Results 1-20 of 192 for speaker:Fred Cobain

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: Transport Sectoral Format (17 Nov 2009)

Fred Cobain: What progress have the Department and Roads Service made in considering the feasibility study for a southern relief road, which has been with the Department since February? When does the Minister anticipate that his Department will make a decision on that issue?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office Of The First Minister And Deputy First Minister: Cross-sector Advisory Forum (9 Nov 2009)

Fred Cobain: 1. asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister to provide an update on any recommend­ations, actions or implementation plans emerging from the cross-sector advisory forum meeting in October 2009.   (AQO 318/10)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office Of The First Minister And Deputy First Minister: Cross-sector Advisory Forum (9 Nov 2009)

Fred Cobain: Does the deputy First Minister think that we will get any recommendations from that group before the end of the recession?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Water and Sewerage Services (Amendment) Bill: Extension of Committee Stage (2 Nov 2009)

Fred Cobain: I beg to move That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 19 January 2010, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Water and Sewerage Services (Amendment) Bill (NIA Bill 03/09). The Committee Stage of the Water and Sewerage Services (Amendment) Bill began on 30 September 2009. Members will be aware that the Bill aims to ensure...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Agriculture And Rural Development: Better Regulation and Simplification Review (12 Oct 2009)

Fred Cobain: 9. asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development for an update on her Department’s response to the better regulation and simplification review.        (AQO 210/10)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Agriculture And Rural Development: Better Regulation and Simplification Review (12 Oct 2009)

Fred Cobain: Will the Minister consider establishing a single inspection body for all on-farm inspections?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Second Stage (29 Sep 2009)

Fred Cobain: As Chairperson, I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Second Stage of this important Bill. The issue today is whether the Assembly is content to endorse the principles of the Water and Sewerage Services (Amendment) Bill 2009. In the absence of funding through payment by customers, the Bill aims to ensure the continued provision of a subsidy to Northern Ireland Water....

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: National Asset Management Agency (28 Sep 2009)

Fred Cobain: Are banks, in effect, not nationalised?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: National Asset Management Agency (28 Sep 2009)

Fred Cobain: What percentage of the banking system do the Government own?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: Winter Services around Rural Schools (28 Sep 2009)

Fred Cobain: I thank the Minister for his statement on the review. Is he content that the measures that he has announced will solve all the problems with respect to rural schools? How will the measures help children in rural areas to get to school? Is he content that there are adequate funds in his departmental budget to cover the cost of the measures that he has announced today?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Second Stage (22 Sep 2009)

Fred Cobain: Do they know what they were saying in 2000 or in 1998 or in 1997?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Second Stage (22 Sep 2009)

Fred Cobain: As the Ulster Unionist Party is represented on the Executive, has it been in detailed discussions with the First Minister and deputy First Minister about the devolution of policing and justice?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: Rathlin Island (22 Jun 2009)

Fred Cobain: I thank the Minister for his statement and for his interesting history lesson. Mr Storey asked about the financial implications of the action plan. I am not sure what a two-year action plan can achieve for the long-term sustainability of Rathlin Island. The most important element of the statement is the proposal to establish a forum that will include representatives from Departments other...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Assembly Business: Suspension of Standing Orders (22 Jun 2009)

Fred Cobain: I beg to move That Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4) be suspended for 22 June 2009.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Agriculture and Rural Development: Rural Development Programme: Axis 3 (15 Jun 2009)

Fred Cobain: 4. asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development for her assessment of the delay involving her Department and the axis 3 council clusters in agreeing a scoring mechanism.     (AQO 2974/09)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Agriculture and Rural Development: Rural Development Programme: Axis 3 (15 Jun 2009)

Fred Cobain: I am glad that the Minister answered both the question and my supplementary.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister: Climate Change: Sustainable Development Strategy (15 Jun 2009)

Fred Cobain: 2. asked the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister what its position is on climate change in relation to its sustainable development strategy.         (AQO 2952/09)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister: Climate Change: Sustainable Development Strategy (15 Jun 2009)

Fred Cobain: The First Minister, through his reply, has answered most of my supplementary question. The purpose of the current development strategy is to mainstream the policies into each Department. Will the First Minister reassure the House that that is actually the case?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: Transport Sectoral Format (11 May 2009)

Fred Cobain: I thank the Minister for his statement. Will he share with Members the findings of the feasibility study on the Newry southern relief road?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Local Government Boundaries (28 Apr 2009)

Fred Cobain: You can talk.