First Minister Peter Robinson appeared before the Finance Committee to give evidence as part of its review of the sale of NAMA assets in Northern Ireland.
In the afternoon, representatives of the Carnegie UK Trust briefed the OFMDFM Committee on the effect of government policy on wellbeing in Northern Ireland.
Mike Nesbitt adjourns the meeting.
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Mike Nesbitt asks departmental official Grainne Killen how many of the committee's 33 recommendations they have accepted.
Ms Killen says "we accepted quite a number of recommendations", but she does not "have the details on that".
"I find that disrespectful," he says. "You come here to discuss the recommendations, your response to them, and you cannot even tell this committee how many of the recommendations you accept, or how many you are going to take action on".
OFMDFM officials are briefing the committee as part of its inquiry into Building a United Community.
In reply to questioning from Sinn Fein's Alex Maskey, John Woods addresses the problem of division in society.
He says that if you have an anti-sectarian programme "you start off by putting people in their sectarian boxes. On the other hand, if we approach it from the point-of-view of wellbeing - what is the best thing for the wellbeing of this community? - we start from a different place".
Dr Peter Doran of QUB says that when it comes to developing wellness "we should not overlook the genius that is there on our doorstep in local government, in local communities, to help co-produce the solutions".
Dr Theresa Donaldson from Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council outlines the role of local government in developing a wellbeing framework.
John Woods of Queen's University Belfast (QUB) says the the question being considered is: "How do we go about treating a traumatised society".
"The time is right to develop a wellbeing framework," he says.
Representatives of the Carnegie UK Trust begin their briefing for the committee on the Wellbeing Framework - Measuring Wellbeing in Northern Ireland.
UUP leader Mike Nesbitt is chairing this afternoon's meeting.
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Daithi McKay adjourns today's meeting.
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MLAs agree to request a meeting with permanent secretary in the Department of Finance and Personnel, David Sterling, and special adviser Richard Bullick.
Committee chairman Daithi McKay asks Mr Robinson if he will instruct DUP politicians Simon Hamilton and Sammy Wilson to appear before the committee to answer questions.
Mr Robinson says "I won't instruct them because I don't think I have to".
He says he understands they are willing to appear "but wanted to satisfy themselves about what territory they were entitled to answer questions on and I think have done that with the NCA".
Mr Robinson, in answer to a question from recently co-opted DUP MLA Emma Pengelly, says he was not sure whether Frank Cushnahan had a conflict of interest.
"I assumed he departed from the advisory committee at the moment when he took up some formal role with PIMCO. I do not know, I have not asked, nor do I think it is my place to do so," he says.
Image source, PimcoLeslie Cree of the UUP asks Mr Robinson if he was aware of potential fees involved in PIMCO's proposed purchase of the Nama portfolio.
Mr Robinson says he only became aware of Frank Cushnahan's fee arrangement with PIMCO when Nama chairman Frank Daly mentioned it to the Public Accounts Committee.
Responding to a question from DUP MLA Gordon Lyons, Mr Robinson says that following Martin McGuinness' appearance before the committee, the press were trying to suggest "things must be terrible in OFMDFM".
But, Mr Robinson says this is not the case - "There is a very good working relationship within OFMDFM".
He adds, "Martin and I have had numerous meetings since he appeared in this committee and I suspect we will have numerous meetings after I appear in this committee".
Daithi McKay asks why the first minister had not identified a conflict of interest with Frank Cushnahan, when he was aware of Mr Cushnahan's dealings with PIMCO and Cerberus "because he had previously played a role on the Nama advisory committee for the north".
Mr Robinson says "it is up to others to determine whether there is a conflict of interest".
"Quite frankly, he wasn't there as a Nama representative, he was there as a Northern representative, to look after the Northern Ireland interest," he adds.
Mr O Muilleoir says that Frank Cushnahan's presence in the meetings was "inappropriate" as he was "in line for a £5m payment" on completion of the deal which was "a classic conflict of interest".
To comment on the matter, Mr Robinson says, would be "inappropriate" and would "require me cross the line with the NCA inquiry".
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In response, Mr Robinson says, "if the role of the committee is to establish facts, it probably is better that the members of the committee do not in advance decide what the outcome is going to be and then try and retro-fit the evidence to what their conclusions were".
He adds, "I believe the deal, whatever the issues that have clouded the issue, the outcome was beneficial for the people of Northern Ireland".