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Northern Ireland Assembly: Adjournment: Flooding in East Belfast (29 Sep 2009)

Ian Paisley: I live in East Belfast, and there is great concern in the whole area about the lack of action and the lack of change. We are talking about serious flooding. When I moved to Cyprus Avenue in East Belfast, we had a beautiful fruit garden, but that garden has been washed away by floods, and we cannot depend on it not being flooded. Every time that it rains, the floods come. Therefore, a large...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: McClean Conacre Case (28 Sep 2009)

Ian Paisley: There is unanimity in the House today. We all know the history of land Acts; we have read our history. In the House today, a solid body of people from all parties is saying the same thing and declaring that we cannot tolerate what is in mind. We are all saying that Ulster is not for sale; we are all saying that what we have we hold; and some of us are saying “No surrender”.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Special Educational Needs Review (19 May 2009)

Ian Paisley: The Member never gives way.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Assembly Business (11 May 2009)

Ian Paisley: Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker, we are moving into a very difficult time. Therefore, it behoves us all to do our very best to encourage and strengthen those who are standing out against the sort of incident that was witnessed last night. I think that it is only right that the House declare plainly and clearly where it stands on this issue and how those Members who were put here by...

Cafcass: Northern Ireland (9 Mar 2009) has video

Ian Paisley: It has been said that great grief is not great at talking. We know that. There is a silence in the House today; there is a silence all over Northern Ireland today. There is grieving and despair, but behind the despair there is being born a unity that we have not seen before. I am sure that the Secretary of State will want to commend the people of Antrim from all denominations who showed that...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Health Bill [HL]:  Legislative Consent Motion (3 Mar 2009)

Ian Paisley: We should view the debate in the context and atmosphere of employment pressures. I am totally opposed to smoking. I smoked one cigarette, and, unlike Mr Shannon, I was not green — I was red, white and blue. I never smoked another cigarette. I want to respond to some remarks that have been made during the debate. One cannot compel people to take the road that you think that they should...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Report on the Consultation on  the Implementation of the  Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy (2 Mar 2009)

Ian Paisley: Perhaps the Member should follow suit.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Matters Of The Day: Wrightbus (24 Feb 2009)

Ian Paisley: This is a sad day. I have just come from Ballymena, and, although this is a sad day, it is a day on which we must face up to this as a challenge. It is all right for us to say what we are saying, because it has to be said, but we must now face up to the challenge. Some years ago, Mr Wright and his friends faced up to a challenge in Ballymena, and they did a very good job of work. Everywhere...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Adjournment: Public-Sector Jobs in North Antrim (10 Feb 2009)

Ian Paisley: The debate demonstrates that all parties in North Antrim are in unison, which, I suppose, should be celebrated. That, of course, is a matter of what flag one wants to fly. Every Member here tonight wants to fly the one flag and say that, as far as possible, it is the responsibility of both the Executive and the British authorities to maintain people’s jobs at this hour of crisis. It...

Northern Ireland Assembly: private members’ business: Consultative Group on the Past (2 Feb 2009)

Ian Paisley: Does the Member feel, as many others do, that this payment was announced in line with what happened in the South of Ireland? The group took it for granted that what was done in the South could be done in the North. Surely that shows that they were far out of the facts concerning the attitude of people from all sides of the divide?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Assembly Business (26 Jan 2009)

Ian Paisley: On a point of order, Mr Speaker, which is not about this matter in particular. However, when a Member is told that he or she must withdraw a remark, must the Member not withdraw it unconditionally? He or she cannot say –

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Impact of the Global Economic Downturn (15 Dec 2008)

Ian Paisley: Today, we stand at the edge of a dark ocean. Anyone who thinks that the situation will be of a few days’ generation is wrong. The nations of our globe are in a sad and sorry state. Often, I wonder why the clever men who are involved in finance were not able to give due and timely warning to those over whom they had power that this situation would come. However, it has come, and we are...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Impact of the Global Economic Downturn (15 Dec 2008)

Ian Paisley: If I had chaired some of the meetings that have been held in the past number of days, I do not know what would have happened or what would have been said, although I reckon that it would have been pretty hot stuff. However, I can say that we are here now and we have a job to do. Let us do that job, and let us do it heartily. At the end of the day, truth, honesty and justice will prevail, and...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Executive Committee: Requirement to Meet (17 Nov 2008)

Ian Paisley: On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Is it in order for a Member to make an untrue statement in the House? I told the former Taoiseach that I repudiated his comments, and he has not opened his mouth since.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Adjournment: Ambulance Provision in North Antrim (11 Nov 2008)

Ian Paisley: It is good for everyone that decisions have not yet been made on the matter, because it gives the Minister an opportunity to listen to the views of the North Antrim representatives. He will also consult with the people directly involved, and that will grant him a further opportunity to assess the exact lie of the land. We are approaching the winter. It would have been better if we could have...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Democratic Republic of the Congo (4 Nov 2008) has video

Ian Paisley: I am sure that the Minister is aware that there has been a religious emphasis in some of the deaths that have taken place. I myself have lost my dearest friend, a missionary who was murdered along with his wife and four children. That had nothing to do with anything that he was doing but, in the midst of the terrible rebellion, there was terrible killing. I trust that the Minister and our...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Omagh Bombing (14 Oct 2008)

Ian Paisley: News of the awful tragedy in Omagh reached me when I was carrying out my duties as a Member of the European Parliament. I had some trouble getting home, and all the way home, my heart was torn because of what had happened. Immediately on arriving home in the middle of the night, I went to see for myself what was left. As I stood among the rubble, as I saw the stains of blood, and as I thought...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Omagh Bombing (14 Oct 2008)

Ian Paisley: Where is that mentioned?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Omagh Bombing (14 Oct 2008)

Ian Paisley: I am glad to hear the Member’s explanation that the amendment mentions the two babes. Who can mention that particularly awful tragedy, the worst act of brutal murder during the Troubles, without rightly saying what took place? The DUP amendment says that in the plainest possible manner. It notes the revelations about the breakdown of the provision of information; I do not know whether...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Matters of the Day: Stevenson and Company, Cullybackey (13 Oct 2008)

Ian Paisley: I am sure that all of us are worried about the proposed closure of the Stevenson plant in the Ballymena area. However, it is a proposed closure. I am glad that representations to the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment are continuing, and it may be that the company can be sustained under a different ownership. Members should do everything in their power to prevent the closure of the...