Samuel Gardiner
Upper Bann · Ulster Unionist Party · Northern Ireland
“I thank Mrs Overend for her question. The Assembly Commission recognises the car-parking problems experienced by users of Parliament Buildings. The Commission is aware that some users of Parliament Buildings have experienced difficulty parking on busier days.”
“I thank Mr Buchanan for his question. Between May 2011 and the present, 36 school groups from the West Tyrone constituency, with 900 participants, have availed themselves of the Assembly's Education Service programme through visiting Parliament Buildings.”
“<BR /> <BR />Assembly senior management has already been involved in discussions with DFP to look at the possibility of obtaining further car-parking provision for users of Parliament Buildings. Unfortunately, at this time, DFP reports that there is little prospect of obtaining further spaces in the Stormont estate.”
“I thank Mrs Overend for her further comments. I support her sentiments and thank her for her supplementary. The Commission is aware of the ongoing and often serious parking difficulties at Parliament Buildings. I hope that the next Commission will identify it as an area for consideration with all speed.”
“Thank you for your supplementary. The main Assembly website and the dedicated Education Service website contain all the relevant information for groups wishing to take part in the education programme in Parliament Buildings. The Education Service also has a specific Twitter feed to raise awareness of the service.”
“I thank the Minister for her reply thus far. Can the Minister provide us with an update on the legal complaint from the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY), complaining about the way OFMDFM has conducted the consultation process?”
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“The deputy First Minister touched on some of my question, but I will ask the rest of it. Will he tell us whether any savings of scale might be effected by other strategic mergers with UK regions outside Northern Ireland in the area of health?”
“If the Minister does not have the figures with her, she will not be able to answer the other part of my question. I will just wait on those.”
“I thank the Minister for saying that she is going to write to me. Are there any plans to merge local authority museums with the restructuring of local government?”
“There were hundreds upon hundreds of people there to pay their tribute to the great George Savage. I offer my sympathy and condolences from my family to Joy and her three sons. He is safe in God's keeping.”
“I rise in support of all those who have paid tribute to a former colleague and friend of mine, Mr George Savage. I was privileged to be with George just prior to his death. I got another phone call from his son to say, "Look, you better come out, Sam. Dad's going". I got out, but I was a wee bit too late. Words are not sufficient to pay tribute to George or to talk about the man and his character. He was a great man, very sincere, who was dedicated to his work with his three sons on the farm and to his wife, Joy. I was privileged to serve on Craigavon Borough Council with him on the several occasions when he was mayor, and also privileged to serve in this House with George. <BR /> <BR />George's word was his bond. At the funeral, people could not get into the Methodist church.”
“I thank the Minister. Can she tell us how many active farmers depend on the significant acreage of rented land for their farming operations?”