In response to an Assembly question tabled by Jim Allister MLA, the Health Minister admitted that 164 patients having to wait for more than 12 hours in February 2014 for treatment in Antrim Area Hospital Emergency Department was ‘unacceptable’. Commenting, Antrim TUV candidate, Richard Cairns said: “A pledge was given by Minister Poots in December […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “The official guidelines for the New York St Patrick’s Day Parade make it very clear that it is a deliberately anti-British event, epitomised by the fact that the only banner permitted is that which proclaims “England Get Out of Ireland”. See the official rules: http://nebula.wsimg.com/af5ff943bbd2b91a3819b5572f460b98?AccessKeyId=D62B40777A3DE4850495&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 “So, why is the […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Yesterday in the Assembly I challenged the Health Minister to deny if he had given a Ministerial direction that the current ban on admissions to residential care homes in operation across many of the Health Trusts should stay in place during the supposed consultation on their viability. The exchange […]
Statement by North Antrim TUV MLA Jim Allister: “This announcement is not only good news for Wrightbus but great news for Ballymena and North Antrim. I extend my congratulations to Wrightbus and their skilled employees who have established a world-renowned business. “The success enjoyed by Wrightbus is not by accident, rather it can be attributed […]
TUV MLA Jim Allister has strongly backed the call for a 3G pitch in Bushmills. Speaking during an Adjournment debate in the Assembly on leisure facilities in Moyle, the TUV leader singled out the needs of Bushmills for particular mention, “In Bushmills, there is an undoubted need for a 3G pitch to complement the football […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “On Thursday of last week I tabled amendments which were due to be debated today to remove paper bags from the ambit of the Carrier Bag Bill. “This morning the Environment Minister, Mark Durkin, declined to move the Consideration Stage of the Bill due to “the policy implications” of […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “Today’s comments by the Culture Minister during question time when she dismissed a letter she hadn’t read as “gossip” were nothing short of scandalous. “For her information, the fact that someone of the standing within amateur boxing internationally of Ray Rodgers has come out and backed Sandy Row and […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “At a meeting of the Social Development committee on 21st November last year I exposed the fact that the draft report produced by Campbell-Tickell into alleged over payments to contractors by the Housing Executive was different from the one which was eventually published. “I put it to Housing Executive […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “I am appalled, but not surprised, by Minister O’Neill lavishing €137m of farming money on the rural development programme, because she has form on such misdirection of funds. Last year she oversaw £844,000 of RDP funds go to one of the richest GAA Clubs in Ireland, Tyrone. Now, she […]
Commenting on the appointment of new members to the Parades Commission TUV leader Jim Allister said: “The appointment of new members to the Parades Commission will be met with scepticism by the Loyal Orders and rightly so. “The primary issue isn’t the membership of the Commission but its existence. “However, Unionists need to be cautious […]