Results 1-20 of 540 for speaker:Dolores Kelly
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Adjournment: Lurgan Area: Improvement Scheme for 19 Rural Cottages (17 Nov 2009)
Dolores Kelly: Shame on you. [Laughter.]
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Adjournment: Lurgan Area: Improvement Scheme for 19 Rural Cottages (17 Nov 2009)
Dolores Kelly: Yes, that is right.
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Adjournment: Lurgan Area: Improvement Scheme for 19 Rural Cottages (17 Nov 2009)
Dolores Kelly: I thank the Member for securing the debate. As someone who was born and bred, and whose father still lives, in one of those rural cottages, I am quite familiar with the problems that are associated with them and, indeed, with the layout and, in many cases, the location of the cottages. I know from experience with my grandparents that when money was available, my grandmother would not allow...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (3 Nov 2009)
Dolores Kelly: Will the Member give way?
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (3 Nov 2009)
Dolores Kelly: Will the Member give way?
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (3 Nov 2009)
Dolores Kelly: You said that it does not matter what the people who you represent think, but, as Ms Purvis said, we should allow the public to have their say by having the consultation. Do you not agree with that?
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Child Abuse: Ryan Report (2 Nov 2009)
Dolores Kelly: I thank the Member for giving way. Does she agree that the Government failed those children by not adequately regulating and inspecting children’s homes; that the abuse was not confined to Catholic-managed children’s homes — it was endemic in all children’s homes; and that there must now be a North/South dimension to child protection and to putting vetting procedures...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Employment And Learning: Belfast Metropolitan College (2 Nov 2009)
Dolores Kelly: Will the Minister outline the institution’s financial health?
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Education: Educational Standards (2 Nov 2009)
Dolores Kelly: Given that the amount of progress achieved for area-based planning has been patchy, will the Minister tell the House how parents are choosing post-primary schools for their children?
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Education: Educational Standards (2 Nov 2009)
Dolores Kelly: Well, I am not the only Member who does, but —
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Education: Educational Standards (2 Nov 2009)
Dolores Kelly: The story of my life: sorry, Mr Speaker. However, how will parents know which schools will be up and running with the entitlement framework in 2013?
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Town Centre Regeneration (2 Nov 2009)
Dolores Kelly: Will the Member give way?
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Town Centre Regeneration (2 Nov 2009)
Dolores Kelly: Given the limited window of opportunity for European Union funding, does the Member agree that all opportunities must be maximised? We must enable town centre management committees and councils to get help in drawing up applications, and the Department should help to set out where funding opportunities lie.
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: Local Government Reform Programme (20 Oct 2009)
Dolores Kelly: I thank the Minister for his statement and his commitment to strong, effective local government, which is something that all Members wish to secure. I thank him also for his remarks in relation to the work of the Committee. Through the programme of Bills that he intends to bring the before the House over the year, he has given the Committee a very challenging programme of work. However, we...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Office Of The First Minister And Deputy First Minister: Chief Constable (19 Oct 2009)
Dolores Kelly: Has the £17 million saving that the PSNI is required to make been cancelled? When will the Policing Board, which is the oversight body of the PSNI, have a say and a role to play in the budget?
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Personal Protection Weapons (19 Oct 2009)
Dolores Kelly: Mr Paisley Jnr clearly defined that the weapons that had been stolen were not used in serious and organised crime. Nonetheless, a number of them have been stolen from homes. That is also a fact. As a former member of the Policing Board, I recall a private meeting during which the former Chief Constable informed members that the number of retiring PSNI officers taking personal protection...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Personal Protection Weapons (19 Oct 2009)
Dolores Kelly: We want a more normal society in which guns are taken out of the community. Nobody is entitled to hold a firearm: it is a decision for the Chief Constable, and he is very clear about what must be taken into account. The current policy states that the Chief Constable: “must take account of the unique and individual circumstances surrounding each application and that protecting the life...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Personal Protection Weapons (19 Oct 2009)
Dolores Kelly: We will be supporting the amendment proposed by Ms Anderson.
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Personal Protection Weapons (19 Oct 2009)
Dolores Kelly: If the Member had listened to what I said, he would have heard me say that the reasons for that are well known. It is a historical fact that the IRA targeted officers from the Catholic community first to try to put other Catholics off joining the police, in the same way that the dissidents are now targeting Catholic officers.
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Personal Protection Weapons (19 Oct 2009)
Dolores Kelly: I am mindful that the debate is taking place after the attempted murder of a serving police officer. I offer my best wishes to the officer’s family. I hope that all other officers gain heart from the resounding condemnation of that attack from across the community. However, today’s debate is about personal protection weapons. Some Members outlined that more than 2,000 of those...