Results 1-20 of 188 for speaker:Daithí McKay

Northern Ireland Assembly: Health, Social Services and Public Safety: Disability Strategy (16 Nov 2009)

Daithí McKay: 1. asked the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to outline his Department’s disability strategy.        
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Northern Ireland Assembly: Health, Social Services and Public Safety: Disability Strategy (16 Nov 2009)

Daithí McKay: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. It is unfortunate that the strategy has again been put back. Will the Minister detail the efforts that his Department has made to ensure that it consults effectively with the disability sector, particularly the service users, as it develops the strategy?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Consideration Stage (10 Nov 2009)

Daithí McKay: I declare an interest as a member of the Policing Board. This stage of the Bill is another important step towards the devolution of policing and justice, although one would not think that, given the Armageddon attitude of the SDLP. Much of what has been put forward by the SDLP runs contrary to what has been agreed by the Assembly and Executive Review Committee and the Assembly, and that, of...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Clause 1 (Operators’ licences) (10 Nov 2009)

Daithí McKay: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I welcome the Consideration Stage of the Bill and the important part that the Bill will play in improving the image of the freight sector. The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Bill had been put on the long finger for a number of years by direct rule Ministers. The industry has been crying out for such a Bill, and it is, therefore, important...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Environment: Plastic Bag Levy (9 Nov 2009)

Daithí McKay: 11. asked the Minister of the Environment when he will make a decision on the possible introduction of a plastic bag levy.         & #160; (AQO 343/10)

Northern Ireland Assembly: Environment: Plastic Bag Levy (9 Nov 2009)

Daithí McKay: I thank the Minister for his answer. His statement today is disappointing. However, has he considered carrying out public consultation to ascertain the opinion of local people on the issue of a plastic bag levy?

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

Daithí McKay: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. I welcome the fact that the Minister has shared views on policy developments with respect to plastic bags. Unfortunately, his position remains flawed. That aside, climate change is a big issue. Does the Minister have shared views with his counterpart in the South on that issue?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Adjournment: Primary School Provision in Ballymena South (3 Nov 2009)

Daithí McKay: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I thank the Member for bringing this issue to the Floor, as it is of immense importance to that community. The review of controlled primary school provision in Ballymena was carried out by the North Eastern Education and Library Board last year. The review recognised that Ballee Primary School and Harryville Primary School are based in socially and...

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

Daithí McKay: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I declare an interest as a member of Ballymoney Borough Council. I thank the Minister for his statement. How will he ensure that no potential contractors who are involved in the tendering process will be discouraged with the introduction of the new governance arrangements? Will he particularly give that assurance about the proposed single waste...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Lisbon Treaty Referendum (20 Oct 2009)

Daithí McKay: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Sinn Féin believes that every citizen of the European Union should have a say in such fundamental decisions about how society is run, whether that is in Ireland, Britain, France or Holland. Sinn Féin is not hostile to Europe, as the previous Member who spoke alleged. All politicians, elected representatives and members of the public have a...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Lisbon Treaty Referendum (20 Oct 2009)

Daithí McKay: I agree that everyone has the right to vote on issues that are as fundamental as that. It affects a wide range of issues, which must be addressed. Public services, such as healthcare and education, will, under article 16 of the Lisbon Treaty, be subject to new economic and financial conditions. Healthcare and education will be subject to further privatisation, and, in turn, greater levels of...

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

Daithí McKay: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I declare an interest as a member of the Policing Board. A number of Members who spoke touched on the attack in east Belfast on Friday, and I join them in condemning that incident. There is no doubt that those responsible for that and similar actions over recent months want to plunge this society back into conflict. We should be mindful that those...

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

Daithí McKay: That highlights the point that the more weapons there are in society, even those that are held by serving PSNI members, the more likely it is that something will go wrong. That is the case in every society and every police service. The less need there is for guns in society, the better. That is the situation that we need to work towards. The more guns there are in society, the more access...

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

Daithí McKay: We are talking about former and serving PSNI officers, and we have to leave it to the Chief Constable to decide whether they are entitled to a weapon. We cannot just say that any serving officer is entitled to a weapon, because there is a risk involved in that. We must be cognisant of that risk before we agree motions such as this. I want to have a situation in which the need for firearms for...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Regional Development: Urban Waste Water Directive (19 Oct 2009)

Daithí McKay: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. Will the Minister outline what the DOE’s legal obligations are under the current urban waste water treatment directive?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office Of The First Minister And Deputy First Minister: Chief Constable (19 Oct 2009)

Daithí McKay: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. What did the Chief Constable outline as being the main financial issues that face the PSNI?

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

Daithí McKay: It was not the Orangemen. Get your facts straight.

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

Daithí McKay: Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. I support the Bill and I declare an interest as a member of the Policing Board. The Bill will pave the way for the transfer of policing and justice powers. The fact that the Bill is before the House is further evidence of the agreements that have been reached in the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister. There is support in the...

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

Daithí McKay: I thank the Member for his intervention. As other Members on this side of the House have done, he highlights all the holes in the arguments that the Ulster Unionist Party and others have put forward. All that we have heard today is a series of contradictions in relation to its position and its past positions. At the end of the day —

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

Daithí McKay: The Member had the opportunity to answer the question, but he clearly did not have the ability to do so. What we have seen today is a number of parties putting political opportunism and point-scoring ahead of the interests of the wider community. Ultimately, the community wants powers that relate to a wide array of policing and justice issues, including antisocial behaviour and drug dealing,...