Eileen Bell Assembly Member commenting on today’s statement by Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Ms Bairbre de Brun, MLA said: I congratulate the minister on a very comprehensive and important statement in particular I welcome her idea of setting up a ‘Children Matter’ task force and I hope we will receive further […]
Commenting on today’s resignation of DUP Ministers, Nigel Dodds and Peter Robinson, Seamus Close, Alliance Deputy Leader said: “To deliberately play hokey-cokey with ministerial positions is an insult to the people of Northern Ireland. It takes a particular kind of political arrogance to treat the people with such contempt.” “Their attitude when conducting ministerial duties […]
Alliance Party Leader, Sean Neeson has considered the recent upsurge in sectarian attacks on Churches, Orange Halls and other properties as Hate Crimes. Mr. Neeson says recently the Alliance Party submitted proposals to Government on premeditated attacks on people or property on the grounds of religion, race, gender and sexual orientation. There is no doubt […]
Alliance Party Spokesman on Justice and Human Rights, Stepehn Farry, has reiterated his party’s opposition to the use of 50:50 recruitment quotas in the Policing Bill and challenged the Government to justify going against forthcoming European Human Rights, legislation in the face of united Parliamentary opposition, led by the Liberal Democrats. Stephen Farry said: “Amidst […]
David Ford MLA, Alliance member of the Assembly’s Agriculture and Rural Development Committee has welcomed the publication of the Committee’s Report – Retailing in Northern Ireland – a fair deal for the farmers. David Ford said: “For far too long the farmers of Northern Ireland have suffered from debt. This Report makes recommendations that must […]
Comment from David Ford MLA, Alliance Spokesperson on Agriculture and Rural Development on today’s Audit Office Report: “The most import thing on the report on Problems in the Rural Development Schemes is to ensure that we learn from our mistakes.” “We cannot undo past decisions. However the Assembly will now have to ensure that procedures […]
Speaking to local Alliance members, David Ford attacked London based businessman David Burnside on his candidacy for the Ulster Unionist Party in the South Antrim by-election. David Ford said: “Burnside has nothing to offer to the people of South Antrim. This is a man who abandoned Northern Ireland to build himself up as an advertising […]
The Alliance party gave a broad, though not unconditional, welcome to the Patten report. Our vision of policing in Northern Ireland is of a single, integrated, professional police service that is representative of, responsive to, and carrying the confidence of every section of the community. The purpose of the police is to serve and protect […]
David Ford, Alliance Spokesman on Agriculture and Rural Affairs has welcomed the assurances from the Minister, Brid Rogers, that there are currently no plans to allow trials of genetically modified crops in Northern Ireland, and that no GM contaminated seeds have been planted here. The assurances from the Department came in answer to formal questions […]
Following an approach to Alliance Assembly Member Kieran McCarthy by Portaferry Womens’ Institute regarding an innovative road safety measure, he is pleased to report that the matter is to be considered by the Environment Committee of the Assembly. The suggested change in the law would ban vehicles from driving past a school bus while children […]