Official Report (Hansard) Monday 14 February 2011 Volume 61, No 3 Session 2010-2011 Contents Matters of the Day Aircraft Crash at Cork Airport .......................................................................................................183 Assembly Business Question Time............................................................................................................................185 Executive Committee Business Construction Contracts (Amendment) Bill: Royal Assent Waste and Contaminated Land (Amendment) Bill: Royal Assent Energy Bill: Royal Assent Safeguarding Board Bill: Royal Assent Allowances to Members of the Assembly (Repeal) Bill: Royal Assent ..........................................186 Suspension of Standing Orders ...................................................................................................186 Ministerial Statement Public Expenditure: February Monitoring Round 2010-11 ...............................................................187 Executive Committee Business Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Bill: Further Consideration Stage ........................193 Oral Answers to Questions Finance and Personnel ...............................................................................................................209 Health, Social Services and Public Safety .....................................................................................214 Executive Committee Business Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Bill: Further Consideration Stage ........................221 Welfare of Animals Bill: Further Consideration Stage ....................................................................................................224 Transport Bill: Final Stage ...........................................................................................................247 Spring Supplementary Estimates 2010-11 and Vote on Account 2011-12 ...................................................................................250 Budget Bill: First Stage ...............................................................................................................297 Committee Business Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) Bill: Extension of Committee Stage ....................................298 Renewable Energy ......................................................................................................................306 Regional Development Spatial Planning: Joint Consultation on a Draft Spatial Strategies on the Island of Ireland — Framework for Collaboration Document ................................................................................................ 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Assembly Members Anderson, Ms Martina (Foyle) Lyttle, Chris (East Belfast) Anderson, Sydney (Upper Bann) McCallister, John (South Down) Armstrong, Billy (Mid Ulster) McCann, Fra (West Belfast) Attwood, Alex (West Belfast) McCann, Ms Jennifer (West Belfast) Bannside, The Lord (North Antrim) McCarthy, Kieran (Strangford) Beggs, Roy (East Antrim) McCartney, Raymond (Foyle) Bell, Jonathan (Strangford) McCausland, Nelson (North Belfast) Boylan, Cathal (Newry and Armagh) McClarty, David (East Londonderry) Bradley, Dominic (Newry and Armagh) McCrea, Basil (Lagan Valley) Bradley, Mrs Mary (Foyle) McCrea, Ian (Mid Ulster) Bradley, P J (South Down) McDevitt, Conall (South Belfast) Brady, Mickey (Newry and Armagh) McDonnell, Dr Alasdair (South Belfast) Bresland, Allan (West Tyrone) McElduff, Barry (West Tyrone) Browne, The Lord (East Belfast) McFarland, Alan (North Down) Buchanan, Thomas (West Tyrone) McGill, Mrs Claire (West Tyrone) Burns, Thomas (South Antrim) McGimpsey, Michael (South Belfast) Butler, Paul (Lagan Valley) McGlone, Patsy (Mid Ulster) Callaghan, Pól (Foyle) McGuinness, Martin (Mid Ulster) Campbell, Gregory (East Londonderry) McHugh, Gerry (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Clarke, Trevor (South Antrim) McIlveen, Miss Michelle (Strangford) Clarke, Willie (South Down) McKay, Daithí (North Antrim) McLaughlin, Mitchel (South Antrim) Cobain, Fred (North Belfast) McNarry, David (Strangford) Coulter, Rev Dr Robert (North Antrim) McQuillan, Adrian (East Londonderry) Craig, Jonathan (Lagan Valley) Maginness, Alban (North Belfast) Cree, Leslie (North Down) Maskey, Alex (South Belfast) Dallat, John (East Londonderry) Maskey, Paul (West Belfast) Deeny, Dr Kieran (West Tyrone) Molloy, Francie (Mid Ulster) Doherty, Pat (West Tyrone) Morrow, The Lord (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Easton, Alex (North Down) Moutray, Stephen (Upper Bann) Elliott, Tom (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Murphy, Conor (Newry and Armagh) Empey, The Lord (East Belfast) Neeson, Sean (East Antrim) Farry, Dr Stephen (North Down) Newton, Robin (East Belfast) Ford, David (South Antrim) Ní Chuilín, Ms Carál (North Belfast) Foster, Mrs Arlene (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) O’Dowd, John (Upper Bann) Frew, Paul (North Antrim) O’Loan, Declan (North Antrim) Gallagher, Tommy (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) O’Neill, Mrs Michelle (Mid Ulster) Gardiner, Samuel (Upper Bann) Poots, Edwin (Lagan Valley) Gibson, Simpson (Strangford) Purvis, Ms Dawn (East Belfast) Gildernew, Ms Michelle (Fermanagh and Ramsey, Pat (Foyle) South Tyrone) Ramsey, Ms Sue (West Belfast) Girvan, Paul (South Antrim) Ritchie, Ms Margaret (South Down) Givan, Paul (Lagan Valley) Robinson, George (East Londonderry) Hamilton, Simon (Strangford) Robinson, Ken (East Antrim) Hay, William (Speaker) Robinson, Peter (East Belfast) Hilditch, David (East Antrim) Ross, Alastair (East Antrim) Humphrey, William (North Belfast) Ruane, Ms Caitríona (South Down) Irwin, William (Newry and Armagh) Savage, George (Upper Bann) 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) Weir, Peter (North Down) Leonard, Billy (East Londonderry) Wells, Jim (South Down) Lo, Ms Anna (South Belfast) Wilson, Brian (North Down) Lunn, Trevor (Lagan Valley) Wilson, Sammy (East Antrim) Northern Ireland Assembly Monday 14 February 2011 The Assembly met at 12.00 noon (Mr Speaker in the Chair). Members observed two minutes’ silence. Matters of the Day Four people were injured in the crash and are still in hospital: Peter Cowley from Glanmire in Cork, Mark Dickens from Watford in England, Aircraft Crash at Cork Airport Heather Elliott from Belfast, and Brendan Mallon Mr Speaker: I have received notification from from Bangor, County Down. Their condition is the Minister for Regional Development that he reported as comfortable. Donal Walsh from wishes to make a statement on a matter that Waterford and Lawrence Wilson from Larne, fulfils the criteria set out in Standing Order both of whom suffered minor injuries, have been 24. I will call the Minister to speak for up to discharged from hospital. three minutes on the subject. I will then call a Last Friday afternoon, the deputy First Minister representative from each of the other political visited the injured in Cork University Hospital. parties to speak, as agreed with the Whips. I want to extend my sincere thanks to the Those Members will also have up to three doctors and staff at the hospital who are caring minutes to speak on the matter. As Members for the injured and to the emergency services will know, the convention is that there will be that attended the crash scene, without whose no opportunity for interventions, questions or a prompt actions there could well have been more vote on the matter. I will not take any points of fatalities. I commend also the team from the order until the item of business is completed. If PSNI and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, that is clear, we shall proceed. which set up a unit at Belfast City Airport to The Minister for Regional Development provide assistance to the relatives and friends (Mr Murphy): Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann of the passengers. I visited Belfast City Airport Comhairle. I wish to update the Assembly on the on Thursday along with the First Minister and Manx2 air crash last Thursday at Cork Airport. deputy First Minister, and I said then that my There has been a shared sense of tragedy and Department would offer whatever assistance grief throughout the island, and I am sure that it can to the Southern authorities to deal with the crash and with whatever arrangements are all in this Chamber will wish to join with me in needed by the bereaved families and relatives of relaying our condolences and sympathies to the the injured. families and friends of those killed and injured. My Department stands ready to help wherever it Over the weekend, the Southern authorities can over the coming weeks. I repeat my sincere have released the names of those who died condolences and sympathies and, I am sure, and those who were injured in the crash. Those those of all Members to the families of the who died were the pilot, Jordi Sola Lopez from bereaved and the injured. Barcelona; the co-pilot, Andrew John Cantle from Sunderland in England; Pat Cullinan from Mrs Foster: I pass on the condolences of the Plumbridge in Tyrone, who was a former pupil of Democratic Unionist Party to all the people my Assembly colleague Claire McGill, and I know who have been bereaved. The greater number