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News / Nuacht
2010
December
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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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