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  2. Debate contribution: All-island Rail Network

    I welcome today's motion on the all-island rail network, and I thank the proposer for tabling it. Although I am an MLA for East Belfast, I had the great sense and wisdom, as my wife regularly tells me, to marry someone from Strabane —

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  3. Debate contribution: All-island Rail Network

    I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion and amendment. The previous Member to speak did not say that she was speaking in her capacity as Chair of the Infrastructure Committee. No doubt the issue will raise its head at the Committee over the next while. Sinn Féin firmly believes in the untapped potential of…

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  5. Debate contribution: All-island Rail Network

    Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I also thank those who tabled the motion. I will forgive Mark Durkan for the puns during his speech; I did enjoy them. I thank those Members for pointing to an ambitious plan that will have a transformative impact and provide a sustainable and modern rail infrastructure that will help us…

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  7. Debate contribution: All-island Rail Network

    On the extension of phase 3, do you share, as I do, the concerns raised in the Translink-commissioned report from EirGrid late last year about the rise in sea levels and the impact that that will have on not only the Derry line but the Carrickfergus to Larne line? By 2040, six locations on that line and my line will…

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  10. Debate contribution: All-island Rail Network

    I beg to move I welcome the opportunity to raise this issue and recommit to the SDLP's long-term vision to deliver an all-island rail network that not only is fit for modern society but abolishes historical regional disparities. Enhancing connectivity between communities will instigate the modal shift that is needed…

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  11. Debate contribution: Fishing Industry: Capital Investment

    I thank the Member for his intervention. Indeed, he is correct in what he says. Sinn Féin Members raised the issue that fishing is much more than a job; it is a way of life for the communities in those areas. They also mentioned that the redevelopment of our harbours will require more crew to work in the sector and…

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  12. Debate contribution: Fishing Industry: Capital Investment

    I completely echo the Member's comments about the need for the Minister to fight for this. I politely say to the Minister that I do not think that firing a letter off to the Home Secretary will cut it. A letter will be dealt with in a correspondence department in the Home Office, may not even be seen by the Home…

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  14. Debate contribution: Fishing Industry: Capital Investment

    I thank all Members who took part in today's debate on much-needed capital investment in the fishing industry in Northern Ireland. The motion sets out the important part that the fishing industry plays in the economy and highlights the impact that rising costs are having on the industry and the fishermen and their…

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  15. Debate contribution: Fishing Industry: Capital Investment

    I thank all Members who have contributed well to the debate and, indeed, for their support for the motion and the amendment. Initially, Michelle McIlveen asked whether the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs had raised the issues of the departmental budget and the need for investment with the…

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  20. Debate contribution: Fishing Industry: Capital Investment

    • Mr Andrew Muir Alliance
    • Private Members' Business
    • As a minister

    I will start by thanking Members for bringing the issues to the Floor for discussion. A number of points have been raised in the debate. I will seek to pick them up in my ministerial response. As Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, it is my strong desire to work with Members and the fisheries…

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  21. Debate contribution: Fishing Industry: Capital Investment

    I am delighted that the Member has brought up the pressures that would be added to our fishing fleet. I use the example of Iceland, where improving the environmental outputs of vehicles has resulted in its fishing fleet being able to land heavier catches. There is a benefit to being more environmental in the fishing…

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  25. Debate contribution: Fishing Industry: Capital Investment

    The sad truth is that our fishing industry has not been able to attain its full potential for over 50 years. It is no coincidence that those 50 years have, essentially, been the period of our membership of the EU. The EU's common fisheries policy has crucified our fishing industry with punitive quotas and needless…

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