Ireland chairman, Peter Doyle, who was unavoidably absent. He proposed to run seriatim through the list of questions and to have a short break at about 11.30, after which the one-to-one meetings could start in parallel with the general meeting.