East Belfast Alliance MLA Cllr Naomi Long has called for Roads Service and City Council to develop a proper maintenance strategy for the upkeep of Parkway, part of the Outer Ring, which is the main route from the George Best Belfast City Airport to East and South Belfast. The grassed areas and verges have finally […]
The Alliance Party’s youth wing has described Ulster Unionist attempts to sell their link up with representatives of active gangsters as “delusional”. Speaking prior to a meeting of the re-formed Queen’s University Alliance Society, Chair Cllr Ian James Parsley said: “The Alliance Party has a proud record of taking risks to try to move people […]
Alliance Party Leader David Ford has welcomed Children’s Commissioner proposals for safer school transport, and said obligatory seat belts on school buses travelling at over 30mph are essential. David Ford stated: “The proposals from the Children’s Commissioner are in line with Assembly Committee recommendations some years ago. “The Alliance Party has consistently urged implementation of […]
Alliance Party Leader David Ford has said other parties are delaying any progress by refusing to take responsibility for their mandates. Speaking after the “Restoration Committee” failed once again even to agree a Chair, David Ford stated: “The largest parties are very good about talking about the size of their mandates, but they are not […]
Alliance Assembly Enterprise Spokesperson Séan Neeson has slammed the Secretary of State’s handling of Assembly business, after it was only confirmed on the evening before the debate that a debate on industrial rates would go ahead. Speaking in the Assembly Chamber, the East Antrim MLA stated: “All sides are at least agreed on one thing […]
Alliance Enterprise Spokesperson Sean Neeson MLA has repeated his call for an urgent review of departmental structures in Northern Ireland, to make coherent, “joined-up” government a reality. The East Antrim Assembly member stated: “People know there are so many departments in Northern Ireland now they are more inclined to compete with each other than cooperate. […]
Alliance Party Vice Chair Michael Long has voiced criticism of the Government’s plans to tackle sectarianism in disadvantaged areas. The Castlereagh Councillor stated: “I represent the area of Castlereagh including Braniel, Cregagh and Clonduff, which the Government would describe as ‘Working-class Protestant’, and I know the widespread belief is that the Government’s work is not […]
Alliance Party Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy has expressed frustration at the failure of the Secretary of State to make proper arrangements for the functioning of Assembly talks on the restoration of devolution, and said that his incompetence threatens the whole process. The Strangford Assembly member stated: “The Secretary of State has issues a press release […]
Alliance Party Leader David Ford has said the debacle of the first meeting of the Assembly’s Restoration Committee shows that the Government’s “quick fix” strategy has utterly failed. Speaking after today’s failed meeting, David Ford said: “The nonsense this morning shows that the Assembly parties couldn’t even agree on arrangements for chairing the committee. This […]
Alliance Deputy Leader, Naomi Long MLA, has described as “surreal” the request by the Leader of the DUP, Rev Ian Paisley, that the Secretary of State should extend the November 24th deadline for agreement on restoration of the devolved assembly by two weeks. Naomi Long said, “Although the direction of business by the Secretary of […]