Your Assembly » Downpatrick http://www.yourassembly.com Your Say Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:32:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 PPS 21 http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/pps-21/ http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/pps-21/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:15:45 +0000 CommsOfficeAdmin http://www.yourassembly.com/?p=1346 Do you only need to have one horse or a goat in order to build a house under PPS 21?

]]> http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/pps-21/feed/ 0 Policing and Justice http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/policing-and-justice/ http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/policing-and-justice/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:07:37 +0000 CommsOfficeAdmin http://www.yourassembly.com/?p=1343 What is the DUP’s definition of ‘confidence’ in the transfer of policing and justice? How is this judged and how will they know when confidence has been reached?

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]]> http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/settled-communities/feed/ 0 Is the Executive being hindered by Vetos? http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/is-the-executive-being-hindered-by-vetos/ http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/is-the-executive-being-hindered-by-vetos/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:52:40 +0000 CommsOfficeAdmin http://www.yourassembly.com/?p=1333 Do you feel the effectiveness of the Executive Committee is severely hindered by a lack of collective responsibility and the use of vetos by the DUP and Sinn Fein?

]]> http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/is-the-executive-being-hindered-by-vetos/feed/ 0 Inadequate Accommodation http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/inadequate-accommodation/ http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/inadequate-accommodation/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:46:10 +0000 CommsOfficeAdmin http://www.yourassembly.com/?p=1330 Do the panel think it’s fair that people who suffer from disabilities are being forced to live in inadequate accommodation due to insufficient funds within the Housing Executive?

]]> http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/inadequate-accommodation/feed/ 0 Local Politicians Delivering for Local People http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/local-politicians-delivering-for-local-people/ http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/local-politicians-delivering-for-local-people/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:17:25 +0000 CommsOfficeAdmin http://www.yourassembly.com/?p=1327 Margaret Ritchie believes people would like to see more devolution for example taxation, telecommunication and broadcasting.

]]> http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/local-politicians-delivering-for-local-people/feed/ 0 Consensus in the Assembly http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/consensus-in-the-assembly/ http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/consensus-in-the-assembly/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:11:14 +0000 CommsOfficeAdmin http://www.yourassembly.com/?p=1323 What are you doing as individual politicians to create that consensus and compromise?

Willie Clarke: Works primarily on bread and butter issues within his constituency and works on unionist outreach.
John McCallister: As an individual he will meet with anyone to discuss constituency matters and the UUP are continually trying to move forward.
Kieran McCarthy prides himself on bringing all the MLAs together e.g. the St Patricks Day public holiday, the town land names to be preserved.
Margaret Ritchie believes consensus is emerging. 80% of the population in Northern Ireland in a recent life and times survey said that they wanted to live together.

]]> http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/consensus-in-the-assembly/feed/ 0 Question on Areas of Natural Beauty http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/question-on-areas-of-natural-beauty/ http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/question-on-areas-of-natural-beauty/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:59:53 +0000 CommsOfficeAdmin http://www.yourassembly.com/?p=1320 Why would they take Tyrella and Minerstown beach out of the area of outstanding natural beauty in Lecale and add in McDonalds and the Asda car park?

Jim Wells: The consultants who recommended that had previously done a report on wind farms which recommended that Minerstown would be a good place for a wind farm.

]]> http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/question-on-areas-of-natural-beauty/feed/ 0 What are the panel doing to bring investment into Down District? http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/what-are-the-panel-doing-to-bring-investment-into-down-district/ http://www.yourassembly.com/2009/12/what-are-the-panel-doing-to-bring-investment-into-down-district/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:46:07 +0000 CommsOfficeAdmin http://www.yourassembly.com/?p=1317

Jim Wells is disappointed by the lack of investment in south Down.
John McCallister says we need to improve our road system.
Willie Clarke: There has been under investment in infrastructure in the whole of the North, not just the South Down area.
Margaret Ritchie fully supports the Bain report on decentralising government offices.

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