Mr Gordon Lyons: Assembly records

All of Mr Gordon Lyons’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.

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  1. Debate contribution: USA-NI 250

    • Ministerial Statements
    • As a minister

    Yes, absolutely. I am proud to have been the Minister who has done so much to promote the contribution of the Scots Irish and the Ulster Scots. That story was not well known, but, at the event that I hosted on Capitol Hill, we had numerous senators, congressmen and congresswomen who were talking about it. That…

    Not flagged

  2. Debate contribution: USA-NI 250

    • Ministerial Statements
    • As a minister

    Here we go again. He cannot get over Donald Trump. He is obsessed with mentioning this issue. As I have said — As I have said time and again, this is not about any one president. Rather, it is about building relationships, regardless of who is in the White House. When I was the Economy Minister, I engaged with the…

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  3. Debate contribution: USA-NI 250

    • Ministerial Statements
    • As a minister

    I discussed that matter when I was in Savannah, Georgia with Patrick O'Donovan, my counterpart in the Irish Government. We should absolutely take advantage of those opportunities to work together, if it helps us to tell that story. That is certainly what we will be doing through our tourism promotion agencies. I am…

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  4. Debate contribution: USA-NI 250

    • Ministerial Statements
    • As a minister

    The America250 commission is an independent bipartisan commission that is not under President Trump's direction or control, and neither are we under the direction or control of the America250 commission. It is up to us to put on our own programmes, because we are here to highlight the connections that exist between…

    Not flagged

  5. Debate contribution: USA-NI 250

    • Ministerial Statements
    • As a minister

    Those comments demonstrate that they do not understand what they are talking about, because the programme brings benefit to everybody in Northern Ireland. It is not about me. It is no personal project of mine. Rather, it is something that I am trying to do for the benefit of everybody here. Let us remember that, until…

    Flagged Decided on a second assessment. Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty Criteria met: Controversy escalation.

  6. Debate contribution: USA-NI 250

    • Ministerial Statements
    • As a minister

    I am happy to promote the contribution of anybody from here to the events of 250 years ago. The Member has to recognise, however, that it was overwhelmingly Ulster-Scots settlers — predominantly Presbyterians — who left these shores in the 17th century. It was their values that led to the work that they did and to the…

    Not flagged Decided on a second assessment.

  7. Debate contribution: USA-NI 250

    • Ministerial Statements
    • As a minister

    Mr Kingston is absolutely right. Emma Little-Pengelly was a force out in the United States. She was unstoppable. She went from event to event to event, promoting and highlighting Northern Ireland. We should all be doing that, and we should all expect that from our leaders, but one was found wanting. Emma…

    Not flagged

  8. Debate contribution: USA-NI 250

    • Ministerial Statements
    • As a minister

    — that we will tell in full. If Mr Sheehan wants to ask a question, perhaps he can rise in his place and do so instead of interrupting. We know from where the frustration comes on the other side of the House. Those Members do not like Northern Ireland to standout. They do not like to see Northern Ireland being…

    Not flagged

  9. Debate contribution: USA-NI 250

    • Ministerial Statements
    • As a minister

    Unlike the Member, I will not cherry-pick history or try to rewrite it. Rather, I will look at it in its entirety. Of course we are prepared to tell all those stories, but I make no apology for trying to be positive about Northern Ireland and the contributions that its people have made to the United States. The…

    Not flagged

  10. Debate contribution: USA-NI 250

    • Ministerial Statements
    • As a minister

    I will make a statement on my visit last week to the United States. My goal was a simple one: to highlight the remarkable connection that exists between Northern Ireland and the United States and, in doing so, to bring benefit to our people. This year, we have a unique opportunity to do just that. The 250th…

    Not flagged

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