Results 1-20 of 239 for speaker:Patsy McGlone

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: EU Fisheries Council (16 Nov 2009)

Patsy McGlone: I support the motion by saying that we need to maintain the sustainability of stock; otherwise there will be no fishing industry.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: EU Fisheries Council (16 Nov 2009)

Patsy McGlone: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. I support the motion on securing the future viability of the Northern Ireland fishing fleet, and I compliment the Members who proposed it. I have a few concerns about the motion, but those will emerge during my contribution. Given that the Irish Sea is fished predominantly by Irish and UK fleets, the scope of the motion, if it is intended to affect the...

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

Patsy McGlone: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. Will the Minister assure us that any reduction in budgets or any effort by the Department of Finance and Personnel to reduce budgets will not in any way lead to the introduction of water charges for domestic properties?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Environment: Local Government Legislation (9 Nov 2009)

Patsy McGlone: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. In light of the damning ruling delivered by the Equality Commission against Lisburn City Council on 21 October, what safeguards will the Minister put in place to ensure that future decisions by that council and other councils, including Magherafelt District Council, will be made to protect and safeguard the rights of minorities?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office Of The First Minister And Deputy First Minister: Flags (9 Nov 2009)

Patsy McGlone: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. Does the deputy First Minister agree that there are many instances in which local efforts at conciliation have not proved successful? In such instances, will he and his Office support direct action, taken through the relevant agencies and Departments, to remove flags? In many cases, people are exasperated at...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: Planning Policy Statement 7:  Draft Addendum (9 Nov 2009)

Patsy McGlone: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as a ráiteas. I thank the Minister for his statement. It brings into focus an issue that has been around for quite a while, and, as the Minister correctly said, one that his predecessor Arlene Foster previously issued direction on. However, I require some clarity on the issue of conversions. In his statement...

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

Patsy McGlone: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as a ráiteas. I thank the Minister for his statement. A few issues have been touched upon. Those of us who, like the Minister, are aware of the repercussions and ramifications of climate change will want to see a commonality of spirit and policy development. What initiatives have been taken by the Minister’s Department and by the Minister’s...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Agriculture And Rural Development: Rural Communities (12 Oct 2009)

Patsy McGlone: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. As someone who lives in and represents a rural area, I thank the Minister for her reply about those areas. The Minister, as part of the Executive, has a keen interest in rural matters and, indeed, has placed that interest on the public record. Can the Minister confirm that the independent working group’s report, which contains recommendations...

Northern Ireland Assembly: environment: High Hedges Legislation (5 Oct 2009)

Patsy McGlone: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. Will the Minister develop that legislation alongside clean neighbourhoods legislation? Is there any thinking on that issue? The SDLP has lobbied the Department on that issue for some time. It would be interesting to hear what cognisance or recognition there is of that suggestion, which would give local councils stronger powers to deal with...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Public Accounts Committee Reports (29 Sep 2009)

Patsy McGlone: I was not anticipating being called to speak in this debate, but no matter. I am relatively new to the Public Accounts Committee, although it was visited upon me once upon a time before. The notes from which I am reading say “arcane”, but, sometimes, I am not sure whether the PAC is arcane or archaic. Nevertheless, since becoming a member of the Public Accounts Committee, I have...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Public Accounts Committee Reports (29 Sep 2009)

Patsy McGlone: I am already encouraged by the role that I see the Committee fulfilling in impartially scrutinising Government expenditure and rolling out recommendations for improved financial governance across the public sector. From one veteran to another, Mr Speaker, thank you.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Enterprise, Trade And Investment: Renewable Energy: Targets (29 Sep 2009)

Patsy McGlone: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I thank the Minister for her responses so far on the assistance that is available to businesses, which I want her to broaden. I know that she has been active and vigorous in local areas. I met her in my constituency because she was involved in a job creation project. Has the Minister discussed the possibility of reducing rates on non-domestic...

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

Patsy McGlone: I beg to move the following amendment: At end insert “; and calls on the Minister of Finance and Personnel and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to engage with Revenue and Customs to find a suitable solution.” Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I listened very intently to what Mr Paisley proposed, and I heard what he had to say. In its amendment, the SDLP...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Employment And Learning: Apprenticeships: Programme-Led (28 Sep 2009)

Patsy McGlone: What specific action is the Minister’s Department taking to ensure that apprentices are placed in longer-term training opportunities that give them some stability and ensure that, in the current downturn, they feel that some sort of future is being presented to them?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Agriculture and Rural Development: Ambulance Service (21 Sep 2009)

Patsy McGlone: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Go raibh maith agat, a Aire, as ucht an fhreagra sin. As the Minister represents and lives in a rural area, as I do, she will presumably be aware of some of the concerns about the provision of services in rural areas, particularly to the likes of the Mid-Ulster Hospital at Magherafelt. The Minister revealed that she would meet the Health Minister. Will...

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

Patsy McGlone: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. In paragraph 4 her statement, the Minister referred to reviewing developments in relation to EU agricultural matters. Will she expand on what those developments are and how they benefit the local agricultural and rural development sector?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Home Improvement Grants (15 Sep 2009)

Patsy McGlone: Does the Member agree, and I am sure that her ministerial colleague does, that we have heard Assembly debates ad nauseam about housing grants and affordable housing — so many that you could paper the Chamber with Hansard reports of them — with commitments left, right and centre? Maybe, left and right, depending on how the political axis is viewed at the minute. However, to...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Home Improvement Grants (15 Sep 2009)

Patsy McGlone: I am sure that most of us are deeply concerned about the needs of our constituents; I hope that that is the case. I also hope that Sinn Féin will reconsider the strategy that it is employing. Many people are being held up and cannot get grant aid. Many people are looking to have houses built. If we had a bit more co-operation in this place, yesterday and today, we would have been faced...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Social Development: Housing Executive Grants (15 Sep 2009)

Patsy McGlone: I thank the Minister for her response. There have been a number of cases in which people have been left out of pocket — I think that that is what Ms Anderson referred to earlier — because they have had to commission a structural engineer, in cases where there is a replacement dwelling, or an architect. What measures are in place to compensate those people for that out-of-pocket...

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

Patsy McGlone: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle, Gabhaim buíochas don Aire as a ráiteas. I thank the Minister for her statement. My question relates to paragraph 8 of the statement, which mentions recruitment of three staff on a fixed-term contract basis to assist the Loughs Agency in the implementation of a programme in support of its marine tourism strategy. Although I realise that it...