Alliance East Belfast MLA Judith Cochrane has expressed her concern at the announcement that Ulster Bank is due to lose up to 1,800 jobs and close up to 39 branches. Its parent company RBS hopes the measures will help return it to profit by 2016. Judith Cochrane MLA said: “I am deeply concerned that Ulster […]
Alliance Regional Development spokesperson Stewart Dickson has said that we need a more integrated approach to public sector bus transport planning. He called on the Ministers of Regional Development, Education and Health to work together to ensure that there is more co-operation to ensure that money can be saved while more services are offered. His […]
Alliance East Belfast MLA Chris Lyttle has helped present a Communiqué from the G8 Youth Summit to the Speaker of the Assembly, William Hay MLA. The G8 Youth summit organised by The Fermanagh Trust was attended by 100 young people from Fermanagh, across Northern Ireland and the border counties. The communiqué has brought forward four […]
Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson has claimed the failure of some parties to fully engage in the Assembly Executive Review Committee’s (AERC) latest report has led to little progress on three topical issues. Mr Dickson – Alliance’s AERC representative – was speaking as a report focussing on a review of d’Hondt, Community designation and provisions for […]
Alliance East Belfast MLA Chris Lyttle has welcomed the recognition of the inextricable link between the transformation of our economy and the delivery of a shared future. His comments were made during an Assembly statement on the economic package granted by the Prime Minister entitled ‘Building a Prosperous and United Community’. Chris Lyttle MLA said: […]
Alliance South Belfast MLA Anna Lo has hosted an event on Stormont for the Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorites (NICEM) on their submission to the UN Committee for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Anna Lo MLA: “I would like to congratulate NICEM on an excellent document. The purpose of […]
Alliance Regional Development spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has welcomed the money that has been directed to the Department for Regional Development in the June Monitoring Round. £31million will be spent on the purchase of buses for Ulsterbus and Metro services and on roads maintenance. £40million will also be spent on the Magherafelt bypass. Stewart Dickson […]
Alliance Party Procedures Committee Member Chris Lyttle MLA has welcomed the introduction of topical question time in the Assembly, an initiative that he proposed. The questions would not be known in advance by the Minister, making question time less predictable as currently questions have to be submitted two weeks in advance. Chris Lyttle initially proposed […]
Alliance Social Development spokesperson Judith Cochrane MLA hosted an event in Stormont with the British Association of Insurers last week, to update MLAs on the support package for Mesothelioma sufferers. Today, a Legislative Consent Motion was passed in the Assembly, which will help people establish who their former employer’s insurer was, especially for those whose […]
Alliance Agriculture spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has expressed his concern after the Agriculture Minister said she was not alarmed by the number of pollution incidents in our waterways in 2012. In responding to a question from Mr McCarthy in the Assembly, the Minister said she wasn’t concerned as this figure was not above average. The […]