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Official Report (Hansard) Official Report (Hansard) Tuesday 13 September 2011 Volume 66, No 2 Session 2011-2012 Contents Ministerial Statements North/South Ministerial Council: Languages ...................................................................................67 North/South Ministerial Council: Inland Waterways ........................................................................71 Access to Justice Review ..............................................................................................................74 On-street Parking Charges .............................................................................................................82 Oral Answers to Questions Enterprise, Trade and Investment ...................................................................................................89 Environment .................................................................................................................................94 Ministerial Statements Accident and Emergency Services: Belfast ...................................................................................100 Private Members’ Business Policing: Part-time Reserve Gratuity Scheme .................................................................................108 Adjournment Belfast City Hospital: Closure of Accident and Emergency Unit .......................................................123 Suggested amendments or corrections will be considered by the Editor. They should be sent to: The Editor of Debates, Room 248, Parliament Buildings, Belfast BT4 3XX. Tel: 028 9052 1135 · e-mail: [email protected] to arrive not later than two weeks after publication of this report. Assembly Members Agnew, Steven (North Down) Lynch, Seán (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Allister, Jim (North Antrim) Lyttle, Chris (East Belfast) Anderson, Ms Martina (Foyle) McCallister, John (South Down) Anderson, Sydney (Upper Bann) McCann, Fra (West Belfast) Attwood, Alex (West Belfast) McCann, Ms Jennifer (West Belfast) Beggs, Roy (East Antrim) McCarthy, Kieran (Strangford) Bell, Jonathan (Strangford) McCartney, Raymond (Foyle) Boylan, Cathal (Newry and Armagh) McCausland, Nelson (North Belfast) Boyle, Ms Michaela (West Tyrone) McClarty, David (East Londonderry) Bradley, Dominic (Newry and Armagh) McCrea, Basil (Lagan Valley) Bradley, Ms Paula (North Belfast) McCrea, Ian (Mid Ulster) Brady, Mickey (Newry and Armagh) McDevitt, Conall (South Belfast) Buchanan, Thomas (West Tyrone) McDonnell, Dr Alasdair (South Belfast) Byrne, Joe (West Tyrone) McElduff, Barry (West Tyrone) Campbell, Gregory (East Londonderry) McGimpsey, Michael (South Belfast) Clarke, Trevor (South Antrim) McGlone, Patsy (Mid Ulster) Clarke, Willie (South Down) McGuinness, Martin (Mid Ulster) Cochrane, Mrs Judith (East Belfast) McIlveen, David (North Antrim) Copeland, Michael (East Belfast) McIlveen, Miss Michelle (Strangford) Craig, Jonathan (Lagan Valley) McKay, Daithí (North Antrim) Cree, Leslie (North Down) McKevitt, Mrs Karen (South Down) Dallat, John (East Londonderry) McLaughlin, Mitchel (South Antrim) Dickson, Stewart (East Antrim) McMullan, Oliver (East Antrim) Dobson, Mrs Jo-Anne (Upper Bann) McNarry, David (Strangford) Doherty, Pat (West Tyrone) McQuillan, Adrian (East Londonderry) Douglas, Sammy (East Belfast) Maginness, Alban (North Belfast) Dunne, Gordon (North Down) Maskey, Alex (South Belfast) Durkan, Mark H (Foyle) Maskey, Paul (West Belfast) Easton, Alex (North Down) Molloy, Francie (Mid Ulster) Eastwood, Colum (Foyle) Morrow, The Lord (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Elliott, Tom (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Moutray, Stephen (Upper Bann) Farry, Dr Stephen (North Down) Murphy, Conor (Newry and Armagh) Flanagan, Phil (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Nesbitt, Mike (Strangford) Ford, David (South Antrim) Newton, Robin (East Belfast) Foster, Mrs Arlene (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Ní Chuilín, Ms Carál (North Belfast) Frew, Paul (North Antrim) Ó hOisín, Cathal (East Londonderry) Gardiner, Samuel (Upper Bann) O’Dowd, John (Upper Bann) Gildernew, Ms Michelle (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) O’Neill, Mrs Michelle (Mid Ulster) Girvan, Paul (South Antrim) Overend, Mrs Sandra (Mid Ulster) Givan, Paul (Lagan Valley) Poots, Edwin (Lagan Valley) Hale, Mrs Brenda (Lagan Valley) Ramsey, Pat (Foyle) Hamilton, Simon (Strangford) Ramsey, Ms Sue (West Belfast) Hay, William (Speaker) Ritchie, Ms Margaret (South Down) Hilditch, David (East Antrim) Robinson, George (East Londonderry) Humphrey, William (North Belfast) Robinson, Peter (East Belfast) Hussey, Ross (West Tyrone) Ross, Alastair (East Antrim) Irwin, William (Newry and Armagh) Ruane, Ms Caitríona (South Down) Kelly, Mrs Dolores (Upper Bann) Sheehan, Pat (West Belfast) Kelly, Gerry (North Belfast) Spratt, Jimmy (South Belfast) Kennedy, Danny (Newry and Armagh) Storey, Mervyn (North Antrim) Kinahan, Danny (South Antrim) Swann, Robin (North Antrim) Lewis, Mrs Pam (South Antrim) Weir, Peter (North Down) Lo, Ms Anna (South Belfast) Wells, Jim (South Down) Lunn, Trevor (Lagan Valley) Wilson, Sammy (East Antrim) Northern Ireland Assembly Tuesday 13 September 2011 The Assembly met at 10.30 am (Mr Speaker in the Chair). Members observed two minutes’ silence. Ministerial Statements such as the national ploughing championships, the Castlewellan agricultural show and the Stormont family fun day; the first accreditation North/South Ministerial Council: system for Irish language editors, which was Languages held by Foras na Gaeilge on 25 June 2011, Ms Ní Chuilín (The Minister of Culture, Arts and the launch of new supports for the Irish and Leisure): Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann language translation sector; and approval of Comhairle. Thank you, Mr Speaker. With your funding by Foras na Gaeilge for 50 summer permission and in compliance with section 52 camps that provide valuable opportunities of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, I wish to make for children to use Irish outside the school the following statement on the twelfth North/ environment and for 47 festivals to promote South Ministerial Council (NSMC) meeting in the language in the community at large. They also include the approval by the Ulster-Scots language sectoral format, the eighth since the Agency of almost 300 grants for grass-roots restoration of the Executive and the Assembly communities to undertake music and dance and the first held in 2011. This statement has tuition and for 32 Ulster-Scots festivals, as been agreed with junior Minister Bell, who was well as an extension of the community workers the accompanying Minister. scheme, which continues to impact positively I attended the meeting in Armagh on 7 July on Ulster-Scots activities by improving capacity 2011 representing the Executive as Minister of in community groups; and delivery by the Culture, Arts and Leisure along with Jonathan Ulster-Scots Agency of a range of educational Bell MLA, junior Minister in the Office of the First programmes, including eight after-school clubs Minister and deputy First Minister (OFMDFM). and 32 community summer school schemes The Irish Government were represented by that will engage children and young people in Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister of Arts, Heritage Ulster-Scots language and culture. and the Gaeltacht and Dinny McGinley TD, The Council discussed progress on the Minister of State with special responsibility development of the North/South Language for Gaeltacht affairs. The meeting dealt with Body’s corporate plan for 2011-13 and its issues relating to the language body and its two business plan and budget for 2011. The constituent agencies, Tha Boord o Ulster-Scotch Council noted that the language body’s 2007 — hopefully, I pronounced that right — and accounts were laid in the Oireachtas and, Foras na Gaeilge, the Irish language agency. I indeed, in the Assembly on 10 June 2011 will now present a summary of the issues that and that audit fieldwork has been completed the Council discussed. for the annual reports and accounts for 2008 and 2009. Consolidation will follow as soon The Council received presentations and progress as possible. Draft accounts have been filed for reports from Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster- 2010. The Council also noted that it is proposed Scots Agency on the collaborative work and to introduce a new, simplified consolidation other activities of the two agencies. Those process as soon as possible and that a further include further joint development of their lecture progress report on that will be given at the next series ‘Aspects of our Shared Heritage’ and NSMC language body meeting. plans to provide evening community education lectures in conjunction with local councils; The Council noted that all draft schemes that provision of joint information stands at events are required to implement the recommendations 67 Ministerial Statement: Tuesday 13 September 2011 North/South Ministerial Council: Languages of the review have now been drawn up. Following Ms Ní Chuilín: In short, the answer is yes. A consideration of comments that were made during review of the agency’s staffing structure was the recent public consultation exercise, the carried out in 2009 and, again, in September approval of the board and the Finance Ministers 2010. The review identified the most appropriate will be sought, prior to submitting the schemes senior structure for the agency, including job to the next meeting of the NSMC for approval. descriptions. Indeed, descriptions for senior roles, with the associated level of grading, have The Council agreed that, in the context of been achieved. They will include specifications
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