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2012
January
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25th January
2012
McGlone
Welcomes Executive Commitment to Support Construction Industry
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has welcomed the commitment given by
NI Executive ministers to work collectively in support of the local
construction industry. Mr McGlone, who chairs the Assembly’s All Party Group
on Construction, was speaking after MLAs from the group met with Executive
ministers and construction industry representatives...more
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25th January
2012
McGlone
Welcomes Clarification on Cold Weather Payment for Cancer Patients
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
welcomed clarification on eligibility for the £100 one-off cold weather
payment for people receiving treatment for cancer. The details of
eligibility for the Fuel Allowance Initiative payment came in a written
answer to a question the Mid Ulster MLA put to the Health Minister in the
Assembly.. ..more
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23rd January
2012
Welfare Reform Seminar
Welfare Reform – Protecting those in Need”
to be held:
On: Thursday 26 January 2012
At: St Paul’s Parish Centre, Beechmount
Avenue, Belfast.
Between: 9.30 am – 1.00 pm
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2011
December
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19th December
2011
McGlone
Welcomes Focus on Maximum Local Benefit from Desertcreat Training College
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
welcomed a commitment from the Justice Minister to look at “developing
social clauses for the employment of apprentices or unemployed people and at
the options for local procurement” to ensure maximum local benefit from the
Desertcreat Training College. The Minister was speaking in response to a
question in the Assembly from the Mid Ulster MLA.. ..more
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12th December
2011
McGlone
Welcomes Assembly Call on Fracking
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
welcomed the Assembly call for a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in
Northern Ireland. The Mid Ulster MLA was speaking after taking part in a
Assembly debate on Tuesday 6 December. The Assembly passed a resolution, by
49 votes to 30, calling for a moratorium to be placed “on the onshore and
offshore exploration, development and production of shale gas by withdrawing
licences for hydraulic fracturing (fracking)” until a detailed environmental
assessment of the practice is published.. ..more
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12th December
2011
McGlone
Welcomes Joint Committee Report on Welfare Reform Bill
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
welcomed a report from the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights
on the Government’s Welfare Reform Bill. The Joint Committee has expressed a
number of concerns about the Bill’s compatibility with the requirements of
human rights law... ..more
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November
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30th November
2011
McGlone
Questions Rural Roads Maintenance After Road Collapse
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
warned of the drastic effect the suspension of the aggregates levy credit
scheme has had on the quarrying industry, the construction industry and the
wider economy. Mr McGlone, who is chair of the Assembly’s all-party working
group on the construction industry, was speaking during an Assembly debate
on a cross-party motion calling on the First Minister and deputy First
Minister to make urgent representations to the EU president and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer on the issue. The motion was passed unanimously. ..more
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25th November
2011
McGlone – NI
Needs Unique Welfare Reform Laws
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
told the Secretary of State, Owen Paterson, that Northern Ireland must be
treated differently to the rest of the UK in welfare reform legislation. Mr
McGlone was part of a group of SDLP representatives, including party leader
Alasdair McDonnell, MP, MLA, which met with the Secretary of State at
Hillsborough Castle. ..more
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25th November
2011
McGlone
Welcomes £50million Growth Loan Fund
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
given a caution welcome to the proposed £50million growth fund in the
Programme for Government. The Mid Ulster MLA had requested more details
about the fund during Assembly questions to the Enterprise Minister.. ..more
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11th November
2011
McGlone
Welcomes Review of Rural Planning
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
welcomed a commitment from the Environment Minister, party colleague Alex
Attwood, to ensure future consistency of interpretation of Planning Policy
Statement (PPS) 21. The comments by the Minister came during question time
in the Assembly.. ..more
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8th November
2011
Assembly
duty-bound to send clear message on Aggregates Levy - McGlone
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
warned of the drastic effect the suspension of the aggregates levy credit
scheme has had on the quarrying industry, the construction industry and the
wider economy. Mr McGlone, who is chair of the Assembly’s all-party working
group on the construction industry, was speaking during an Assembly debate
on a cross-party motion calling on the First Minister and deputy First
Minister to make urgent representations to the EU president and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer on the issue. The motion was passed unanimously. ..more
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September
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16th September
2011
McGlone
“honoured and humbled’ by support from across the SDLP
SDLP leadership candidate, Patsy McGlone,
has thanked party members for their support and nominations in the contest
to become the next SDLP Leader. The Mid Ulster MLA secured nominations from
10 branches across Northern Ireland, the highest of any candidate for the
leadership contest due to take place in November.
Mr McGlone said, “My thanks go out to the constituency branches from rural
and urban areas across the North who have nominated me for party leader, and
to all the individual party members who have given me their support. Having
spoken to these members at great length in recent weeks and months, I know
that they have the same desire I do to Reform, Rebuild and Restore the SDLP
to the central role it once played in Irish politics.. ..more
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August
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22nd August
2011
News Letter
article on Leadership Challenge
Ireland is changing, North and South, as we
face the most difficult economic and social challenges in generations.
The SDLP is a party forged during a time of
great change, a time when people from all backgrounds in Northern Ireland
experienced the tangible horror of the Troubles as part of their daily
lives.
The founders of our party, led by John
Hume, stepped forward and spoke for the entire community with the message
that peace, not conflict, would unite the people of Ireland.. ..more
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1st August
2011
McGLONE TO
STAND FOR LEADERSHIP
SDLP Deputy Leader Patsy McGlone MLA has announced his intention to seek the
leadership of the SDLP.
The Mid Ulster MLA said "After listening to party members and supporters, as
well as friends and family from right across the North in recent weeks, I
have decided to seek election as leader of the SDLP. All those who have
spoken to me share the belief that now is the time for change in the party.. ..more |
June
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13th June
2011
McGlone:
Priestly sanction like something out of ‘Yes, Minister’
SDLP Deputy Leader Patsy McGlone MLA said
the demotion of former DRD Permanent Secretary Paul Priestly was a totally
insufficient sanction for seeking to frustrate accountability mechanisms.
He said: “I have to ask what sort of a signal it sends out when a top civil
servant undermines democratic accountability and gets a weak little slap on
the wrist from another former top civil servant, Sir John Shortridge.. ..more |
May
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9th May
2011
McGlone
Thanks People of Mid Ulster
SDLP Deputy Leader, Patsy McGlone, has
thanked the people of Mid Ulster for his re-election to the Assembly. Mr
McGlone was the third candidate in the Mid Ulster Constituency to reach the
required quota for election.. ..more |
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4th May
2011
McGlone:
Investment Needed To Combat Unemployment
SDLP Deputy Leader, Patsy McGlone, has
warned that the next Executive must provide investment to combat growing
unemployment. The Mid Ulster Assembly candidate said: “The most recent
figures show that unemployment is now at a 13-year high. The next Executive
must provide the necessary investment to tackle this growing problem in our
society. The cuts currently proposed in capital investment will make the
situation worse, not better.. ..more |
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4th May
2011
Closure of
Mid Ulster Acute Wards Premature - McGlone
SDLP Deputy Leader, Patsy McGlone, has
warned that the Northern Health Trust’s decision to go ahead with the
closure of acute inpatient wards at the Mid Ulster Hospital is premature.
The Trust announced late of Friday 22nd April that the Mid Ulster Hospital’s
acute inpatient Ward 3 will close on 25 May, and Ward 2 on 8 June.. ..more |
April
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26th April
2011
McGlone: We
need an Assembly and Executive that deliver
SDLP Deputy Leader Patsy McGlone has called
for the incoming Assembly to deliver for the people. Mr McGlone said: “On
5th May the public will have a chance to fundamentally reshape the
Executive, and change how politics works for the people, where we can
guarantee civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities for all our
citizens, and resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole
nation.
“The two parties who have been in the
Office of the First and deputy First Minister are right to point to the
stability of the Executive and Assembly as evidence of change. But the real
change which has taken place since the earlier Assemblies is that those two
parties have finally now committed to making the institutions work. That’s
why the institutions are now stable. But stability does not equal delivery.
And the next Executive and Assembly must deliver.. ..more
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26th April
2011
SDLP wants
early completion of council reform
SDLP Deputy Leader Patsy McGlone said the
party and all its councillors and candidates want to see the abandoned local
government reform programme (RPA) completed as a priority.
He said: “Our Councillors want local
councils to be efficient, accountable and truly representative. We want them
to have more responsibility for and more say in job creation, improving
services, environmental protection and securing better facilities,
particularly for areas of social and economic need. Completing the RPA is a
crucial part of meeting the economic and social needs of the people of this
region. ..more
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20th April
2011
McGlone –
Rural Needs Must be Met
SDLP Deputy Leader, Patsy McGlone, has warned that the next Executive must
start to deliver for rural communities, in particular those living west of
the Bann.
The Mid Ulster Assembly candidate said: “The next Executive must start to
deliver for rural communities and must do more to support the rural
economy.”...more |
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18th April
2011
McGlone –
Vote for Schools, Roads and Jobs
SDLP Deputy Leader, Patsy
McGlone, has welcomed the party's latest economy paper which has identified
the potential to create thousands of jobs in a schools building scheme and
urgently needed regional roads maintenance and construction....more |
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14th April
2011
Correspondence with OFMDFM on Rural Health Services
Copies of correspondence with OFMDFM asking
that the Executive address the issue of Acute medical services West of the
Bann, particularly relating to the Mid Ulster Hospital. On both
occasions Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness declined to raise this
matter....more |
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6th April
2011
SDLP Mid
Ulster Team Hand in Nomination Papers
SDLP Deputy Leader, Patsy McGlone, and fellow Assembly candidate Austin
Kelly handed in their nomination papers at Ballymena Electoral Office on
Monday 4th April to complete the SDLP team of candidates for the May
Assembly and Local Council elections in Mid Ulster. SDLP Magherafelt Council
candidates handed in their nomination papers on Thursday and SDLP Cookstown
Council candidates completed the process on Friday.....more |
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6th April
2011
Construction
Industry Under Greater Pressure Than Ever - McGlone
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has warned that the construction
industry is under severe pressure due to a combination of increased costs
and cuts to the Executive’s capital budget.
Mr McGlone said, “In November the Assembly unanimously supported an SDLP
motion calling on the First and deputy First Ministers to take all possible
steps, including working at Treasury and EU level, to protect the quarry
industry, the construction industry and Northern Ireland’s wider economy. We
have yet to see any sign of either the First or deputy First Ministers even
contemplating what steps should be taken on those issues....more |
March
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24th March
2011
SDLP Deputy
Leader Comments on End of Assembly Mandate
Patsy McGlone MLA: "Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Mar
leascheannaire an SDLP, tá mé an-bhrodúil seasamh anseo inniu agus labhairt
ar son an pháirtí, go háirid mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an Tionól seo agus
le comh-bhaill de chuid an pháirtí s’againne.
"I am particularly heartened and proud to be here today to thank you, the
Assembly, its Members and its staff, and to thank my party colleagues for
their work, support and co-operation through the past four years in this
mandate...more |
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8th March
2011
MCGLONE:
EQUALITY MUST COME FIRST IN PLANNING REFORM
SDLP
Deputy Chair of the Environment Committee Patsy McGlone MLA said planning
powers should not be transferred to councils unless and until safeguards
against discrimination are in place.
The
Mid Ulster MLA spoke during an Assembly debate on the Planning Bill being
brought forward by Environment Minister Edwin Poots, he said: “We should all
remember why we are here today debating more powers for councils – because
in the 1970s following the MacRory Report, powers had to be removed from
councils which had abused them for the purposes of political discrimination. ...more |
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7th March
2011
McGlone
raises key concerns with British Labour leader
SDLP deputy leader Patsy McGlone has raised the issue of aggregates levy and
rising fuel duty with the leader of the British Labour Party, Ed Milliband.
Mr McGlone was part of an SDLP party delegation that met with Mr Milliband
and Shadow NI Secretary Shaun Woodward at Parliament Buildings on Monday....more
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3rd March
2011
MCGLONE: PAC
REPORT INTO TANGLED MESS AT DRD/NIW ‘MOST DAMNING’ SEEN BY COMMITTEE
SDLP Stormont Public Accounts Committee (PAC) member Patsy McGlone has
called the committee’s report into governance and procurement at Northern
Ireland Water the most damning he has encountered during his time in the
role.
The Mid Ulster MLA said: “This is the most damning report ever produced in
my experience as a member of the Public Accounts Committee....more
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February
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26th February
2011
McGlone: £54
million on legal fees ‘staggering’
SDLP deputy leader, Mid-Ulster MLA Patsy McGlone said it is staggering that
the Executive departments have spent £54 million on external legal fees over
the last five years, with the Health Department accounting for nearly half
the bill....more
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23rd February
2011
McGlone:
Report highlights pensioner poverty in Cookstown and Magherafelt
SDLP Deputy Leader and Mid Ulster MLA Patsy McGlone has said a report
released on Wednesday morning from the NI Audit Office has highlighted that
as many as 21 per cent of pensioners in the Cookstown and Magherafelt areas
are living in poverty. Mr McGlone said much more needs to be done for
pensioners....more
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22nd February
2011
McGlone:
VEHICLE DAMAGE DOUBLES DUE TO POTHOLES
SDLP Deputy Leader and Mid Ulster MLA Patsy McGlone has said the Department
for Regional Development needs to rethink its strategy for fixing potholes
and maintaining roads following a massive surge in the amount of people
taking claims against Roads Service for damage to vehicles.
Mr McGlone has discovered that the amount of claims have doubled over the
past five years. He said: “These figures are not surprising to the
majority of people because the majority of people have had to contend with
potholes and poor roads maintenance especially in rural areas....more
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16th February
2011
McGlone:
More effort needed to help construction industry
SDLP Deputy Leader and Mid Ulster MLA, Patsy McGlone, has said capital
government projects must be started in order to provide more jobs to the
construction sector.
Mr McGlone has also called for a more efficient Planning Service, Executive
investment in the green economy and more support for small and medium sized
businesses....more
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15th February
2011
McGlone:
What has McGimpsey got to hide?
SDLP Deputy Leader, Mid-Ulster MLA Patsy McGlone said the Assembly must
assert itself when ministers fail to answer questions in a timely manner.
He said: “Like justice, democratic accountability delayed is accountability
denied. I put down a question to Health Minister Michael McGimpsey in
mid-October and he still hasn’t answered it. I put another related question
to him in mid-December and I have heard nothing on that either. Last month I
put down another one asking him why he hadn’t answered the first two. By
this time the lack of response was predictable but it is not acceptable...more
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11th February
2011
McGLONE
SYMPATHY ON CORK AIR DISASTER
SDLP Deputy Leader and Mid-Ulster MLA Patsy McGlone expressed his deep
sympathy for all the victims and their families and all those affected in
any way by the air disaster in Cork....more
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7th February
2011
McGLONE
REITERATES CALL FOR TUITION REPRIEVE
SDLP Deputy Leader Patsy McGlone has reiterated the call against the
introduction of top-up fees here ahead of a ministerial statement from DEL
Minister Danny Kennedy this week.
The Mid Ulster MLA further called for the Assembly to introduce the Welsh
model and fund students studying at English universities....more
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3rd February
2011
McGlone
wants council fairness and costs guaranteed
SDLP Deputy Leader, Mid-Ulster MLA Patsy Mcglone, said DUP plans for extra
powers for councils are unacceptable without prior guarantees against
discrimination or dumping of extra costs on ratepayers. Mr McGlone is
vice-chair of the Assembly Environment Committee which is currently
scrutinising proposals from Minister Edwin Poots to devolve planning powers
and responsibilities to councils...more
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January
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21st January
2011
McGlone to
Chair Economic Conference in Mid Ulster
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, will chair an economic conference in
Cookstown’s Glenavon Hotel on Thursday 27th January. The conference will
bring together representatives of the construction industry, tourism and
businesses to discuss what steps the Executive can take to help build a
sustainable economy....more
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10th January
2011
McGlone:
MacKenzie pay deal must wait for investigations
SDLP deputy leader Patsy McGlone has questioned whether former NIW Chief
Executive Laurence MacKenzie should receive his severance package until all
investigations into the actions of the company whilst he was in his role
have ended....more
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5th January
2011
McGlone:
Court fines should help local victims of crime
SDLP deputy leader Patsy McGlone has
discovered that over £31m has been given to the British Treasury through
court imposed fines here over the past five years.
The Mid Ulster MLA said that an average of
£6m per year would benefit the Northern Ireland economy now that the monies
will go to the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund, under the remit of the
Department of Finance at Stormont. ...more
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2010
December
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21st December
2010
McGlone:
Departments spent over £27m on legal fees
SDLP Mid-Ulster MLA Patsy McGlone said Executive departments, excluding
Health, have spent more than £27 million on legal advice since 2005/06.
Mr McGlone compiled the figures from answers to a series of Assembly
questions.....more
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9th December
2010
Review Cold Weather Payments
Eligibility - McGlone
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
called for a review of the method of determining which areas are eligible
for cold weather payments. The Mid Ulster MLA said, “The recent triggering
of cold weather payments has once again revealed the problems with the
current method of determining which areas are eligible.....more
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9th December
2010
Shore Road Resurfacing Welcomed-
McGlone
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
welcomed the resurfacing work being undertaken by Roads Service along the
Shore Road from Killymuck Crossroads through Ballyodonnell and Salterstown....more
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November
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30th November
2010
MCGLONE: EQUALITY MUST BE AT THE
HEART OF DECISION MAKING
SDLP Deputy Chair of the Environment Committee Patsy McGlone MLA has said
safeguards must be put in place to ensure that there is no discrimination by
local councillors or officers when planning powers are transferred to
councils.....more
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29th November
2010
MCGLONE: RUANE FAILING NEWLY
QUALIFIED TEACHERS
SDLP Mid Ulster MLA Patsy McGlone has criticised Education Minister
Caitríona Ruane for her mismanagement of substitution cover for teachers
which has prevented newly qualified teachers gaining experience and work in
the profession....more
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24th November
2010
Assembly calls on OFMDFM to
Protect Quarry Industry
SDLP Deputy Leader, Patsy McGlone, has
welcomed the Assembly’s call to protect the quarry industry, the
construction industry and Northern Ireland’s wider economy following the
withdrawal of the NI Aggregates Levy Credit Scheme. On Monday 15th November
the Assembly unanimously supported an SDLP motion calling on the First and
deputy First Ministers “to take all possible steps, including working at
Treasury and EU level, to protect the quarry industry, the construction
industry and Northern Ireland’s wider economy”.....more
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24th November
2010
Roads Minister ‘Should Get Out
More’ - McGlone
SDLP Deputy Leader, Patsy McGlone, has questioned the Regional Development
Minister’s reliance on information filtered through his department’s senior
civil service staff. The Mid Ulster MLA was speaking after the Roads
Minister denied receiving any reports of inadequate salt and grit reserves
in rural Mid Ulster during last year severe winter....more
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18th November
2010
McGlone challenges minister
further on DOE inefficiencies
SDLP Stormont Environment Committee Deputy
Chair Patsy McGlone challenged the Environment Minister and his senior
officials further over inefficiency in the Department of Environment (DOE)
that is holding back important legislation.
Mr McGlone was speaking after Environment Minister Edwin Poots was called
before the committee on Thursday: “I put it to the minister that the current
backlog in the department is unacceptable and would not be tolerated in the
private sector and should not be tolerated in the public sector....more
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16th November
2010
McGlone: Over one-third of Environment legislation is overdue
SDLP Vice Chair of the Stormont Environment
Committee Patsy McGlone has said over one third of the Department of
Environment’s legislation is late and huge inroads need made into its
backlogged programme of work. Mr McGlone, accompanied by party colleague,
John Dallat met with the Environment Minister and his Permanent Secretary to
seek assurances that the programme of work will be carried out and to put on
record the SDLP’s concern.....more
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10th November
2010
Job Seekers Proposals Ridiculous
- McGlone
SDLP Deputy Leader, Patsy McGlone, has
criticised the coalition government’s proposals to make jobseekers do
compulsory work in order to retain their benefits. Newspaper reports on
Sunday suggested the plan would be part of a government white paper on
welfare reform due to be published this week.....more
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10th November
2010
Mid Ulster SDLP Select Patsy
McGlone as Assembly Candidate
The Mid Ulster SDLP have selected sitting
MLA Patsy McGlone as a candidate for next year’s Assembly elections. The
selection meeting took place on Wednesday 3rd November in Cookstown. The
decision will now go to the party’s Election Organisation Committee for
confirmation when a second candidate may be added.....more
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10th November
2010
Action needed to Restore
Confidence in Civil Service - McGlone
SDLP Deputy Leader, Patsy McGlone, has
warned that the head of the Civil Service must take action to restore public
confidence in its senior management. The warning came as the Assembly
debated a number of reports from the Public Accounts Committee.....more
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5th November
2010
DEPUTY LEADER SPEECH TO 39TH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
A chairde, tá mé thar a bheith buíoch
bheith libh anseo anocht. Agus leis sin, tá mé bródúil as ucht aitheantas
bainte amach ag iar-Cheannaire an pháirtí, John Hume.
We have returned for another SDLP conference, where old friends can
reconnect, and new acquaintances can be made. And more importantly, where we
can, as a united party, show the people that we are ready to lead....more
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October
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24th October
2010
McGlone: Translink can’t cope,
won’t cope
SDLP Deputy Leader Patsy McGlone has
questioned the validity of the Department of Finance’s awarding of Centre of
Procurement Expertise (CoPE) status to Translink. The Northern Ireland
Transport Holding Company (NITHC), which includes Translink, was awarded
Centre of Procurement Expertise (CoPE) status in 2007 in a process overseen
by the Central Procurement Directorate within the Department of Finance and
Personnel. That CoPE status was reviewed in 2009 and NITHC, including
Translink, retained its CoPE status......more
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20th October
2010
McGlone Condemns Robinson’s
‘ill-advised’ remarks on Catholic Schools
SDLP deputy leader, Patsy McGlone, has
criticised DUP leader Peter Robinson’s call to end state funding of Catholic
schools. Commenting on Mr Robinson's speech the MLA for Mid Ulster said, “At
a time when the political impasse around post-primary transfer continues to
cause chaos and confusion, Peter Robinson’s ill-advised remarks on the
funding of Catholic Schools do not serve the best interests of our
children......more
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20th October
2010
McGlone Welcomes Assembly Call
to Locate The ‘Disappeared’
SDLP deputy leader, Patsy McGlone, has
welcomed the Assembly’s call on all groups and individuals who have any
knowledge of the location of the remains of the ‘Disappeared’ to bring that
information in confidence to the Independent Commission for the Location of
Victims’ Remains without further delay. The call was made in a motion
proposed by the SDLP and adopted without division by the Assembly.....more
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11th October
2010
McGlone: So many things Conor
Murphy didn’t know
SDLP MLA Patsy McGlone, who sits on the
Assembly Public Accounts Committee, said inquiries into the goings-on at NI
Water are increasingly being met with the response that Regional Development
Minister Conor Murphy didn’t know, was not aware or had not been informed,
not even when his officials were discussing water charges....more
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6th October
2010
McGlone Calls for Progress on
Police Training College
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
called on the Justice Minister to make urgent progress on the planned police
training college in Cookstown during a debate at the Assembly on the latest
monitoring round. The call comes after the Finance Minister confirmed that
the training college was still part of the Department of Justice’s capital
spending proposals....more
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6th October
2010
McGlone Calls for Better
Management in Planning Service
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
called for better management of experienced staff and other resources within
the Planning Service. On Tuesday 28th September the Assembly passed a
motion, co-sponsored by Mr McGlone, calling on the Planning Appeals
Commission [PAC] “to carry out its work more efficiently and to give
priority to major planning applications on which public inquiries are to be
held.”....more
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6th
October
2010
McGlone Concerned at Impact of
Mortgage Interest Relief Cut
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
expressed concern at the potential impact of a reduction in the Support for
Mortgage Interest (SMI) scheme. The SMI scheme assists unemployed people
receiving benefits with their mortgage interest payments. The scheme was
originally calculated mortgage interest at a fixed figure of 6.08%, but in
June's emergency budget this was reduced to only 3.63% from October this
year. Advice NI has warned that thousands of households could face
repossessions due to their inability to keep up with their mortgage interest
payments....more
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September
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29th September
2010
McGlone: Murphy must be open
about NIW payouts
SDLP Deputy Leader Patsy McGlone has
demanded that Sinn Féin Water Minister Conor Murphy publishes details of an
out of court settlement involving Northern Ireland Water (NIW). Last
year, when the introduction of water charges was postponed, NIW cancelled a
£70m contract with Steria to provide bills to its customers. Steria
took NIW to court and a confidential payout has now been agreed...more
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22nd September
2010
McGlone Welcomes Warm Homes
Scheme to Cookstown
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone,
welcomed the Warm Homes Scheme to Cookstown at a public information day at
Burnavon on Wednesday 15th September. The Warm Homes Scheme is funded by the
Department for Social Development. Also present at the public information
day were Cookstown SDLP Councillors Mary Baker, Christine McFlynn and Peter
Cassidy....more
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8th September
2010
McGlone
Welcomes Legal Challenge to Hospital Downgrade
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
welcomed the launch of a legal challenge to the decision by the Northern
Health Trust to remove Accident & Emergency services from the Mid Ulster
Hospital. The application for leave to bring Judicial Review Proceedings is
being taken by Magherafelt man John Quinn......more
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8th September
2010
McGlone
Welcomes 40 Jobs to South Derry
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
welcomed the opening of a new car auction centre on the Castledawson Road by
auction and re-marketing group SMA Vehicle Re-Marketing. The new Auction
Centre, which starts business on Monday 6th September, is located by the
Castledawson roundabout and has already created over 40 new jobs for the
area.....more
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August
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28th August
2010
McGlone
Welcomes Blackpark Waste Water Upgrades
SDLP MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has
welcomed confirmation from NI Water that waste water collection and
treatment infrastructure in the Toomebridge and Creagh area is being
upgraded following recent flooding. NI Water have said that the
refurbishment of the Blackpark Waste water Pumping Station and the laying of
a new pumping main to the upgraded Creagh Waste water Treatment Works will
be completed in December 2010.....more
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11th August
2010
McGlone: Top
civil servants’ £75m pension pot
SDLP member of the Public Accounts
Committee Patsy McGlone MLA has discovered that top senior servants across
the 11 Stormont departments tasked with implementing the toughest public
spending cuts in a generation will share a pension pot of £75million.....more
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10th August
2010
McGlone
condemns Cookstown device
SDLP Mid Ulster MLA Patsy McGlone has
condemned a device left at Sweep Road in Cookstown on Tuesday morning.
He said: “I utterly condemn this latest security alert and the pain and
anguish it has inflicted on not only those targeted but also the Cookstown
community.....more
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2nd August
2010
McGlone
welcomes Gildernew U-turn on ‘Derry’ name change
SDLP Deputy Leader and Mid Ulster MLA Patsy
McGlone has said he is pleased that, after pressure from the SDLP, Sinn Féin
Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew has included “Co Derry” as an
address option on online agriculture and rural development applications. Mr
McGlone flagged up the problem to the Minister after complaints from
constituents who were only given “Co. Londonderry” as an address option on
their application.....more
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July
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19th July
2010
McGlone: ‘People vote for you,
you should vote for them’
SDLP Deputy Leader Patsy McGlone MLA has
said the attendance record of some MLAs is highly questionable. The
Mid Ulster MLA was speaking after an analysis revealed that he has the
highest voting record of any representative in the Assembly over the past
term....more
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15th July
2010
SINN FEIN’S PARADES BILL ATTACK
ON CIVIL RIGHTS
SDLP Deputy Leader Patsy McGlone said the
Public Assemblies, Parades and Protests Bill agreed between Sinn Fein and
the DUP is an affront to everyone who joined or supported the struggle for
civil rights.....more
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June
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29th June
2010
McGlone: Consultants only people
gaining from failed RPA
SDLP member of Stormont’s Public Accounts
Committee, Patsy McGlone, has said £1million blown between two government
departments on consultancy fees relating to the failed reform of local
councils is a sad indictment of the waste of public money coming from the
two largest parties in the NI Assembly.....more
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23rd June
2010
McGlone highlights £1 million
payments to suspended prison officers
SDLP Mid-Ulster MLA Patsy McGlone said the
£1 million paid out to suspended prison officers over the last five years
confirms how far the Prison Service has to go in meeting the requirements of
modern society. The costs were disclosed to Mr McGlone by Justice
Minister David Ford in response to an Assembly question.....more
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14th June
2010
McGlone
concern at cost of RPA so far
SDLP Deputy Leader Patsy McGlone MLA has
expressed his concern at the cost effectiveness of the Reform of Public
Administration (RPA).
Mr McGlone, who is Deputy Chair of the Assembly’s Environment Committee,
revealed that £113.5m has been spent on the reform to date after tabling a
question to 11 government departments asking them to detail their spending
on the process.....more
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3rd June
2010
SDLP put
pressure on Israeli Ambassador
SDLP Deputy Leader Patsy McGlone MLA has
delivered a letter to the Israeli Ambassador in Dublin today expressing his
Party’s condemnation at the actions of the Israeli Government against those
delivering aid to Gaza....more
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