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Court Staff Devastated at Closures A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our members NThe newspapeIr of the Pleading publiSc sector tradeA union NDecember 2E015 Tel:W 02890661831 wwwS .nipsa.org.uk Court staff devastated NIPSA has warned that the clo - ing has been reduced by £4.5m Justice Committee. time if they are relying on public asures otf up to ca furthelr eioght sor 10u.8% andr in adedition ins come He told the Committee: “It is im - transport. The same can be pre - courts across Northern Ireland from civil fees reduced by £2.9m portant to be clear about the fact dicted for court users living in will have a devastating impact or 10%. During this time 77 posts that, if these proposals are imple - parts of Armagh. on courthouse staff, on rural were removed from the NICTS. mented in full, it will change the NIPSA News asked HQ Official, areas and particularly on the The NICTS expect that their shape of the delivery of court Ryan McKinney, to explain what worst off in society. funding will continue to reduce in services in Northern Ireland to the will happen next. Despite the recent announce - the forthcoming years and they detriment of many vulnerable He said: “We will be using this ment that Newtownards Court will have already been asked to adults and children seeking to time to put pressure on the Jus - remain open and Enniskillen model for between 5% and 10% vindicate their rights. tice Minister to reject these pro - Courthouse will continue as a cuts in the 2016/17 Financial “The Department has a statu - posals and to reflect on the hearing centre, the union has Year. tory duty under Section 68A of consultation responses from the vowed to fight the overall recom - Management argue that when the Judicature (Northern Ireland) many organisations which have mendations. faced with this challenge they Act 1978 to provide an efficient highlighted the range of detrimen - And NIPSA HQ Official Ryan have had to review the number of and effective system to support tal effects these closures will McKinney claimed the proposals, courthouses required. The origi - the courts and to provide appro - have. if put into operation, would make nal consultation paper proposed priate services to do this. This “We will consult with our mem - it harder for working class people the closure of up to another eight statutory obligation is designed to bers about how they want to re - to access justice and insisted that courthouses, which would see the reflect one of the basic gover - sist the court closures and we will lobby and campaign alongside they “fly in the face of the [Jus - number of courthouses in this ju - nance principles in a democratic tice] Department’s ‘Faster, Fairer, other interested groups.” risdiction drop from 22 to 10, a re - society, which is the right of ac - Mr McKinney continued: “What Justice’ mantra”. duction of 55% since 2013. cess to justice. Earlier this year the union re - we are witnessing here is another Although the proposals have al - “Failure to provide sufficient nail in the coffin of public serv - sponded to the Northern Ireland tered slightly the suggested level funding for the courts to be ac - Courts and Tribunals Service ices. The impact will be greatest of closures still compares very cessible would clearly put the De - on rural areas and particularly on (NICTS) consultation paper on unfavourably with other jurisdic - partment in a position where it the worst off. proposals to ‘rationalise’ the court tions facing similar austerity cuts. was not fulfilling its statutory “These proposals make it harder estate. For example, in England and duty.” for working class people to ac - As this edition of NIPSA News Wales the estate has been re - Further problems arise when cess justice and they fly in the goes to print, the Justice Commit - duced by 28% since 2010 while moving the business of Bally - face of the Department’s ‘Faster, tee were being briefed on the out - at the same time, some £713 mil - mena courthouse ( pictured, Fairer, Justice’ mantra. We need come of the consultation process lion was also invested in new IT. above ) to Antrim as this will to unite our members with the and on a series of recommenda - The impact of ‘rationalising’ the mean people living in Larne and public to force the Minister to tions currently under considera - Court Estate has not been lost on throughout the north east will find lback off.” tion by the Justice Minister. Lord Chief Justice Declan Mor - it virtually impossible to reach a The economic impact on the Since April 2014, NICTS fund - gan who gave evidence to the courthouse by the 10am start court closures - see page 2 Minister announces reprieve for statutory residential homes AS REPORTED in the last issue of NIPSA News, NIPSA has been the Trusts there is a policy of non-admission of permanent resi - involved in a campaign to keep a number of statutory residential dents. This is the ‘closure by stealth’ approach NIPSA has warned homes open. about for years. This has been part of a two-year battle waged by the union General Secretary Designate Alison Millar told NIPSA News: against successive Health Ministers. These Ministers have used “The reprieve for the 10 statutory residential homes came not be - the wider austerity agenda to put pressure on Trusts to cut budg - cause Minister Hamilton has seen the folly of his policy. It was re - ets and by stealth over a number of years to remove statutory pro - versed by the decision of the private sector provider Four vision for our elderly population as a choice for them in the latter Seasons to close nine of its homes because they were no longer years of their lives. profitable. The union has previously reported that across most, if not all, HOMES REPRIEVE: continued on page 2 Download your membership application here: http://www.nipsa.org.uk/About-NIPSA/Join-US/Application-Form Page 2 NEWS EDITORIAL A united union that can meet the challenges ahead AS WE approach the end of their workloads reduced cor - the majority of jobs which tives stand together we can another year, it is time for respondingly. we hear are being created in fight the real enemy – the many of us to reflect what What we do hear instead the private sector are low- enemy of the cuts, the has happened over the past are the words ‘efficiency’ paid which will do little to enemy of Government aus - 12 months. In the Northern and ‘doing less with more’. stimulate the NI economy. terity, the enemy of further Ireland context we are in re - However, those who spout There are many other as - threats of privatisation so ality on the cusp of major such words are not the peo - pects of the Fresh Start deal that members see the pur - changes to our public serv - ple on the front line of our which members can read pose of belonging to NIPSA. ices brought about by a public services delivering to about in this edition of This is because in NIPSA we number of factors including the many needy and vulnera - NIPSA News which does are strong enough to set political difficulties encoun - ble citizens in our society. nothing for our members or aside the many differences tered – or being manufac - The continuing mantra of the citizens of Northern Ire - we have in the interests of a tured – by our devolved cutting public services goes land. better, united union. institution. unnoticed and unheeded by Meanwhile, on a more posi - Finally, as the newly- The end result after many the media and most of our tive note, this time last year elected General Secretary, I months of political wrangling politicians. This is set the NI Water workers were want to thank those who and posturing is that we against the private sector entering a period of indus - voted for me. I also what to have been left with a ‘Fresh which has also faced thou - trial action. This action assure those who did not Start’ deal which is anything sands of job losses in the IT demonstrates that when that I am determined to work but a fresh start for Northern industry, Dunnes Stores, JTI unions unite together in a in the interests of all mem - Ireland public services. Gallaher and Michelin, to common cause with commit - bers so that we have a The alleged new document name but a few. ment and determination and strong union that will be still has within it the bor - The difference is that when bring to bear their industrial there when members need it. rowed £700m to reduce pub - these announcements of job muscle, members can get a United, we will build a lic services in Northern losses are made, those same fair deal. stronger union which can Ireland by more than 20,000 politicians call for extra in - As we enter 2016 there will and will deliver. jobs. Nowhere have we vestment to shore-up and be many challenges ahead heard that the public ser - develop the private sector. but I am confident that if our Alison Millar, vants who remain will have The reality, however, is that members and representa - General Secretary l TNIPShA looeks a t tehe ecconomicn impoact tmhe icfec tedi wmill be tphosea staffc currten tlyo basfed in couNewrtotwn arcds slhoould bse reutainerd aet this courthouse closures will have on the areas courthouses. The continuing NICS recruitment time and as a result the Administrative Court affected. freeze, the Voluntary Exit scheme, departmen - Divisions will be reconfigured; l The multiplier effect refers to the idea that tal restructuring and the cuts to departmental Ballymena should close.
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