Alliance Sustainability Spokesperson Cllr Alan Lawther has labelled both the failure to detect the polluter who caused a major fish kill and Sammy Wilson’s comments on the issue a total disgrace. The fish kill happened on the Sixmilewater River in County Antrim in July. Cllr Alan Lawther said: “There was an announcement that no prosecution […]
Alliance education spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has said that Caitríona Ruane must provide total clarity on what is happening in relation to the 11-plus immediately, because parents, pupils and teachers must not suffer confusion any longer. Lagan Valley MLA Trevor Lunn said: “Caitríona Ruane may have a clear view in her own mind regarding future […]
The Alliance Party has delivered on a commitment to secure a review of the viability criteria for integrated schools, with a view to securing better Government assistance to encourage integrated provision. The motion that was passed in the Assembly today was proposed by Trevor Lunn MLA. Trevor Lunn MLA said: “There is clearly a demand […]
Alliance Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy MLA has expressed annoyance at the continuing lack of Executive business on the agenda at the Assembly. He said that the Executive needs to get back to work quickly and start listening to the needs of people on important issues like spiralling energy bills. The Opposition MLA said: “Just like […]
Alliance MLA Anna Lo has called on Environment Minister Sammy Wilson to get on with creating strong planning laws along the lines of PPS 14 to protect the countryside from a bungalow blitz. She says better planning laws are needed in both rural and urban areas. Her comments come in relation to the three-month stalemate […]
Extract from Deputy Leader Naomi Long’s Alliance Party Conference speech criticising the poor performance of the Stormont Executive Parties. Naomi Long said: “It is shameful that it is now more than three months since the Executive last sat around the table and took decisions. This summer has been characterised by increasing brinkmanshipand confrontational posturing, with […]
Stephen Farry MLA said: “We have been clear on the financial costs of division. Due to the implicit and explicit diversion of resources to provide goods, facilities and services for different sections of the community, Northern Ireland is losing out and falling behind. “Alliance has estimated these costs at around £1billion per annum. A report […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn said: “The issue of early years education has been given a low priority in most jurisdictions, and none moreso than here in Northern Ireland. All the current emphasis in the education debate centres around selection, segregation, the Education Skills Authority, and Caitríona Ruane’s performance. We only occasionally through the […]
Time for Leadership Another year has passed since we met in Conference at Dunadry. A full year of devolution under the leadership of the DUP and Sinn Féin has passed. Actually sixteen months, one third of a four year term. But when I talk of leadership, I sense that I have used the wrong word […]
Ahead of the Alliance Party Conference tomorrow, Leader David Ford has said that government will only work in Northern Ireland if there is an end to segregation and an end to carve-up government. The Alliance Party Conference is taking place in Bangor tomorrow. David Ford said: “We have seen how government works in Northern Ireland […]