Results 1-20 of 172 for speaker:Claire McGill

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Obesity (16 Nov 2009)

Claire McGill: I support the motion.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Obesity (16 Nov 2009)

Claire McGill: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. Following the thanks offered by the Committee Chairperson, Jim Wells, I thank the people who helped me in my capacity as a Committee member. I thank the civil servants who provided help: those who attend Committee meetings now and those who attended previously. In fact, I see some of them in the Public Gallery. I also thank the previous Chairperson...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Regional Development: Water Supply: Rural Areas (16 Nov 2009)

Claire McGill: 2. asked the Minister for Regional Development to provide an update on the work currently being undertaken by his Department in relation to water mains connections in rural communities.   (AQO 377/10)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Regional Development: Water Supply: Rural Areas (16 Nov 2009)

Claire McGill: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I thank the Minister for his answer. We have lobbied on the issue of mains water connections in rural areas for a long time. I thank the Department and the officials for the thorough work that has been done. My constituents and I are grateful for that. Could the cost of requisition be reduced by adopting a self-lay policy?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Health, Social Services and Public Safety: Altnagelvin Hospital: Radiotherapy (16 Nov 2009)

Claire McGill: 2. asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety what is the current status of the business case commissioned by his Department into the provision of a satellite radiotherapy centre at Altnagelvin Hospital.        
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Northern Ireland Assembly: Health, Social Services and Public Safety: Altnagelvin Hospital: Radiotherapy (16 Nov 2009)

Claire McGill: Go raibh maith agat. I thank the Minister for his response. Has he had any recent discussions on the matter with the Minister for Health and Children in the South, Mary Harney? Due to Altnagelvin Hospital’s proximity to Donegal, the provision of a satellite radiotherapy centre there would be helpful to patients. I welcome that. Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Legislative Consent Motion (16 Nov 2009)

Claire McGill: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I support the motion on behalf of Sinn Féin and I thank junior Minister Gerry Kelly for his explanation of how the legislative consent motion is connected to the Child Poverty Bill. The Bill’s stated intent is to: “Set targets relating to the eradication of child poverty, and to make other provision about child poverty.” That...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: North-west Region (3 Nov 2009)

Claire McGill: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I thank all Members who contributed to the debate. The diversity of views was interesting. Sinn Féin did not table the motion with the intention of being divisive, and I am disappointed that some Members implied that Sinn Féin wants something for the north-west that it is not entitled to. One Member even spoke about north-west whingers. I...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: North-west Region (3 Nov 2009)

Claire McGill: I am not going to take any interventions, because I would lose my train of thought, which I do not wish to happen because this is a very important issue for us. Whether Members were here or not, many of them have had the opportunity to listen to the debate and, if they were in the Chamber, they would have had the opportunity to speak. Before I come to Members’ contributions, I shall...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: North-west Region (3 Nov 2009)

Claire McGill: No; the rest of us in the North of Ireland. At the end of the interview, he mentioned the Causeway and Antrim, which redeemed him somewhat. However, the issue is about mindsets. There are tourist issues beyond Belfast and the Antrim area, and I mean no disrespect to the people from those areas. The potential of the Sperrins was not mentioned. I know that tourism in the Sperrins is encouraged,...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Town Centre Regeneration (2 Nov 2009)

Claire McGill: Go raibh maith agat. I thank the Member for her intervention, and I agree. I will return to my previous point: it is important that some of the key recommendations are taken forward. Recommendations 7 and 8 of the Committee’s report address the issues of poverty, disadvantage and inequality. I was interested to hear from some of the witnesses who appeared before the Committee that DSD...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Town Centre Regeneration (2 Nov 2009)

Claire McGill: An opportunity may have been missed to deal, in an informal setting, with the master plan that Strabane has in place. Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Town Centre Regeneration (2 Nov 2009)

Claire McGill: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I was a member of the Committee for Social Development for part of 2007. I am no longer a member of that Committee, but I commend everyone who was involved in producing the report, which is substantial, running to approximately 500 pages. We have, perhaps, been here before. In 1999, a report was commissioned that had 27 recommendations. I have...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Education Maintenance Allowance (20 Oct 2009)

Claire McGill: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. As a Committee member, I support the motion. Notwithstanding Rev Robert Coulter’s reservations, I believe that the essence of the motion is about widening access. Yesterday, members debated childcare provision, through a motion that was moved by the Chairperson of the Committee for Employment and Learning. I commend the Committee for tabling...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Education Maintenance Allowance (20 Oct 2009)

Claire McGill: I support the motion. Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: Programme-led Apprenticeships (20 Oct 2009)

Claire McGill: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. Like other Members, I thank the Minister for his detailed statement. I will put my question into context: the statement mentions the programme-led apprenticeship scheme. It states: “Time spent in the real work environment will be in the form of the one day per week work placement, with opportunity for a block placement of 6 to 8 weeks during...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Childcare for Students in Further  and Higher Education (19 Oct 2009)

Claire McGill: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. I apologise for my late arrival in the Chamber. I congratulate Rev Coulter and wish him well. As a member of the Employment and Learning Committee, I support the motion, which advocates: “widening access to Further and Higher Education”, and that is what the debate is about. In particular, access must be widened to include people on low...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: Construction Industry Training Board (13 Oct 2009)

Claire McGill: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. I thank the Minister for his statement. My question is about value for money, which the Minister touched on in his previous response. Just one quarter of the survey’s respondents believed that the CITB offered value for money. Can the Minister reassure the House that the review’s recommendations will provide value for money, particularly...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Health, Social Services And Public Safety: Ambulance Service: Western Health and Social Care Trust (12 Oct 2009)

Claire McGill: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I welcome the Minister’s comments on the Ambulance Service, which gave evidence to the Committee on Thursday. Will the Minister provide reassurance that, in the rural parts of the west, outside Derry and Omagh, for example, the target response time of eight minutes for life-threatening calls will be achieved? Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Social Tariff System (29 Sep 2009)

Claire McGill: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I welcome Minister Foster’s presence in the Chamber. I have listened to the Members who have spoken so far, and I understand why Members on the DUP Benches referred to getting a more refined definition of fuel poverty. Sinn Féin’s motion provides that opportunity in the best circumstances. There is confusion around fuel poverty....