Did you mean alleged speaker:Patsy McGlone?
Patsy McGlone: ...assess that situation, as they see it at that moment, be it rightly or wrongly. Allow me to expand on that. I am sure that other Members have dealt with people who have got into problems, be they alleged, perceived or otherwise, with firearm certificates. Under the interpretation of the Bill, as I read it, the implication is that people will face difficulties and possibly prosecution owing...
Patsy McGlone: ...by the likes of the Provisional republican movement and their lackeys and by loyalist paramilitaries. The door is also being shut on Operation Kenova and its efforts to shine a light on the allegations of collusion at the heart of the Provisional IRA. I hope that the family of Tom Oliver are right in their reported hope that the net is closing on those responsible for his murder in July...
Patsy McGlone: ...of foreign exotic alien species should be avoided when public money is being used. He queried why, in situations in which DAERA is involved, along with emergency services such as the police, and allegations have been made about someone being a culprit or being responsible for, in effect, arson, that matter is not taken further. He also called for stronger enforcement measures from the...
Patsy McGlone: I thank the Minister for her response. Is she concerned that the spurious allegations that were flung about in relation to a security risk at the port would, in any way, damage its commercial viability?
Patsy McGlone: ...are being rehearsed elsewhere today, I hope. The regulations align legislation with the terms of the Ireland protocol of the Brexit withdrawal agreement. They will allow for investigations into alleged breaches of obligations under either retained EU law or the protocol. I specifically welcome that, as the Minister outlined, the regulations will allow inspectors to retain the ability and...
Patsy McGlone: ...is important that we send a united message to those involved. Whoever you think that your struggle is against, whether it is republicanism or loyalism, apparently, Irish unity or the British state, allegedly: you are wrong. Every act of violence is a violation of the will of the people of this island, North and South. Your fight is with the people of Ireland, and that is a fight that you...
Patsy McGlone: I thank the Minister for that answer. I do not regard my question as cheap. Is he aware of allegations that people have been forced onto the streets due to having drug debts to the UDA?
Patsy McGlone: ...else, can deliver on this or how DECC — it is not entirely without culpability in this — might change its position in the intervening period. We just do not know. We have been presented with alleged legal advice that altered on a whim and moved with the wind. On the issue of decoupling, you often wonder whether you should seek alternative legal advice elsewhere that has substance and...
Patsy McGlone: .... Like the Emerald Fund before it, this appears to have been yet another short-term PR gimmick for OFMDFM that has delivered nothing. Announcements made and repeated; money allocated, allegedly; money sought from overseas; and money disappeared, not spent. It is important to put that on record, because we have enough smoke and mirrors around this place and enough gimmicks and...
Patsy McGlone: .... I go back to a point that Mr McCarthy touched on earlier: will the Minister expand on what specific measures his Department has taken in its areas of responsibility to ensure that the abuse alleged in those 22 cases does not happen again?
Patsy McGlone: I thank the Member for giving way. Will he put on record that one contractor that the Minister made allegations against had one of its contracts looked at over a nine-month period and an alleged £130,000 overpayment amounted to a £3,000 overpayment?
Patsy McGlone: ...years on application to the courts. How can that conceivably be in the public interest? I also have grave reservations about how the proposals will impact on children and younger people who are alleged to have committed criminal offences or who are recognised as having done so. Their reintegration into society will be made more difficult by the stigmatising effect on the children and...
Patsy McGlone: ...Department or through the Civil Service of how matters would be dealt with in the future in circumstances in which critical PAC reports are brought to the fore? Indeed, the independence of the alleged independent review panel has certainly been brought into question, as has the amount of money paid in that regard. Has there been any extensive review either internally in the Department or...
Patsy McGlone: ...value of exports with that. We heard the green new deal mentioned, and it is important that we dwell on it. Having looked at the economic analysis of the green new deal, I can see that one of its alleged weaknesses is its capacity to realise further supporting funding. That was the claimed weakness, but it remains to be seen whether that is right or wrong. At Thursday's Enterprise,...
Patsy McGlone: ..., I e-mailed the then Minister of Health requesting a meeting with him about the situation at the Mid-Ulster Hospital. He would not meet me. On 4 June 2010, I got a reply that this was because of alleged diary commitments and pressures. He suggested that I meet the chief executive of the Northern Trust, whom I had met anyway. The Minister did not have time to meet us about an issue of...
Patsy McGlone: ...of order, Mr Speaker. I have spoken to you one-on-one about this matter. During Question Time last Monday, the Minister for Regional Development, in response to questioning, placed on record some allegations regarding the role of members of the Public Accounts Committee. Those have since been proven to be inaccurate. I have provided you with a copy of a record of the minutes of that Public...
Patsy McGlone: .... I just asked for further clarity on those figures, because a number of figures had been presented objectively in the Assembly, and I just wanted to get a flavour of the argument. By making that allegation, you did not advance your argument one iota.
Patsy McGlone: ...Sustainable Development in the Countryside’ (PPS14) — was £177,000. Since PPS14, £30,000 to £40,000 can be added to that figure. PPS14 is the deliberate action of a Government that are, allegedly, committed to social and affordable housing. House prices have trebled in my constituency, with a growth of 30·6% in one year alone. As Northern Ireland’s housing costs are the highest...
Patsy McGlone: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. I declare membership of Cookstown District Council. After much alleged deliberation, the Govern-ment and their review of public administration team came up with seven so-called super-councils. Some people call them super-councils, and they can also be called sub-regional councils, but they can never be called local councils. In fact, they cannot be...
Patsy McGlone: ...and Lord Rooker’s drastic Draft Planning Policy Statement 14, which is wrongly entitled ‘Sustainable Development in the Countryside’ — because that is the last thing it will achieve. Allegedly in draft form and out for consultation, the document has been implemented for any applications acknowledged as valid by the Planning Service after 16 March. That raises issues, but there are...