Alliance Party Vice Chair Michael Long has launched a scathing attack on the DUP’s Ian Paisley Jnr, following offensive comments made by the Junior Minister about homosexuals to Hotpress magazine. The Castlereagh Councillor said: “Ian Paisley Jnr’s comments were disgraceful and extremely irresponsible. “Given that he is a Junior Minister in charge of overseeing equality […]
Alliance Party Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy MLA, has stated that Peter Robinson’s comments today expressing his annoyance at some Executive Members for backing a vote on free personal care, shows that the Executive is becoming a shambles. The Strangford Assembly Member said: “The new Executive appears to be in a shambles following Peter Robinson’s comments […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has welcomed the announcement that the controversial Mullaghglass landfill site outside Lisburn is to be closed. Today, the Environment and Heritage Service announced the closure on a temporary basis, due to the increase in the number of flies in the area. Mr Lunn, who is also Mayor of Lisburn […]
Alliance Party Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy MLA, has stated that Sinn Fein are trying to catch up with the Alliance Party following Martin McGuinness’s comments that he wants to have peace lines removed. Kieran McCarthy said that Sinn Fein have a long way to go to prove to local people that these are not simply […]
Alliance South Belfast MLA Anna Lo has welcomed moves to conduct a joint North-South study into human trafficking stating that an urgent crackdown is needed on this most despicable of practices. Her comments come as the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission announced that it will work with its Southern counterpart on a scooping study to […]
Alliance MLA Séan Neeson, has tabled plans to bring the voting system within the Assembly into the 21st century. He has called for electronic voting to be used instead of the current system of time-consuming division-style manual voting. The East Antrim Assembly Member said: “Electronic voting in the chamber would allow the Assembly to deal […]
Alliance Social Development Spokesperson Anna Lo MLA has called on Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie to take action now to stop local people being hit by fuel poverty. Fuel poverty will be discussed in the Assembly this afternoon, and Anna Lo stated that measures must be put in place early to have any chance of […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has stated that the tribal Executive parties must give a cast-iron guarantee to provide free personal care for older people within a set timeframe. His calls come as the Assembly debates free personal care today. He stated that in 2002 when free care was previously debated, only Alliance supported […]
Alliance Party Health Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has demanded that the Executive parties put their money where their mouth is on free personal care for older people. In 2002 Kieran McCarthy put an amendment to the Assembly that gave the DUP, Sinn Fein, SDLP and Ulster Unionists the chance to implement free personal care but […]
Alliance South Belfast MLA Anna Lo has welcomed news that a conference on human trafficking is being held at Queens University today, because she said that the spotlight must be shone on this horrific practice, especially since this week, we saw the sentencing of a man for the murder of a young Chinese woman in […]