Results 1201–1212 of 1212 for speaker:Alastair Ross

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Heart Defect Screening Service (18 Sep 2007)

Alastair Ross: It is, of course, a tragedy when any young person dies and is robbed of a future. It is particularly distressing, as other Members have said, when someone who was considered fit and healthy dies suddenly, having had no apparent health problems and no history of illness. There is much media interest in the topic, with some high-profile athletes in Northern Ireland having died from sudden heart...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: National Minimum Wage (11 Sep 2007)

Alastair Ross: First, I congratulate the Members who secured the debate. I am sure that many of us were surprised when we heard that the Prime Minister was giving serious consideration to reducing the minimum wage in Northern Ireland and to implementing a variable regional minimum wage. As is always the case for Members speaking at this late stage of a debate, many of the points that I wish to raise have...

Northern Ireland Assembly: private members’ business: Pay Parity for  Further Education Lecturers (26 Jun 2007)

Alastair Ross: I am in total agreement with the general thrust of the debate, although I would have been unable to support the original text of the motion. I therefore welcome the fact that the Member opposite has amended his motion, in conjunction with the Member for Lagan Valley Mr Basil McCrea. I will be able to support the motion as amended. Several Members have mentioned that college lecturers...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions: Chancellor’s Financial Package (25 Jun 2007)

Alastair Ross: In addition to the £35 billion that the UK Government have guaranteed Northern Ireland over the next four years, can the Minister tell Members when final decisions will be taken on the £400 million that the Irish Government have promised for roads programmes?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Carers (25 Jun 2007)

Alastair Ross: I congratulate the Member for tabling the motion. She can rely on the DUP’s support. As my colleague Mr Moutray mentioned, new legislation was introduced on 6 April 2007 that gives employees in Northern Ireland the statutory right to request flexible working hours if they provide unpaid care for frail, chronically ill or disabled adults. Helen Ferguson of Carers Northern Ireland described...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Teacher Induction Year (19 Jun 2007)

Alastair Ross: I beg to move That this Assembly notes that, following the McCrone Report: ‘A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century’, a teacher induction scheme guarantees a one-year teaching post to every student graduating from a Scottish university with a teaching qualification; and calls upon the Minister of Education to liaise with the Scottish Executive on this matter, with a view to a similar...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Budget Bill Second Stage (12 Jun 2007)

Alastair Ross: I welcome the opportunity to speak in the debate. I will endeavour to avoid the pitfall of presenting a wish list for my constituents in East Antrim, although I will highlight some important issues that I hope will be kept in mind for future spending decisions. I am quite glad — and proud — that I do not follow ‘Star Trek’. I will therefore avoid any anecdotes about that programme in...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions: Ulster Orchestra (11 Jun 2007)

Alastair Ross: Does the Minister agree that access to Ulster Orchestra workshops should be available to all schools?

Northern Ireland Assembly: private members’ business: Commissioner for Older People ( 5 Jun 2007)

Alastair Ross: I support the motion. My party has long supported the call for the appointment of a commissioner for older people. Indeed, it was one of the pledges in our last manifesto. I therefore congratulate the Member on tabling the motion. The DUP can be proud of its record on delivering for senior citizens. In the previous Assembly, the DUP pioneered the warm homes scheme and our Minister delivered...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Literacy and Numeracy (29 May 2007)

Alastair Ross: The debate has been lively, and a wide range of views has been expressed. First, I concur with Mr Kennedy that, as entertaining as the Minister’s holiday stories were, perhaps it would be more prudent for her to concentrate on Northern Ireland rather than on further afield. Also, further to her anecdotes about bookies helping children with numeracy, perhaps if those children studied...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Literacy and Numeracy (29 May 2007)

Alastair Ross: I thank the Member for that insightful intervention. Despite the Province’s excellent education system, and I repeat that — the Province’s excellent education system — it is a sad fact that too many children in Northern Ireland leave school without reaching appropriate literacy and numeracy standards. I thank Basil McCrea for moving his amendment, and, as he said, the problem of...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Affordable Housing Crisis (21 May 2007)

Alastair Ross: It is a privilege to deliver my maiden speech in this Assembly, albeit under the worst possible circumstances. It would be remiss of me not to mention my friend and colleague George Dawson, a man with whom I worked very closely for years, and for whom I had the greatest admiration and respect. George was an outstanding orator who articulated the unionist message with clarity and conviction....


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