Alliance Enterprise Spokesperson Seán Neeson MLA has demanded that Airtricity reduce its prices following reductions by Phoenix gas, Firmus and NIE. Seán Neeson MLA said: “It is simply not good enough for Airtricity to sit on its hands and do nothing. Other energy firms are cutting prices and Airtricity should follow suit immediately. “Because Airtricity […]
Alliance Education Spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has called for all-party talks to resolve the transfer crisis and said it is sad that independent testing is taking place. Trevor Lunn MLA said: “This is very sad but unfortunately this was bound to happen because no short-term compromise was agreed which would have led to a chaos […]
Alliance Deputy Leader Naomi Long has called for cool heads within Sinn Fein and the DUP so that the important Cohesion, Sharing and Integration strategy can be agreed quickly. She also said that segregated approach to tackling segregation is not just contradictory but damaging. Naomi Long MLA said: “Now is a time for cool heads […]
Alliance Party Deputy Leader, Naomi Long MLA, has slammed the unilateral publication of a shared future policy by Sinn Fein. Naomi Long MLA stated: “This is a completely bizarre move from Sinn Fein. The irony that a party which is tasked with jointly providing leadership on cohesion, sharing and integration resorting to publishing their own […]
Alliance Enterprise spokesperson Sean Neeson MLA has said that the latest jobless figures show that the Executive is still not doing enough to combat the effects of the economic downturn on Northern Ireland. A further 1,600 people have become unemployed in the past month, increasing the figure for the total jobless to 52,700. Sean Neeson […]
Alliance Party Deputy Leader, Naomi Long MLA, has endorsed the challenge from outgoing Chief Constable, Sir Hugh Orde, to the First Minister and Deputy First Minister over their failure to deliver upon a shared future. Naomi Long stated: “The outgoing Chief Constable was quite right in venting his frustration at our Executive for failing to […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has asked the Minster for Social Housing for an update on the sale of land at Ballymicoss Hill in Lisburn to the Housing Executive for social housing. He asked her about the matter today during Ministerial Questions at the Assembly. The initiative could deliver 160 new social houses in […]
Alliance Enterprise Spokesperson Seán Neeson MLA has welcomed electricity price cut but said there should have been more of a reduction than the 5% announced. Seán Neeson MLA said: “While this 5% cut is welcome, I would like to have seen a much more significant reduction in electricity prices. “Northern Ireland is one of the […]
Alliance Party Finance Spokesperson, Stephen Farry MLA, has responded to the latest report from the Ulster Bank indicating the potential for the beginning of an economic recovery in Northern Ireland by warning of the dangers ahead. Dr Stephen Farry MLA stated: “This is some encouraging news that the deep recession may finally be bottoming out […]
South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo has expressed annoyance that some students who were unsuccessful in gaining accommodation in Queen’s University halls of residence are having to wait a few weeks to have their deposit returned to them. She said that this could make life difficult for students as they have to find other accommodation […]