Results 1-20 of 587 for speaker:Barry McElduff

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

Barry McElduff: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. Will the Minister detail the work that has been done to increase the take-up of transnational and INTERREG inter-regional European programmes? At a future meeting of the North/South Ministerial Council, will he raise the issue of obstacles to cross-border mobility, specifically in respect of school-transport entitlement?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: British-Irish Council Summit Meeting (17 Nov 2009)

Barry McElduff: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. Tá mé buíoch den Aire as ucht a ráitis. I thank the junior Minister for his detailed and comprehensive statement. I note that the promotion of Irish, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Ulster Scots, Manx and other languages featured prominently on the agenda — the clár — of the summit in Jersey. I also note that, in...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Regional Development: DRD: 2010-11 Budget (16 Nov 2009)

Barry McElduff: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. Will the Minister assure us that his Department is properly focused on securing an adequate budget for rural roads maintenance? Is that issue often raised in budgetary discussions?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Health, Social Services and Public Safety: South-West Acute Hospital (16 Nov 2009)

Barry McElduff: Will the Minister detail what progress has been made on the local enhanced hospital in Omagh and the range of services that will be provided there? That development is, of course, linked to the Enniskillen project.

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

Barry McElduff: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Tá ceist agam don LeasChéad Aire. An dtig leis an LeasChéad Aire míniú dúinn cad é atá déanta ag an Choiste Feidhmiúcháin agus ag a Oifig féin le déileáil leis an mheathlú geilleagair agus leis na fadhbanna eacnamaíocha atá againn? I thank the deputy First Minister for...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: Environment Sectoral Format (9 Nov 2009)

Barry McElduff: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an Aire as an ráiteas sin, agus tá ceist agam dó. I welcome the reference in paragraph seven of the Minister’s statement to how the North/South market development steering group is working to exploit economies of scale in the market for recycled materials throughout the...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (3 Nov 2009)

Barry McElduff: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. Ní nach ionadh, tá mé ag labhairt in éadan an rúin agus i bhfabhar an leasaithe a thairg Dawn Purvis dúinn. Sinn Féin opposes the motion and supports the amendment. It is difficult to comprehend how any Member or any political party could oppose the enshrinement of a bill of rights. A bill of rights should be the...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: Public Expenditure 2009-2010:  September Monitoring (13 Oct 2009)

Barry McElduff: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. Tá ceist agam don Aire, agus ba mhaith liom ceist a chur ar an Aire as a ráiteas. Will the Minister note the importance of the Places for Sport programme operated by Sport NI? The Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure considered the September monitoring round at its meeting on 10 September. The Committee is determined that that key...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: Public Expenditure 2009-2010:  September Monitoring (13 Oct 2009)

Barry McElduff: Will the Minister note the Committee’s interest in both those matters and perhaps place some conditions on the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure in future monitoring rounds?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Catholic Church Services (12 Oct 2009)

Barry McElduff: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Ní nach ionadh, beidh mise ag labhairt i bhfabhar an rúin seo. Ní aontaím le PJ Ó Brollacháin nuair a deir sé nach bhfuil an díospóireacht seo tábhachtach: tá sí thar a bheith tábhachtach. Unsurprisingly, I will speak in favour of the motion. I disagree with earlier contributors to the...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Catholic Church Services (12 Oct 2009)

Barry McElduff: I do not know whether the Member is suggesting that there are more important motions, but we suggest that this is a very important motion. We went through the normal procedure to secure its tabling today. We were told that the Minister has, so far, eminently displayed his ability to act as Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure. That would not be universally accepted in the Catholic community,...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Catholic Church Services (12 Oct 2009)

Barry McElduff: I will not, in this case. Unfortunately, P J Bradley said that this debate was not the most important that could come before the Assembly. I agreed with much of what he and Alban Maginness said, but it occasionally appears that if Sinn Féin says that today is Monday, the SDLP will say that today is not Monday; it is the day before Tuesday. It increasingly appears that the SDLP will say...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Catholic Church Services (12 Oct 2009)

Barry McElduff: The Member is introducing a non sequitur to the debate. It is not relevant. My point was — [Interruption.]

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Catholic Church Services (12 Oct 2009)

Barry McElduff: My point was that the SDLP, in the Latin vernacular, tends to play ad hominem instead of addressing the issues. Trevor Lunn was much more constructive. I welcome the fact that the Alliance Party will support the motion. That is an example of a party reading the motion on its merits and individual strengths and then, in its wisdom, deciding that this motion is worthy of support: no other...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Catholic Church Services (12 Oct 2009)

Barry McElduff: I will not give way in this case. Raymond McCartney said that a lot of the debate was a smokescreen and that, effectively, the Minister’s comments are a contravention of any possible inter­pretation of the ministerial pledge. I agree. Raymond talked about this being a product of the Dark Ages. He reminded Members that the Minister is good at lecturing us all on a shared and...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Catholic Church Services (12 Oct 2009)

Barry McElduff: I will not; I will proceed to the end of my speech now, if the Member does not mind, but I hope that he is keeping well, apart from that. [Laughter.] David Simpson seemed to be a latter-day convert to republicanism when he quoted Wolfe Tone; I welcome that. [Interruption.]

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Catholic Church Services (12 Oct 2009)

Barry McElduff: Mr Simpson was a good advocate for Theobald Wolfe Tone, and he asked where the SDLP stood on the motion. Alban Maginness then set about answering that question, and, again, respect was the key word for Mr Maginness. He felt that one does not compromise religious beliefs by entering a chapel where mass or a Catholic service may be taking place. Mr Maginness then went on to say that the motion...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Catholic Church Services (12 Oct 2009)

Barry McElduff: I will resist the opportunity to ask whether David is speaking as Deputy Chairperson of the Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Catholic Church Services (12 Oct 2009)

Barry McElduff: Well, I think —

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Catholic Church Services (12 Oct 2009)

Barry McElduff: Not in this instance, David. [Laughter.] The Member knows fine well, or at least he ought to know, that I am speaking in a party political capacity. East Belfast Member Wallace Browne said that he supported the motion, then quickly corrected himself. He said that Nelson McCausland was a man of great integrity and high moral principle — I am sure that he owes Wallace Browne a tenner for...