Results 1-20 of 232 for speaker:Trevor Lunn

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Rural Schools (17 Nov 2009)

Trevor Lunn: I thank the Member for giving way. In what way does he think that the Alliance Party is prescribing one solution, when its amendment calls on the Minister “to fully explore the potential … or other versions of shared education”? What is specific about that?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Rural Schools (17 Nov 2009)

Trevor Lunn: Does the Member not understand the difference between an amendment and an addition? The amendment adds to the motion; it does not simply amend it.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Rural Schools (17 Nov 2009)

Trevor Lunn: I beg to move the following amendment: At end insert “; and in particular to fully explore the potential for integrated schools or other versions of shared education as the most realistic means to preserve local education in many rural communities.” We have no problem with the SDLP motion, which we consider timely and relevant. We hope that the Minister will take note of the call...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Education: Ministerial Meetings (2 Nov 2009)

Trevor Lunn: The Minister will be aware that there are ongoing talks among four other parties that are represented in this Chamber. Three or four meetings have been held, and her party has been invited to send a representative to each of those talks. In the spirit of trying to find an agreed solution, would she not consider it worthwhile to at least allow a representative of her party to attend those...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Invest NI (20 Oct 2009)

Trevor Lunn: I thank Sinn Féin for proposing the motion. As a small society, Northern Ireland will always be more dependent on inward investment than many other places. However, the report poses important questions about Invest NI’s performance that need to be answered, and I welcome the fact that the Assembly has a chance to do that. Like others, the Alliance Party sought to amend the motion,...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: Local Government Reform Programme (20 Oct 2009)

Trevor Lunn: In his own words, the Minister has scotched the rumours that have been rife for the past few months about what is going to happen in local government. It is good to have that clarification. As most of the questions have been asked, I will take a risk and ask the Minister about something that was not in his statement but is of massive interest to a lot of elderly local councillors. I am sure...

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

Trevor Lunn: The Minister’s comments raise problems in respect of the requirements in the ministerial code and the Pledge of Office. I am surprised that no Member has yet read out the relevant sections of either of them, so I will. The ministerial code requires Ministers to: “operate in a way conducive to promoting good community relations and equality of treatment”. The Pledge of Office...

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

Trevor Lunn: There might have been minor nuances in the difference of opinion. One section of the party believes that a Member is perfectly entitled to his or her point of view, and that is my view. When I say “Member”, I mean ordinary Members of the Assembly. However, I think that the Pledge of Office and the ministerial code put an extra onus on Ministers to go beyond that. I wonder whether...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Grammar School Entrance Tests (5 Oct 2009)

Trevor Lunn: I beg to move the following amendment: Leave out all after “Education” and insert “instructs the Council for Curriculum Examinations and Assessment to complete, pilot and introduce a literacy and numeracy test based on the revised curriculum to be available to all schools in time for the 2010-2011 academic year, to be used alongside pupil profiles as one of the criteria for...

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

Trevor Lunn: I have been asked to talk about the general subject of fraud in the public sector, rather than about a specific report. Fraud is a serious problem, and it is estimated that it costs the public sector in Northern Ireland around £500 million every year. Given today’s economic climate, in which we are in the teeth of a recession, the public sector must be even more vigilant in...

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

Trevor Lunn: I will finish there, Mr Speaker.

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

Trevor Lunn: 1. asked the Minister for Employment and Learning for an update on the new programme-led apprenticeships initiative.        (AQO 105/10)

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

Trevor Lunn: I thank the Minister for his answer. Will he assure the House that that programme is only a stopgap initiative during the economic downturn and that employer-led apprenticeships will eventually become the main thrust of the Department for Employment and Learning’s initiatives when there is a subsequent upturn? What reaction has the Department had from employers so far? I realise that...

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

Trevor Lunn: I also welcome the Minister’s constructive statement. In his reply to Mr Cobain, he mentioned the possibility of further reviews. On several occasions, he mentioned giving local Roads Service offices a level of flexibility. In my experience, that level of flexibility has been absent so far, but we hope for better times. If there is to be flexibility, as well as taking into account...

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

Trevor Lunn: 2. asked the Minister for Social Development to outline the anticipated need for newbuild social housing for (i) the remainder of the 2009-2010 financial year; and (ii) the 2010-11 financial year.         & #160; (AQO 32/10)

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

Trevor Lunn: I thank the Minister for her answer. Indeed, she has anticipated my supplementary question well. Can she advise whether the Housing Executive has funds to purchase lands at Ballymacoss in Lisburn and complete a social housing project for 160 new homes?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Second Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Trevor Lunn: I am not a member of the Committee for Employment and Learning; I am standing in for Anna Lo, who cannot be here today. Anna has suffered some serious threats in the past couple of days, which I am sure all Members totally condemn. That is not new to politicians, but this case had a particularly ugly and disgusting aspect to it in a racist sense. I hope that the message from the House is that...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial statement: Transfer 2010 (30 Jun 2009)

Trevor Lunn: I welcome the Minister’s statement, in so far as it provides clarity about what she wants, if not about how we will get there. Is there a legal definition of the phrase “have regard” in the Minister’s statement, or in the transfer 2010 document itself? It is made perfectly clear that boards of governors have a legal duty to “have regard” to the guidelines,...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial statement: Transfer 2010 (30 Jun 2009)

Trevor Lunn: Is there a complete lack of effective sanction against those who do not choose to adhere to the guidelines? Will the Minister comment on the fact that her guidelines have no teeth?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Culture, Arts and Leisure: National Stadium (16 Jun 2009)

Trevor Lunn: 6. asked the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure to provide an update on the proposal for a national stadium.         0;  (AQO 2996/09)