Commenting on the judgment in the case of John Downey Jim Allister said: “John Anthony Downey was accused of the most horrendous crimes. The Hyde Park bombing cost the lives of four people – Roy John Bright, Dennis Richard Anthony Daly, Simon Andrew Tipper and...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “The plight of our fishermen is undeniable. Yet, Minister O’Neill continues to sit on her hands. Once more she is trying to hide behind EU rules. Bad as the EU undoubtedly is, it does allow de minimus payments of up...
Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister:- “The nigh hysterical chorus demanding the removing of flags from the Giro d’Italia route sets a recent reply from the DRD minister in an interesting context. “I asked Minister Kennedy: To ask the Minister for Regional...
TUV leader Jim Allister has spoken out in the Assembly about the delay in Single Farm Payments to his farming constituents in the Portglenone area, whose area was chosen by DARD for remote sensing inspection. Speaking during the debate on the topic Mr Allister said:-...
As NIW recruits a new Chief Executive, TUV leader Jim Allister is asking the DRD minister why, in view of the modern governmental approach to pension contributions, the £150,000 pa job has been advertised offering a whopping 26.9% employer contribution to a pension...
The following is a speech by Jim Allister during yesterday’s debate on shared education: “Shared education, from everything that I see and hear about it, is one of those fluffy buzzwords that is supposed to give you a warm glow and can really mean whatever you want it...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “The revelations in recent days about what has being going on within the Health Service in Northern Ireland have shocked us all. “Let no one be in any doubt about it – were it not for the fact that BBC Spotlight screened a...
Statement by Jim Allister MLA: “On Tuesday evening I attended one of the Health and Social Care Board’s consultation sessions along with my TUV colleagues and representatives from Unions, care home staff and relatives of residents. “The proposed criteria put forward...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “On Thursday of last week I tabled amendments which were due to be debated today to remove paper bags from the ambit of the Carrier Bag Bill. “This morning the Environment Minister, Mark Durkin, declined to move the Consideration...
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “That a £80 million fund announced in March 2011 should lie unspent with the Office of the Joint First Ministers for almost 3 years before the allocation of any of the money is announced is bad enough but to wait that long and...