Results 1-20 of 146 for speaker:Eugene McMenamin

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Report on Workplace 2010 and Public Sector Jobs Location (23 Jan 2007)

Eugene McMenamin: Does the Member agree that special emphasis must be placed on decentralisation of jobs to the west? I am talking about west Tyrone, Omagh and Strabane. Hundreds of civil servants — many of them young married women — leave their homes at six in the morning and do not get home until seven in the evening, leaving their children behind. That has been the story in the west for too...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (4 Dec 2006)

Eugene McMenamin: On a point of order, Madam Speaker. I cannot hear the Member from where I am sitting.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (4 Dec 2006)

Eugene McMenamin: Look out for Judas. [Laughter.]

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Report on the Economic Challenges facing Northern Ireland (12 Sep 2006)

Eugene McMenamin: I sincerely hope that we will be able to hear each other this afternoon, but I do not think that we will have any problem at the minute, as so few Members are present. I commend the elected Members and staff who worked together to compile the report. The plight of West Tyrone and, in particular, the isolation of my home town of Strabane are historical facts. Thankfully, the lookout towers and...

Northern Ireland Assembly: North/South Ministerial Council: Agriculture (7 Oct 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: When will the cross-border community development measure of Peace II be operational?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Social Development: Deprived Communities (30 Sep 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: Does the Minister agree that the most efficient weapon to deal with conflict is the existence of democratic institutions? Does he agree that those who wish to pull them down are the best friends of paramilitaries who want anything but reconciliation?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Employment and Learning: Strategy for Essential Skills (30 Sep 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: 5. asked the Minister for Employment and Learning to give an update on the strategy for essential skills. (AQO 200/02)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Employment and Learning: Strategy for Essential Skills (30 Sep 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: Essential skills are a key issue that needs to be addressed in projects throughout Northern Ireland, particularly given that about one in four adults in Northern Ireland have the lowest levels of literacy, which, at best, is a reading age of 11. How will the essential skills strategy be funded?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Enterprise, Trade and Investment: Lagan Valley Tourism (30 Sep 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: Last week, the Committee for Enterprise, Trade and Investment held the second of its tourism inquiry conferences in the heart of west Tyrone. During a workshop, the Committee was told that the domestic market generates the same amount of tourism revenue as visitors from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the rest of Europe — some £66 million per annum. I am very...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Enterprise, Trade and Investment: Lagan Valley Tourism (30 Sep 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: Yes. Does the Minister agree that, if the home market were promoted more rigorously, it could attract even more revenue, especially in areas such as the Sperrins and west Tyrone?

Northern Ireland Assembly: North/South Ministerial Council: Trade and Business Development (9 Sep 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: I thank the Minister for his statement, and I look forward to the publication of the ‘Digital Island’ discussion paper. Recent research shows that a major digital divide exists in Northern Ireland: 53% of citizens aged 16 and over do not have access to the Internet. I call on the Minister and his Department to address that by providing financial aid for the areas of most need,...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Programme for Government -  Annual Report (1 Jul 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: As Members have already said, grant assistance has been agreed to allow the construction of a gas pipeline to the north-west and across the border. I remind the Minister that we in Strabane, Omagh and west Tyrone want the pipeline extended to our constituency, and that must be given serious consideration. Can the Ministers confirm that, while the Programme for Government and its targets and...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Soccer Strategy (25 Jun 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: The report comes at an appropriate time, and I welcome it. I am in favour of community and voluntary involvement, of which the Foyle Cup in the north-west is a good example. It is imperative that areas that have been neglected be high on the agenda. Omagh Town is the only Irish League team west of the Bann. Although my home town has several excellent football teams, it has never had senior...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Health, Social Services and Public Safety: New Hospital: Rural West (17 Jun 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: 3. asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety whether Dr Tony Hindle’s further research will be made available to interested parties before her Department finalises its consultation proposals; and to make a statement. (AQO 1588/01)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Health, Social Services and Public Safety: New Hospital: Rural West (17 Jun 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: The Minister mentioned the York Report, but did she use any other reports or studies when reaching her decision?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Regional Development: Reinvestment and Reform Initiative: Bids (10 Jun 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: I thank the Minister for a comprehensive answer. It is interesting to note that his Department’s financial needs exceed the amount available under the first element of the reinvestment and reform initiative. With that in mind, how will the Minister identify potential sources of funding to undertake necessary infrastructure projects?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Regional Development: Reinvestment and Reform Initiative: Bids (10 Jun 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: 5. asked the Minister for Regional Development what was the total amount of bids made by his Department under the reinvestment and reform initiative. (AQO 1557/01)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Employment and Learning: Adult Literacy Strategy (7 May 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: 11. asked the Minister for Employment and Learning how she proposes to implement the adult literacy strategy. (AQO 1286/01)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Employment and Learning: Adult Literacy Strategy (7 May 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: What are the key targets of the strategy?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions — Enterprise, Trade and Investment: Industrial Derating (7 May 2002)

Mr Eugene McMenamin: Will the Minister comment on the geographical valuation of the impact of industrial derating? Has it benefited Strabane and other parts of west Tyrone?