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OFFICIAL REPORT (Hansard)
Northern Ireland Assembly _________________________ COMMITTEE FOR ENTERPRISE, TRADE AND INVESTMENT ________________________ OFFICIAL REPORT (Hansard) ________________________ Quinn Insurance Evidence Session 22 April 2010 NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY ___________ COMMITTEE FOR ENTERPRISE, TRADE AND INVESTMENT ___________ Quinn Insurance Evidence Session ___________ 22 April 2010 Members present for all or part of the proceedings: Mr Alban Maginness (Chairperson) Mr Paul Butler (Deputy Chairperson) Mr Leslie Cree Ms Jennifer McCann Dr Alasdair McDonnell Mr Gerry McHugh Mr Daithí McKay Witnesses: Ms Mona Bermingham ) Mr Colum Courtney ) Mr David O’Donnell ) Quinn Insurance Mr Pat Rooney ) Mr Shane Wilson ) The Chairperson (Mr A Maginness): Employee representatives from Quinn Insurance will give the Committee an oral briefing. We regard this as a very important piece of business. My colleagues around the table and I are very concerned about the future of Quinn Insurance and the danger that the situation poses to jobs not just in Enniskillen but in other parts, including the Republic and Britain. This week, the matter was raised in an Adjournment debate in the Assembly. Although the contributions to the debate were mostly from Members from the local area, the matter concerned the whole Assembly. Given that concern, the Committee is very pleased that you have come to 1 articulate your concerns, and we are anxious to hear at first hand what you would like the Executive, the Department and us, as public representatives, to do. I welcome the Quinn Insurance employees. We look forward to hearing what you have to say. I will identify those who will address us: Mona Bermingham, Colum Courtney, David O’Donnell, Shane Wilson and Pat Rooney. -
Contemporary Lifestyles and the Implications for Sustainable Development Policy: Lessons from the UK’S Most Car Dependent City, Belfast
Cities, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 103–113, 2001 Pergamon PII: S0264-2751(00)00062-7 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain 0264-2751/01 $ - see front matter www.elsevier.com/locate/cities Contemporary lifestyles and the implications for sustainable development policy: Lessons from the UK’s Most Car Dependent City, Belfast J Cooper, T Ryley* and A Smyth Transport Research Institute, Napier University, 66 Spylaw Road, Edinburgh, EH10 5BR, UK The rise in demand for car travel is fuelled more by the increased spatial separation of homes and workplaces, shops and schools than by any rise in trip making. Belfast is one of the most car dependent cities in the United Kingdom. A major household survey was intended to inform an understanding of the likely behavioural response to sustainable development policy initiat- ives. The survey was one of a series of linked tools within a wider EPSRC Sustainable Cities Project research project. Insights into consumer responses to the various policy measures con- sidered in the overall project were drawn in part from the stated preference experiments included in the household survey. Initiatives included improved domestic energy efficiency, increased densification of housing, improved public transport and the introduction of traffic restraint measures such as road user charges. There were signs of some willingness to accept moderately higher densities on the basis that residents would be compensated by a lower than otherwise purchase price. The typical effect of introducing road pricing say at £1.00 per day equated to a reduction in property values of some 2.5% while the absence of any apparent statistical significance generated by the public transport variable reflects its current lack of credibility as an alternative to the car. -
Exploring the Past Together for a Better Future PEACE III Project E-Zine
Exploring the Past Together for a Better Future PEACE III Project E-Zine Bridge of Hope, a department of Ashton Community Trust, set up in 2001, is a community based victims and survivors service that works with individuals, families and communities affected by the conflict in North Belfast and beyond. Bridge of Hope’sgoal is to tackle the legacy of the conflict through a variety of holistic approaches to trauma recovery. It does this through the delivery of complementary therapies, life coaching, counselling, counselling support, legacy and conflict analysis, as well as accredited training and psycho education programmes. Across all of its work Bridge of Hope promotes the importance of resilience and positive mental health and well-being. Over the years, Bridge of Hope has developed several legacy themed initiatives designed to connect with those hit hardest by the conflict. Successful programmes include ‘Making Sense of the Past in the Present’and ‘Who Am I?’which are currently being delivered by ‘Exploring the Past Together for a Better Future’project funded by the EU’s PEACE III programme. Bridge of Hope is also involved in the field of transitional justice and has developed a partnership with the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University. This area of work examines how post conflict societies manage their transition away from violence and human rights abuses. At a strategic level we are doing our part to help improve emotional wellbeing through our partnership working with statutory bodies. We are funded by the Public Health Agency (PHA) under the government’sProtect Life suicide prevention strategy and by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BH&SCT) to support individuals experiencing poor mental health. -
OFFICIAL REPORT (Hansard)
Northern Ireland Assembly _________________________ COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE ________________________ OFFICIAL REPORT (Hansard) ________________________ Review of the Northern Ireland Prison Service 27 October 2011 NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY ___________ COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE ___________ Review of the Northern Ireland Prison Service ___________ 27 October 2011 Members present for all or part of the proceedings: Mr Paul Givan (Chairperson) Mr Raymond McCartney (Deputy Chairperson) Mr Sydney Anderson Mr Seán Lynch Ms Jennifer McCann Mr Basil McCrea Mr Alban Maginness Mr Peter Weir Mr Jim Wells Witnesses: Ms Clodach McGrory ) Dame Anne Owers ) Prison Review Team Mr Phil Wheatley ) The Chairperson: I welcome Dame Anne Owers, the head of the prison review team, along with Phil Wheatley and Clodach McGrory, who are members of the team. I invite Dame Anne to outline the report briefly, after which members will have an opportunity to ask questions. Dame Anne Owers (Prison Review Team): Thank you very much, Chair. I will give a short introduction on the report because I know that the Committee has a heavy business agenda this afternoon. We will be happy to answer any of your questions. 2 This report follows the interim report that we published in February 2011. At the beginning of this report, we set out the kind of prison system that we think would work, that Northern Ireland needs and that would help to create a safer society. We have set out 40 recommendations as to how you might get there. We stress, as we said on Monday, the urgent need to tackle some of the fundamental and long-standing problems in the service, which we describe as being “over- expensive and under-effective”. -
Official Report
Friday Volume 47 22 January 2010 No WA 3 OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) CONTENTS Written Answers to Questions Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister [p119] Department of Agriculture and Rural Development [p126] Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure [p130] Department of Education [p133] Department for Employment and Learning [p143] Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment [p144] Department of the Environment [p146] Department of Finance and Personnel [p151] Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety [p157] Department for Regional Development [p165] Department for Social Development [p174] £5.00 This publication contains the written answers to questions tabled by Members. The content of the responses is as received at the time from the relevant Minister or representative of the Assembly Commission and has not been subject to the official reporting process or changed in any way. This document is available in a range of alternative formats. For more information please contact the Northern Ireland Assembly, Printed Paper Office, Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, BT4 3XX Tel: 028 9052 1078 ASSEMBLY MeMBerS Adams, Gerry (West Belfast) McCausland, Nelson (North Belfast) Anderson, Ms Martina (Foyle) McClarty, David (East Londonderry) Armstrong, Billy (Mid Ulster) McCrea, Basil (Lagan Valley) Attwood, Alex (West Belfast) McCrea, Ian (Mid Ulster) Beggs, Roy (East Antrim) McCrea, Dr William (South Antrim) Boylan, Cathal (Newry and Armagh) McDonnell, Dr Alasdair (South Belfast) Bradley, Dominic (Newry and Armagh) -
Sustainability Appraisal of the Draft Plan Strategy 2035 Incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment
DPS004A Sustainability Appraisal of the Draft Plan Strategy 2035 Incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment Sustainability Appraisal Report August 2018 - APPENDICES 1 to 6 1 DPS004A Contents APPENDIX 1 ................................................................................................................... 6 BELFAST LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TIMETABLE ............................................ 6 APPENDIX 2 ................................................................................................................... 8 CHECKLIST: ............................................................................................................... 8 DEVELOPMENT PLAN PRACTICE NOTE 04: ANNEX 9 .......................................... 8 APPENDIX 3 ................................................................................................................. 10 LINKS BETWEEN THE BELFAST LDP & SA ........................................................... 10 APPENDIX 4 ................................................................................................................. 12 PLAN, POLICY & PROGRAMME REVIEW ............................................................... 12 APPENDIX 5 ................................................................................................................. 56 BASELINE INFORMATION FOR BELFAST ............................................................. 56 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................ 56 A SOCIAL BASELINE -
20161123 Minutes.Pdf
Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Education MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS WEDNESDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2016 ROOM 30, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS Present: Barry McElduff MLA (Chairperson) Chris Lyttle MLA (Deputy Chairperson) Rosemary Barton MLA Carla Lockhart MLA Jennifer McCann MLA Colin McGrath MLA Lord Morrow MLA Sandra Overend MLA Catherine Seeley MLA In Attendance: Peter McCallion (Assembly Clerk) Mark McQuade (Assistant Clerk) Bronagh Irwin (Clerical Supervisor) Kevin Marks (Clerical Officer) Apologies: David Hilditch MLA Phillip Logan MLA The meeting commenced in public session at 10:06am. 1. Apologies Apologies were as indicated above. 2. Chairperson’s Business 2.1 Holocaust Educational Trust The Chairperson advised the Committee of recent informal contacts with the chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust Agreed: The Committee agreed that it was content for the Deputy Chairperson to meet with the Holocaust Educational Trust, diary permitting. 2.2 Stakeholder Events and Visits The Chairperson thanked Members for their participation in the Committee’s stakeholder event on Wednesday 16 November 2016 supporting its scrutiny of the Programme for Government. The Chairperson also thanked Members for their participation in informal meetings on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 November with school principals and with Volunteer Now, respectively. The Chairperson noted the warm welcomes provided by the principals, staff and pupils during recent Committee visits to Ashfield Boys High School and St Ita’s Primary School. Agreed: The Committee agreed to write to the principals of both schools, thanking them for hosting the Committee visits. 2.3 Area Planning The Committee discussed the plenary debate on Area Planning on Monday 21 November 2016 Mrs Sandra Overend joined the meeting at 10:12am. -
Imeachtaí • Events
I m e a c h t a í • E v e n t s My grandfather once said that the imprisonment of the lark is a crime of the greatest cruelty because the lark is one of the greatest symbols of freedom and happiness. He often spoke of the spirit of the lark relating to a story of a man who incarcerated one of his loved friends in a small cage. The lark, having suffered the loss of her liberty, no longer sung her little heart out, she no longer had anything to be happy about.The man who had committed the atrocity, as my grandfather called it, demanded that the lark should do as he wished:that was to sing her heart out,to comply to his ‘wishes and change herself to suit his pleasure or benefit. The lark refused, and the man became angry and violent. He began to pressurise the lark to sing, but inevitably he received no result. so, he took more drastic steps. He covered the cage with a black cloth, depriving the bird of sunlight.He starved it and left it to rot in a dirty cage,but the bird still refused to yield.The man murdered it. As my grandfather rightly stated, the lark had spirit - the spirit of freedom and resistance. It longed to be free, and died before it would conform to the tyrant who tried to change it with torture and imprisonment. I feel I have something in common with that bird and her torture, imprisonment and final murder. -
Northern Ireland
UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017: Evidence Report UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 Evidence Report – Summary for Northern Ireland Contents 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 2. Climate change in Northern Ireland ........................................................................................................ 5 3. Natural Environment and Natural Assets ............................................................................................... 7 4. Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................................ 29 5. People and the Built Environment ........................................................................................................ 46 6. Business and Industry ................................................................................................................................ 61 7. International dimensions ......................................................................................................................... 72 8. Cross cutting issues .................................................................................................................................... 77 This report should be referenced as: ASC (2016) UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 Evidence Report – Summary for Northern Ireland. Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee -
Age-Friendly Belfast Baseline Report May 14
Baseline Report 2014 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1 Age-friendly Belfast Baseline Report CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................ 1 1. INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT ....................................................................... 7 2. DEMOGRAPHY ............................................................................................... 166 3. DEPRIVATION AND POVERTY ...................................................................... 222 4. OUTDOOR SPACES & BUILDINGS ................................................................. 29 5. TRANSPORTATION .......................................................................................... 34 6. HOUSING .......................................................................................................... 43 7. SOCIAL PARTICIPATION ................................................................................. 56 8. RESPECT & SOCIAL INCLUSION .................................................................... 61 9. CIVIC PARTICIPATION & EMPLOYMENT ....................................................... 66 10. COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION ........................................................... 74 11. COMMUNITY SUPPORT & HEALTH SERVICES ......................................... 78 12. STRATEGIC CONTEXT ................................................................................. 90 13. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................. 95 APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 SOAs with -
Remembering and Looking Forward Chapter 1 Dealing with the Past In
Notes Introduction: Remembering and Looking Forward 1 Diana Rusk, ‘British-Irish relations reach an all-time high’, Irish News, 14 March 2012, pp. 8–9. 2 David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney and Chris Thornton, Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women, and Children Who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1999). 3 Declan Kearney, ‘Uncomfortable conversations are key to reconciliation’, An Phoblacht, 5 March 2012, available at http://aprnonline.com/?p=88667, accessed on 14 March 2012. 4 Michael Ignatieff, Warrior’s Honor: Ethnic War and the Modern Conscience (London: Chatto & Windus, 1998), p. 173. 5 See, for example, Neil Jarman, Material Conflicts: Parades and Visual Displays in Northern Ireland (Oxford: Berg, 1997); see also Sara McDowell, ‘Commemorating the troubles: Unravelling the representation of the contestation of memory in Northern Ireland since 1994’ (unpublished PhD thesis, University of Ulster, 2006). 6 Mary Fulbrook, German National Identity after the Holocaust (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1999), p. 36. Chapter 1 Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland 1 Michel de Certeau, The Practice of Everyday Life (London: University of California Press, 1984), p. 184. 2 Jeffrey K. Olick, ‘From usable pasts to the return of the repressed’, avail- able at www.iasc-culture.org/HHR_Archives/UsesPast/Olick.pdf, accessed on 14 March 2012. 3 Ereshnee Naidu and Cyril Adonis, ‘History on their own terms: The relevance of the past for a new generation’ (2007), p. 4, available at kms1.isn.ethz.ch/ serviceengine/Files/ISN/99640/ipublicationdocument_singledocument/007e56 25-1ed7-4b05-baee-a491beb31f8f/en/history[1].pdf, accessed on 2 May 2012. -
Northern Ireland Assembly Monday 18 February 2008
Northern Ireland Assembly Monday 18 February 2008 Oral Answers to Questions Victims’ Groups: Funding Sources: http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/record/reports2007/080218.htm 5. Mr Storey asked the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister to provide a breakdown of the amount of funding allocated to victims’ groups, broken down by those from (i) an army background; (ii) a police background; (iii) a prison officer background; (iv) an ex-prisoner background; and (v) a civilian background; in each of the past three years. (AQO 1963/08) The deputy First Minister: In the past three years, OFMDFM has allocated some £15 million to address the needs of victims and survivors. Over the next three years, we are providing £36 million towards those issues, which is an increase of some 140%. Some of that funding will support the victims’ commissioners designate. All groups that access funding in that area must demonstrate that their work is designed to support individuals who have been affected by the conflict that we have all experienced over the past four decades. Some Members: Hear, hear. 2.45 pm Mr Storey: I am glad that the Ulster Unionist Party Members have such confidence in the supplementary question that I am going to ask. [Laughter.] I would have appreciated — [Interruption.] Mr Speaker: Order. The Member has the Floor. Mr Storey: I remind the Ulster Unionist Party Members that one swallow does not make a summer. I am disappointed that the deputy First Minister did not answer my question. I asked for a breakdown of the funding that was allocated to victims’ groups from an army background, a police background, a prison-officer background, an ex-prisoner background and a civilian background, instead of two headline figures of £15 million and £36 million.