Results 1-20 of 157 for speaker:Ian McCrea

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

Ian McCrea: I welcome the Minister’s statement. As the Minister will know, in my constituency of Mid Ulster there has been quite a number of deaths, including the loss of many young lives, due to road accidents. Can the Minister go into any further detail about the new road safety strategies that the Department of the Environment will be taking forward?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Regional Development: A29 Passenger Transport (16 Nov 2009)

Ian McCrea: I thank Mr Armstrong for submitting this question on an important issue. Given that the A29 is the main arterial route through my constituency, does the Minister agree that the rural perspective is most important in the provision of public transport? Will the Minister give a commitment to consider increasing rural transport provision, through his Department and Translink, to enable people to...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Finance and Personnel: Quangos (10 Nov 2009)

Ian McCrea: 4. asked the Minister of Finance and Personnel to outline the total annual operating costs for all unelected quangos.     (AQO 351/10)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Finance and Personnel: Quangos (10 Nov 2009)

Ian McCrea: I thank the Minister for his answer. I am sure that the House will agree that the figure of £9·7 million for the previous financial year is certainly excessive. Will the Minister detail what mechanisms are in place for reviewing the number of public bodies that exist?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Clause 6 (Operating centres to be specified in operators’ licences) (10 Nov 2009)

Ian McCrea: First, I thank the Clerk of the Committee for the Environment and the Committee staff, who had a major task to get everything right for today, including the drafting of the reports. Departmental officials also had a hard task, to say the least, in dealing with some of the issues raised, particularly by my colleague Trevor Clarke. I welcome the fact, as the Minister said, that the Department...

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

Ian McCrea: I welcome the Minister’s statement on the draft addendum to PPS 7. Unfortunately, as I am further down the list, most of the good questions have already been asked. I have an interest in the permeable paving that the Minister referred to, and I welcome the fact that the Department is trying to make it a requirement. Has the Minister witnessed any areas where permeable paving is in...

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

Ian McCrea: I sort of welcome the Minister’s statement this morning, but, unfortunately, I do not see much substance in the 11 small paragraphs. That is not his fault; it was because the meeting took place with a small agenda. In light of the Member across the way referring to climate change, does the Minister agree that, in the interests of reducing his carbon footprint, he should reconsider the...

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

Ian McCrea: I also welcome the Minister’s statement. He stated that the transition committees will train the new councillors. Will he outline any other roles that the statutory transition committees will have in the implementation of the reform programme?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Culture, Arts and Leisure: North/South Implementation Bodies (20 Oct 2009)

Ian McCrea: 6. asked the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure what efficiency savings the North/South bodies, which are under his Department’s remit, will be implementing this year.          (AQO 264/10)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Culture, Arts and Leisure: North/South Implementation Bodies (20 Oct 2009)

Ian McCrea: I welcome the Minister’s answer and the news that there will be efficiency savings in “North/Southery”. Will the Minister detail any plans for savings that he has implemented and changes that he has made in respect of North/South bodies and ministerial meetings over which he has control?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Personal Protection Weapons (19 Oct 2009)

Ian McCrea: Does the Member agree that in parts of my constituency, certainly rural parts such as Pomeroy, people in minority communities feel under serious threat because of the increase in dissident activity?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Regional Development: Public Transport: Bilingual Signage (19 Oct 2009)

Ian McCrea: Does the Minister agree that, in Northern Ireland, there is not a large number of people who require information in or are even able to speak the Irish language? Given his and other Departments’ efficiency savings requirements, does the Minister agree that providing bilingual information is not a prudent use of public finances?

Northern Ireland Assembly: environment: PPS 5 (5 Oct 2009)

Ian McCrea: I welcome the Minister’s answer so far. I also find it unacceptable that developers would take such action on such an important issue. Does the Minister agree with me that the delay due to the legal proceedings has put town centres, especially local businesses, in danger?

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

Ian McCrea: I thank the Minister for his statement and for his commitment to tackle the problem of gritting roads around rural schools. Will the Minister inform the House what action is taken against drivers of gritting lorries who have accidents while gritting roads? I am led to believe that formal warnings are issued when that occurs, yet members of staff are putting their lives on the line to tackle...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Second Stage (22 Sep 2009)

Ian McCrea: Does the Minister agree that organisations that are set up to give advice and inform people on how to save energy would spend their time better doing that, rather than wasting it arguing the pros and cons of climate change?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Culture, Arts and Leisure: GAA: Hunger Strike Commemoration (22 Sep 2009)

Ian McCrea: 15. asked the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure, following the recent commemoration of the hunger strikes at a Tyrone GAA facility, what steps he has taken with the GAA to ensure sports grounds are not used for this type of event.   (AQO 89/10)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Culture, Arts and Leisure: GAA: Hunger Strike Commemoration (22 Sep 2009)

Ian McCrea: Will the Minister outline what funding Galbally Pearses Gaelic Athletic Club has received from Sport NI, and, in the light of the events on 16 August, will he inform the House of any intentions that he might have to withhold future funding?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Agriculture and Rural Development: Food Processing (21 Sep 2009)

Ian McCrea: 4. asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development if the Processing and Marketing Grant scheme is the sole capital support for food processing businesses.   (AQO 63/10)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Agriculture and Rural Development: Food Processing (21 Sep 2009)

Ian McCrea: I welcome the fact that there will be, hopefully, some clarity on cross-axes issues, because there was some uncertainty about whether businesses could apply. Will support for farm shops under axis 3 include capital grant aid for food-processing equipment?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Financial Support for Sports Clubs (21 Sep 2009)

Ian McCrea: No. In my constituency, we have the Pomeroy Plunketts, which is named after Joseph Plunkett, who was a republican terrorist of the 1916 era. There is Galbally Pearses GAC, which is named after Patrick Pearse, who was also a republican terrorist of the 1916 era. There is also Ardboe O’Donovan Rossa, which is named after a prominent republican terrorist of the early 1900s, who was...