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  2. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    Minister Muir is a decent man, but the motion is not about his personality. It is about his performance, and that has been catastrophically inept. It is also about his judgement and the signal that he sends to the farmers whom he is supposed to represent. What we have seen today is the staggering arrogance of the…

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  3. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    I did not say that you have no right to do it. I am sitting here and participating in the debate. I disagree with it, for the reasons that I outlined. I also disagree with and challenge the Alliance Party's walkout. I did not say that unionists cannot table a motion of no confidence. I said that you can table it and…

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  4. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    I thank the Member very much indeed for taking an intervention. Is she aware that, every time that we have raised issues to do with the Windsor framework in the Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee, the Alliance Party, especially the Minister, has always said, "No, that is Brexit's problem"? The Minister…

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  5. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    I was going to open my remarks by thanking the Minister for individual pieces of work that he has helped me with, but, since he has stormed out of the Chamber as part of the Alliance Party's political stunt, I will not even bother with that, to be honest. As the only South Down MLA to have signed the motion, I am…

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  6. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    Yes, I will get back to the debate. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion of no confidence that was tabled by my party, and I thank everybody who signed it. I am the only MLA for Newry and Armagh who signed it. I take that to mean that I am the only person listening to the farming community in what is a…

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  7. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    I fully agree. It is not lost on me that, when we look at the Justice Department — I am sure that Minister Givan would not be in a comfortable position if, for instance, half the school body was not in attendance — we see that half the prison population is on remand consistently and has been throughout the past year.…

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  8. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    • Mr Paul Givan DUP
    • Private Members' Business
    • As a minister

    Certainly not to your colleagues at least. I thank the Member for his comments. He is right: my colleague Gordon Lyons and I had motions of no confidence brought against us. Both of us stayed and made our case. Both of us were held to account. Both of us explained our positions. Neither of us ran away. Mr O'Toole…

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  11. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    This is my tenth month in the House, and I am astounded by what I have just witnessed. I am encouraged by — I have seen this — how my party and the Members on these Benches never shy away from debate. We think of our Ministers, one of whom is here, who never shy away from debate. Gordon Lyons, who was put through the…

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  12. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    As I rise to speak in the debate, I am conscious that a critical issue for my constituency is being decided by the court. I am extremely hopeful that it will arrive at the decision on the A5 that my constituents need. The situation that we are discussing today caused huge concern and, indeed, distress in my…

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  13. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    The motivation behind the motion is for my constituents. This morning, in the Chamber, Alliance Members have turned their backs on my constituents by not listening to the real concerns that the agricultural community has. In my speech, I clearly outlined the reasons why the DUP moved the motion: it is because DAERA…

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  15. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    First of all, I should say that I am speaking in lieu of our member of the AERA Committee, Daniel McCrossan, who, as people will understand, is at the High Court to hear the A5 judgement, which will come in momentarily. As an Opposition, we believe, clearly, in the idea of accountability, and we believe that creating…

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  16. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    I thank the Member for giving way. She talks about the very least the Minister could do. I think that the very least that he could do is listen to this debate, during which he could hear about the very genuine concerns of the farming and fishing communities and rural communities and how those communities have no…

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  17. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    I appreciate the Member giving way, because, like me, she is very close to the situation in Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Will the Member agree with me that it is actually the Alliance Party that is detached from rural communities in that it cannot recognise that there is still a deep hurt and frustration over the way…

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  18. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    I thank the Member for his intervention. As the Ulster Unionist MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, I hear directly from farmers about a growing disconnect between the Department and the people whom it is supposed to serve. There was a time when the Department stood beside them and understood rural communities. Today,…

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  19. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    I thank the Member for giving way. Naomi Long mischaracterised a lot during her contribution. Notably, the motion was signed by 27 Members of the House, not by a singular party. Does the Member agree that, despite her talking about getting back to work, it is notable that Naomi Long has the lowest voting record of any…

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  20. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    That was quite a show. I support the motion with a heavy heart but also with a deep sense of frustration on behalf of Northern Ireland's farming community. The events in Fivemiletown, and the Department's response to them, have exposed more than a single operational failure. Rather, they have exposed a failure of…

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  24. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    • Mrs Naomi Long Alliance
    • Private Members' Business
    • As a minister

    I would love to say that I am surprised that we are in the Chamber debating this silly motion today, but, given its genesis, I have to say that I am not. At a time when our institutions are under pressure and relations between communities are at a new low, I am almost incredulous that this is what is at the top of the…

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  25. Debate contribution: Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

    What happened in Fivemiletown has had a lasting impact on the local community and the entire constituency of Fermanagh and South Tyrone. People witnessed the destruction of cattle on land that many of them travel past day by day. Many, including children, have been left with distressing memories and a deep sense of…

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