Official Report (Hansard) Monday 25 February 2013 Volume 82, No 5 Session 2012-2013 Contents Matter of the Day Cycling: Martyn Irvine ........................................................................................................................ 1 Assembly Business Extension of Sitting ............................................................................................................................ 3 Committee Membership: Committee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister ... 3 Executive Committee Business Criminal Justice Bill: Consideration Stage 4 Water and Sewerage Services (Amendment) Bill: Further Consideration Stage .............................. 9 Budget Bill: Final Stage ..................................................................................................................... 9 Oral Answers to Questions Culture, Arts and Leisure ................................................................................................................... 19 Environment....................................................................................................................................... 25 Executive Committee Business Antarctic Bill: Legislative Consent Motion ......................................................................................... 31 Rates (Exemption for Automatic Telling Machines in Rural Areas) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 . 34 Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 .................................................................... 36 Rates (Temporary Rebate) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 ........................................ 38 Committee Business Sport: Grass-root and Elite Sports Facilities ..................................................................................... 41 Private Members' Business Agrifood: Graduate Programmes....................................................................................................... 55 Written Ministerial Statements Regional Development: Settlement in the case of Declan Gormley v the Department for Regional Development and Others Finance and Personnel: De-agentisation of Land and Property Services Suggested amendments or corrections will be considered by the Editor. 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Assembly Members Agnew, Steven (North Down) McAleer, Declan (West Tyrone) Allister, Jim (North Antrim) 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) McCorley, Ms Rosaleen (West Belfast) Bradley, Ms Paula (North Belfast) McCrea, Basil (Lagan Valley) Brady, Mickey (Newry and Armagh) McCrea, Ian (Mid Ulster) Brown, Ms Pam (South Antrim) McDevitt, Conall (South Belfast) Buchanan, Thomas (West Tyrone) McDonnell, Alasdair (South Belfast) Byrne, Joe (West Tyrone) McElduff, Barry (West Tyrone) Campbell, Gregory (East Londonderry) McGahan, Ms Bronwyn (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Clarke, Trevor (South Antrim) McGimpsey, Michael (South Belfast) Cochrane, Mrs Judith (East Belfast) McGlone, Patsy (Mid Ulster) Copeland, Michael (East Belfast) McGuinness, Martin (Mid Ulster) Craig, Jonathan (Lagan Valley) McIlveen, David (North Antrim) Cree, Leslie (North Down) McIlveen, Miss Michelle (Strangford) Dallat, John (East Londonderry) McKay, Daithí (North Antrim) Dickson, Stewart (East Antrim) McKevitt, Mrs Karen (South Down) Dobson, Mrs Jo-Anne (Upper Bann) McLaughlin, Ms Maeve (Foyle) Douglas, Sammy (East Belfast) McLaughlin, Mitchel (South Antrim) Dunne, Gordon (North Down) McMullan, Oliver (East Antrim) Durkan, Mark (Foyle) McNarry, David (Strangford) Easton, Alex (North Down) McQuillan, Adrian (East Londonderry) Eastwood, Colum (Foyle) Maginness, Alban (North Belfast) Elliott, Tom (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Maskey, Alex (South Belfast) Farry, Stephen (North Down) Molloy, Francie (Mid Ulster) Fearon, Ms Megan (Newry and Armagh) Morrow, The Lord (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Flanagan, Phil (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Moutray, Stephen (Upper Bann) Ford, David (South Antrim) Nesbitt, Mike (Strangford) Foster, Mrs Arlene (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Newton, Robin (East Belfast) Frew, Paul (North Antrim) Ní Chuilín, Ms Carál (North Belfast) Gardiner, Samuel (Upper Bann) Ó hOisín, Cathal (East Londonderry) Girvan, Paul (South Antrim) O'Dowd, John (Upper Bann) Givan, Paul (Lagan Valley) O'Neill, Mrs Michelle (Mid Ulster) Hale, Mrs Brenda (Lagan Valley) Overend, Mrs Sandra (Mid Ulster) Hamilton, Simon (Strangford) Poots, Edwin (Lagan Valley) Hay, William (Speaker) Ramsey, Pat (Foyle) Hazzard, Chris (South Down) Ramsey, Ms Sue (West Belfast) Hilditch, David (East Antrim) Robinson, George (East Londonderry) Humphrey, William (North Belfast) Robinson, Peter (East Belfast) Hussey, Ross (West Tyrone) Rogers, Sean (South Down) Irwin, William (Newry and Armagh) Ross, Alastair (East Antrim) Kelly, Mrs Dolores (Upper Bann) Ruane, Ms Caitríona (South Down) Kelly, Gerry (North Belfast) Sheehan, Pat (West Belfast) Kennedy, Danny (Newry and Armagh) Spratt, Jimmy (South Belfast) Kinahan, Danny (South Antrim) Storey, Mervyn (North Antrim) Lo, Ms Anna (South Belfast) Swann, Robin (North Antrim) Lunn, Trevor (Lagan Valley) Weir, Peter (North Down) Lynch, Seán (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Wells, Jim (South Down) Lyttle, Chris (East Belfast) Wilson, Sammy (East Antrim) Northern Ireland Assembly Monday 25 February 2013 The Assembly met at 12.00 noon (Mr Speaker in the Chair). Members observed two minutes' silence. 400 metres at the Olympic Games followed an Matter of the Day hour later by gold in the 3,000 metres. He has done it all on a shoestring. It is what they call Cycling: Martyn Irvine paniagua in cycling — bread and water. It means two things: you ride clean, but you ride Mr Speaker: Conall McDevitt has been given with very little resource. The budget for track leave to make a statement on Martyn Irvine cycling in Ireland is well under €100,000, which becoming a world champion track cyclist that is just under £90,000. Compare that with the fulfils the criteria set out in Standing Order 24. £8 million a year available to the GB team in If other Members wish to be called, they should this Olympic cycle. It goes mainly to fund continually rise in their place. All Members Martyn and Caroline Ryan, who won bronze called will have up to three minutes to speak on last year in a points race, and they spend much the subject. of their time training in Majorca, pooling their track time so that they get the necessary hours Mr McDevitt: Those who believe that success in. I want us to do more than just honour him in track cycling is just a matter of throwing today. I want us to invest in him and to make money at a rider and some fancy aerodynamic him as proud of us as we are, undoubtedly, kit should look no further than Newtownards proud of him. rider Martyn Irvine's gold and silver medals at last week's world championship cycling event in Miss M McIlveen: I thank the Member for Minsk. Steven Beacom captured it brilliantly in tabling this Matter of the Day regarding a the 'Belfast Telegraph' when he wrote: Newtownards man and, indeed, one of my constituents, Martyn Irvine. Over the past few "Not bad for a bloke who told me ... last year years, the interest in competitive cycling has that he was a couch potato when he was a increased massively, thanks in no small part to kid and did all he could to get out of PE at some now almost iconic British cyclists, such as Movilla High School in Newtownards. Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Bradley Wiggins, Victoria Martyn didn't take up cycling until he was 18 Pendleton and our own Wendy Houvenaghel, ... Winning a silver in the Individual Pursuit who tasted world championship success in the event at the World Track Championships in team pursuit in the 2008, 2009 and 2011 track Minsk ... was a magnificent effort. We'd world championships. It is fantastic that have settled for that ... Joyously though another local emulated that success by winning there was more to come. Much more. Less gold in the scratch discipline at last week's than an hour after taking silver, Martyn world championships in Minsk. Amazingly, as followed it up by claiming gold in the Scratch Mr McDevitt said, he won his gold medal in a 15 race. Remarkable. Put this down as one of km race only an hour after winning in a 4 km the finest sporting feats ever accomplished race in the individual pursuit. This achievement by an Ulsterman. And it was the staggering is made all the more remarkable, considering way he did it that made his victory even the meagre resources that are available to him. more heroic. Despite being almost out on Even Martyn himself commented: his feet after his earlier exertions, with 10 out of the 60 laps to go in the Scratch event, "You couldn't live on what I'm living on". he broke from the bunch and basically just went for it sprinting away with every last All of Newtownards, Strangford and, indeed, drop of energy he had. No guts, no glory ... Northern Ireland should be extremely proud of Martyn Irvine – Champion of the