Results 1-19 of 19 for climate change speaker:Peter Robinson

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statements: Joint Ministerial Committee  Plenary Meeting (29 Sep 2009)

Peter Robinson: Climate change was not on the agenda for this meeting of the JMC, though it was on the agenda of the previous meeting at which our Administration confirmed that we would play our full part in assisting in the process of meeting UK targets, and that remains the position of the Executive. References were made by various Administrations to the potential value in the green economy, but there was...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister: Climate Change: Sustainable Development Strategy (15 Jun 2009)

Peter Robinson: Our position on climate change is consistent with that set out in the Programme for Government, which acknowledges that climate change is a most serious problem. As Members of the Executive, we remain determined to play our part in addressing the challenges that climate change presents, whether they be environmental, social or economic. Day and daily, Departments across Northern Ireland are...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister: Climate Change: Sustainable Development Strategy (15 Jun 2009)

Peter Robinson: ...of any Department that will not make some contribution, and although I have mentioned three, I could easily have mentioned others. Each Minister recognises his or her responsibility in relation to climate change. It is a key issue and target in our Programme for Government. Therefore, it is our responsibility to take it forward.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister: Climate Change: Sustainable Development Strategy (15 Jun 2009)

Peter Robinson: Everyone knows that the Environment Minister does not deny that climate change exists; indeed, he argues that it has been happening for centuries. The Environment Minister feels that climate change is not solely due to the man-made contribution, and it is hard to argue with that viewpoint. When one examines where the greatest burden lies, the statistics and the expert views indicate that man...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister: Climate Change: Sustainable Development Strategy (15 Jun 2009)

Peter Robinson: ...often adopted by people here is that Northern Ireland is such a small area of land in comparison to countries such as China, India or the USA, and that we cannot make a great difference. However, climate change is one area in which every part of the world must make a contribution; Northern Ireland no less so than any others. One of the areas that we can examine is relation to...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office Of The First Minister And Deputy First Minister: Climate Change and Sustainable Development (20 Apr 2009)

Peter Robinson: ...supported by the Executive. It is, therefore, the policy of the Executive and this Assembly. The views to which the Member refers are academic views that were expressed by the Minister about how climate change comes about. There is no question in the Minister’s mind as to whether there is climate change; the question is whether it is man-made. I think that the scientific evidence is...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office Of The First Minister And Deputy First Minister: Climate Change (20 Apr 2009)

Peter Robinson: During the recent debate on the Act on CO2 advertising campaign, the Member for South Antrim Mr Ford rightly stated: “If we are going to deal seriously with climate change, it must be looked at by the entire Executive.” — [Official Report, Vol 39, No 5, p214, col 2]. The Member will know that the Programme for Government already provides an expression of the...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office Of The First Minister And Deputy First Minister: Climate Change (20 Apr 2009)

Peter Robinson: DETI recently provided funding to extend the work of the Department of Energy and Climate Change on low-carbon solutions for households and communities to Northern Ireland. Work is due to start this year on a renewable heat strategy, and a submission on the subject will issue shortly to the Minister. Energy used for heat accounts for around 50% of carbon emissions in the UK. It is vital to...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office Of The First Minister And Deputy First Minister: Climate Change (20 Apr 2009)

Peter Robinson: ...as outlined in the Programme for Government flows directly from the DUP’s election manifesto of 2007, to which all Members of the party are obliged to keep and uphold. The DUP has supported climate-change legislation at Westminster and has called for year-on-year targets to reduce carbon emissions. It has been suggested that there is no consensus on the scientific evidence; I do not...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office Of The First Minister And Deputy First Minister: Climate Change and Sustainable Development (20 Apr 2009)

Peter Robinson: ...stakeholders in Government and to the Committee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, before initiating a wider public consultation. Naturally, the new strategy will take climate change into account, within the broader principle of living within environmental limits. However, responsibility for climate change policy lies within the remit of the Department of the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 1 — Northern Ireland department with policing and justice functions (4 Mar 2009) has video

Peter Robinson: ...that that mechanism is already available for other uses in the Assembly? It has never been used, despite the instances that have arisen. There was no attempt to use it against him for his views on climate change, and it was not used against the Minister of Education for her lack of direction on academic selection. It could have been used in either of those cases, for political reasons or...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office Of The First Minister And Deputy First Minister: US Special Envoy (2 Mar 2009)

Peter Robinson: ...commitment that she made to Northern Ireland during the two years in which she was President Bush’s special envoy here. Despite having a wide-ranging and challenging portfolio, which included climate change, human trafficking and human rights, she still devoted a significant amount of her time to supporting political and economic development in Northern Ireland. I want to record our...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister: Partitionism (9 Feb 2009)

Peter Robinson: ...thought that we would wish to have a robust debate on all of the issues. I am not sure which of the Minister’s statements the Member is referring to; however, if it is the most recent one on climate change, the Minister has provoked a debate in Northern Ireland that I suspect would not have taken place had he not made those comments. Every individual must be entitled to have a view...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Impact of the Global Economic Downturn (15 Dec 2008)

Peter Robinson: ...tariffs for energy supplies. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) is working with the regulator’s office to establish what scope exists for regulatory action to make tariff changes for those in fuel poverty. An initial report is expected early next year. We also want to consider further the options for brokering energy supplies. The Housing Executive is currently...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: British-Irish Council Summit in Edinburgh (21 Oct 2008)

Peter Robinson: ...work stream, and he offered Scotland as the lead on that issue. The Council agreed that energy is an area of mutual interest, not only as a vital contribution to economic growth, but in tackling climate change. Ministers discussed the need to ensure security of energy supplies, including the opportunities for renewable energy resources, such as harvesting the offshore energy between the...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Business: Draft Budget 2008-2011 (25 Oct 2007)

Peter Robinson: ...private-sector growth and enterprise. For too long, the local private sector has been constrained by the dominant influence of the Northern Ireland public sector. Now is an opportune time to change the focus of economic policy. We have the lowest unemployment rate of the UK regions, and employment growth is at unparalleled levels. Despite that favourable transformation in the labour...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Supply Resolution for the 2007-08 Main Estimates (11 Jun 2007)

Peter Robinson: ...also referred to the savings that can be made by having more efficient government. My party raised that point during the last Executive, and the fact that the DUP is now the largest party has not changed its view. The Assembly must examine seriously issues such as — and I suspect that this will not be the most popular passage of my speech — the number of Members and...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Climate Change Targets (3 Nov 2005)

Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the contribution that action by local authorities in Northern Ireland will make to meet climate change targets.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Water Resource Strategy 2002-2030 (3 Jul 2002)

Mr Peter Robinson: ...standards for drinking water. (Mr Deputy Speaker [Mr J Wilson] in the Chair) There is also a need to plan for uncertainties in supply due to future variations in rainfall patterns arising from climatic change. The strategy proposes that efforts and resources are concentrated on those sources that can meet our water needs most cost-effectively. A further key strand of the strategy is to...