Results 1-20 of 128 for speaker:Pat Doherty

Northern Ireland Assembly: Regional Development: A5 Dual Carriageway (16 Nov 2009)

Pat Doherty: 6. asked the Minister for Regional Development when contractors and designers will be appointed for the A5 road scheme from Aughnacloy.        & #160;   (AQO 381/10)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Regional Development: A5 Dual Carriageway (16 Nov 2009)

Pat Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I thank the Minister for his brief answer. Will he outline what communications have taken place between his Department and the affected landowners and farmers about the A5 road scheme?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Health, Social Services and Public Safety: Tyrone County Hospital: Maternity Services (16 Nov 2009)

Pat Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I note the Minister’s response with some interest. Will he assure the House that the safety of mothers and babies will not be endangered because of the ongoing delay in the development of maternity services?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Enterprise, Trade And Investment: Economic Policy (3 Nov 2009)

Pat Doherty: 6. asked the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment when she plans to make a statement on the independent review of economic policy.          ; (AQO 308/10)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Enterprise, Trade And Investment: Economic Policy (3 Nov 2009)

Pat Doherty: I thank the Minister for her answer. In the light of Minister Wilson’s recent comments in which he expressed opposition to the decentralisation of public jobs, will the Minister assess what impact that might have on her Department?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Culture, Arts and Leisure: Places for Sport (20 Oct 2009)

Pat Doherty: 2. asked the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure if ‘Places for Sport’ funding will be available in the 2010-11 financial year.         & #160;  (AQO 260/10)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Culture, Arts and Leisure: Places for Sport (20 Oct 2009)

Pat Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Will the Minister’s Department provide the maximum possible support for the Edendork GAC in County Tyrone, which needs help to replace the clubhouse that was burned down in an arson attack in November 2008? I shall also take this opportunity to ask the Minister whether funds are available to repair the recently vandalised facilities at the Mary...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Agriculture And Rural Development: Animal Welfare Legislation (12 Oct 2009)

Pat Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I thank the Minister for her answer. Will the Bill increase the penalties?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Enterprise, Trade And Investment: Signature Projects (29 Sep 2009)

Pat Doherty: 8. asked the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment for an update on the five signature projects and if all five will be delivered on target.          ; (AQO 127/10)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Enterprise, Trade And Investment: Signature Projects (29 Sep 2009)

Pat Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I thank the Minister for her detailed and lengthy answer. Given the potential of the Sperrins region for activities such as hillwalking, does the Minister have any plans to invest in that area with a view to making it a signature project?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: North/South Ministerial Council Agriculture Sectoral Meeting (21 Sep 2009)

Pat Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. In some ways, the Chairperson of the Agriculture Committee has already touched on my question. Indeed, that reminds me of a comment that was made that the more we work together as a Committee, the more we become like each other — even politically.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: North/South Ministerial Council Agriculture Sectoral Meeting (21 Sep 2009)

Pat Doherty: Absolutely. My question is perhaps more specific than those posed by the Chairperson, and it is whether there are any plans to hold a stakeholders’ conference on an island-wide basis to discuss how to advance the all-island animal health strategy? Furthermore, if such plans do exist, how advanced are they?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Second Stage (15 Sep 2009)

Pat Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I welcome the Second Stage of the Forestry Bill. During the debate, it has been mentioned a few times that it is 56 years since the Forestry Act 1953 was passed. It is slightly younger than me. At that time, forestry was simply a matter of growing trees, cutting and selling them. The Bill is much more expansive than that. Of course, it includes...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial StatementS: North/South Ministerial Council: Aquaculture and Marine Sectoral Format (14 Sep 2009)

Pat Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I welcome the Minister’s statement. Can she provide an update on the Loughs Agency’s strategic implementation plan?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Environment: Wind Turbines/Wind Farms (29 Jun 2009)

Pat Doherty: 1. asked the Minister of the Environment the average timescale for processing planning applications for wind turbines and wind farms.  (AQO 3066/09)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Environment: Wind Turbines/Wind Farms (29 Jun 2009)

Pat Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Will the Minister outline what Government assistance is available for carrying out such work, and how that assistance is advertised?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office Of The First Minister And Deputy First Minister: Lisanelly, Omagh: Gifting of Lands (29 Jun 2009)

Pat Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. In view of the development work, particularly on the exemplar design of the five, and possibly six, schools in Lisanelly, will the Minister, when he next meets the British Prime Minister again raise this issue and press him on not only gifting the site but when it will be gifted?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Dairy Farming (12 May 2009)

Pat Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I support the motion. The dairy sector is facing many difficulties. Some arise from the massive fluctuations in milk auction prices, which, in many ways, depend on world prices. In November 1995, farmers were getting 30·48p a litre for milk, but by May 2002 that had fallen to 13·53p a litre. That is a massive drop. Many of the reasons for...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: North/South Ministerial Council Environment Sectoral Format (31 Mar 2009)

Pat Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I thank the Minister for his statement and, particularly, paragraph 4’s reference to the removal of material from Trillick, which is part of my constituency. I have been working on that issue for some months, and I am delighted that it has reached this stage. The Minister’s written statement refers to “the apportionment of...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Voting Registration Process (23 Mar 2009)

Pat Doherty: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. Daithí McKay opened the debate this afternoon by pointing out the targeting by the Electoral Office of bigger households, the rule on three months’ residency, and the provision for overseas registration. Then we had an extraordinary intervention by Mervyn Storey, only for it to be proven that the only person that has been charged with...