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Hello and welcome to Stormont Today, where we distil the finest speeches | :00:26. | :00:30. | |
from the Assembly and bring you the intoxicating highlights. On | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
tonight's programme, David Ford faces his first question time of | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
the new term and, despite some progress, he notes there is still | :00:36. | :00:46. | |
work to do on peace lines. I am clear their community consent | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
remains the key driver for change, however their areas where agreement | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
for positive change does not exist. Measuring up for the job - but are | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
too many of these creating weighty issues for our MLAs? | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
Are training colleges here producing too many teachers? | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
Teaching union leader Tony Carlin is here to discuss the latest | :01:04. | :01:14. | |
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Are we training too many teachers here? With those leaving college | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
struggling to get jobs, the Education Minister is under | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
pressure to do more to help. Is following the Scottish model and | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
introducing a guaranteed employment for one year the solution? Or does | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
it just push the problem further down the line? Let's get the views | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
of one union. Tony Carlin is from The Irish National Teachers | :01:32. | :01:40. | |
Organisation. How are we training too many teachers? We would | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
disagree that we are because there are still disciplines work is | :01:45. | :01:51. | |
difficult to get those specialisms. We believe that the teacher | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
training colleges operate an admission policy and that that | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
policy dos generation professional teachers. On to money, they may | :02:00. | :02:06. | |
find work, but not in Northern Ireland's. That is the problem. | :02:06. | :02:12. | |
teacher I heard this morning, did his class of 22, on the five have | :02:12. | :02:18. | |
got jobs. We talk continually to newly-qualified teachers throughout | :02:18. | :02:23. | |
the year and provide them with experience and the skills that are | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
necessary to go for interviews, but we continually find that their | :02:27. | :02:34. | |
unsuccessful. They compete vigorously for employment and in a | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
market place or each one of them is highly skilled, but they're not | :02:38. | :02:44. | |
able to get those jobs other than substitute implement. Would you | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
like to see the Scottish model employed, giving every new a fight | :02:48. | :02:54. | |
- - every newly qualified teacher when you have experience? We have | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
been at the front are proposing this. It is an important step and | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
it would give newly-qualified teachers the experience but the | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
need. It would allow them to see if they are suited to teaching in the | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
classroom. The minister today set the we would wait to see the | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
outcome of an evaluation of what happened in Scotland, but the | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
longer we wait the longer more teachers would leave to work in | :03:21. | :03:29. | |
Scotland or England, Wales or further afield. Bottomley, our | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
training colleges will become training colleges and only that and | :03:32. | :03:37. | |
we will become a training agency were expertise it exported to the | :03:37. | :03:45. | |
benefit of people not here. The Justice Minister, David Ford, | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
is never far from the headlines and he was up taking questions today | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
with the Police Ombudsman high on the list. Before that, Peter | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
Robinson was facing his first questions of the new term. Here he | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
is answering a question from Daithi McKay on an inquiry into | :03:56. | :04:06. | |
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institutional child abuse. executive at its meeting on 7th | :04:07. | :04:12. | |
July discuss the inter-departmental task force recommendations and | :04:12. | :04:17. | |
asked junior ministers to contact survivors over at the coming months | :04:17. | :04:22. | |
to talk about those recommendations. Junior ministers have that with | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
five victims and survivors groups and ministers had met with the | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
officials responsible for managing historical abuse of inquiries in | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
Scotland and the Republic of Ireland. The information gathered | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
will inform our report will be submitted to the executive before | :04:37. | :04:45. | |
it makes its final decision in the autumn. Can I thank the Minister | :04:45. | :04:51. | |
for his answer. This is a sensitive issue, but can I ask if he | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
recognises the concerns of many of those who suffered abuse at round | :04:55. | :05:03. | |
the issue of whether people can be compelled, and will any inquiry | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
have statutory powers? This is something the executive has to | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
decide upon. The member is probably aware that we have received a | :05:12. | :05:18. | |
report on the task force. But recommends and non-statutory | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
inquiry, however during the course of meetings with the victims' | :05:23. | :05:30. | |
groups there was a view from victims which will lead towards us | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
believing that they wanted a statutory inquiry. I am not sure | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
that all the victims are aware of the pros and cons of a statutory | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
inquiry. There is the possibility of us looking at something like | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
that proposition they might have some elements do other statutory | :05:50. | :05:57. | |
basis and some not. I would point out to victims and sells that if we | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
take the statutory route the only statutory provision that is | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
available to us would limit the period of an inquiry to between | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
1973 and 1989 and I don't think that is going to assist victims. If | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
we have to bring forward new legislation it could be two years | :06:14. | :06:24. | |
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before we would be proceeding. I acknowledge the work the first | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
and Deputy First Minister have done on this issue. Can I invite the | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
First Minister to acknowledge to the house but it is about getting | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
this right rather than getting it quickly and that the needs of | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
survivors will only be able to be properly met, albeit over a longer | :06:43. | :06:49. | |
period of time, if we do have a fleet independent statutory based | :06:49. | :06:55. | |
inquiry. I Twohig knowledge that it is important that we get it right. | :06:55. | :06:59. | |
Every party will have their own views and not all victims agree on | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
what the process should be. It is important that if we have a | :07:05. | :07:13. | |
statutory inquiry but the statutory element of it does not increase the | :07:13. | :07:18. | |
paean that victims have already gone through. In many cases, if | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
they have to give evidence to be cross-examined, but may well do it. | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
You can have a statutory inquiry were the only person who will be | :07:27. | :07:34. | |
obliged to come is the person he is accused. Next up was David Ford's, | :07:34. | :07:38. | |
taking questions on the Police Ombudsman. Does the Minister accept | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
that the independence of the ombudsman's office has been law to | :07:42. | :07:45. | |
such an extent but the current ombudsman longer enjoys the | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
confidence of the Sinn Fein, SDLP and many families affected by the | :07:50. | :07:57. | |
conflict? Kit is clear that there are concerns about the independence | :07:57. | :08:03. | |
of the Office of the ombudsman, but a rare fare the member to what they | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
said yesterday that it is clear that the vast majority of work | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
being done to the on button office is proceeding well and has been | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
received well by those who refer cases and those who receive those | :08:15. | :08:19. | |
reports back. The issue of dealing with the star it matters is an | :08:19. | :08:24. | |
issue which has added complication to the ombudsman's office. What is | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
clear is that we require a functioning ombudsman's Office to | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
deal with current cases and the Ombudsman has himself said that he | :08:34. | :08:39. | |
is willing to picket the offices and as a replacement is appointed. | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
Would the Minister agree with me that the original role which he has | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
outlined of the ombudsman was to investigate current police cases | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
where there are complaints, and with regard to that rule the | :08:54. | :08:57. | |
Ombudsman Office has done what anybody would describe as a | :08:57. | :09:03. | |
reasonable job, and that moving him into the remit of investigating | :09:03. | :09:10. | |
historical cases has led to huge problems with in that department? | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
Yes, I will agree with the member on what the original perception may | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
have been. The reality is we are required to have a good mechanism | :09:20. | :09:27. | |
in place to deal with this Turkish Jews. At the moment the ombudsman | :09:27. | :09:30. | |
Office does that. At the moment there is no alternative mechanism | :09:30. | :09:37. | |
in place and its it is the duty on a number of other people, and not | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
on the ombudsman, to find an alternative mechanism which might | :09:41. | :09:45. | |
help this society as a whole resolve the outstanding issues of | :09:45. | :09:50. | |
the past. Kier David Forde is responding to a question on the | :09:50. | :09:56. | |
issue of peace lines. I am clear their cupidity consent is the key | :09:56. | :09:59. | |
driver for change and a recognise the work done by community groups | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
to bring about the right conditions for change, however there remain | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
areas where agreement for positive change does not yet exist. | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
Following the riots in East Belfast in June and in support of the | :10:13. | :10:18. | |
review being carried out, I commissioned a review of the | :10:18. | :10:21. | |
security infrastructure in the area. I visited the area to speak at | :10:21. | :10:26. | |
local clergy and officials are mad about it had held meetings with | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
committee representatives and local residents to hear their concerns. | :10:30. | :10:34. | |
Some work has been done to improve security fences on the law | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
Newtownards Road and Bridgend. In addition, the Bryson Community | :10:38. | :10:44. | |
Enterprise Building, which has been used as a launching pad for a tax, | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
has been made more to cure. I'm currently considering what further | :10:48. | :10:58. | |
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measures need to be taken to ensure public safety. There was a call | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
today for no more hokey kokey round the executive table! The serious | :11:05. | :11:14. | |
point was when would a programme for government be made? I think | :11:14. | :11:18. | |
that the complaints about why it has taken so long to be produced | :11:18. | :11:25. | |
are somewhat misplaced. The previous speaker mentioned but the | :11:25. | :11:29. | |
nature of the system of government but we have were we have five | :11:29. | :11:34. | |
parties in a mandatory coalition, by its very nature makes it more | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
difficult, and not just by parties but five parties have fundamentally | :11:39. | :11:45. | |
different views, makes a much more difficult to produce a document | :11:45. | :11:49. | |
such as a programme for government than it might be elsewhere. But | :11:49. | :11:56. | |
slows things down. We have seen that with other major issues. I | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
would be happy, and am sure many members would be happy to see a | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
different form of government but would speed things up, but as far | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
as I can recall the party which has brought this motion forward still | :12:08. | :12:11. | |
opposes a different form of government that would speed things | :12:11. | :12:16. | |
up, so you can have it both ways. You can't complain about the system | :12:16. | :12:22. | |
Pat Rice things to a halt then oppose any changes to it. Two of | :12:22. | :12:25. | |
the parties have been acting in a hokey kokey approach to the | :12:25. | :12:31. | |
executive, Wonford in and one for about. When the executive was going | :12:31. | :12:36. | |
away to try to deal with these circumstances, one minister for the | :12:36. | :12:45. | |
Ulster Unionist Party... the bigger spending department said nothing | :12:45. | :12:51. | |
over the entire meeting. I hope their march from Tom Elliot will | :12:51. | :13:01. | |
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show a new approach, but the parties will come together. While | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
some members have questioned did delay in bringing forward the | :13:07. | :13:11. | |
programme for government, now is not the time to point fingers. | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
Instead we need to look forward and I believe our constituents want us | :13:15. | :13:20. | |
to do that, at how we are to achieve a more realistic | :13:20. | :13:27. | |
sustainable and necessary programme for government. Dominic Bradley | :13:27. | :13:32. | |
joins us now. Once that the income will want that outcome is that of | :13:32. | :13:36. | |
the SDLP did last time? I think it is ironic, that remark coming from | :13:36. | :13:44. | |
Conor Murphy of Sinn Fein, but on the very day that his Deputy First | :13:44. | :13:52. | |
Minister Martin McGuinness stepped out and if John O'Dowd stepped in | :13:52. | :13:56. | |
again... of the criticism that Conor Murphy has directed towards | :13:56. | :14:01. | |
us would be better if it was directed to his own party. They are | :14:02. | :14:05. | |
two different scenarios. He is saying that unless you go into | :14:05. | :14:08. | |
opposition and the proper opposition party you should accept | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
what has put on the table and come together and put some of the | :14:12. | :14:18. | |
differences aside for the good of the wider public. We are fully | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
participating in the executive, but that does not mean to say the | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
people like herself as a backbencher is going to say it's | :14:25. | :14:28. | |
like a nodding dog passing everything that is proposed by Sinn | :14:29. | :14:36. | |
Fein. That is not the reason I was elected. I was elected to hold the | :14:36. | :14:39. | |
government to account and that is what I intend to do, whether it be | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
at committees or on the floor of the assembly as they did today. | :14:44. | :14:50. | |
Some of the points you put forward, looking at tourism and food, they | :14:50. | :14:53. | |
are important sectors, but shouldn't there be a greater | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
emphasis on manufacturing and exports? I did say during the | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
course of my contribution to day that we need to grow a private- | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
sector to produce more wealth and to be less dependent on a public | :15:08. | :15:13. | |
sector which has gradually been eroded by the government in London. | :15:13. | :15:19. | |
I would be in favour of growing the industries that you have penchant, | :15:19. | :15:25. | |
but a programme for government is much wider and it is the policy | :15:25. | :15:31. | |
which direct spending and without that, spending can be directionless, | :15:31. | :15:36. | |
and that is dangerous. The whole process of forming a programme of | :15:36. | :15:42. | |
government I believe allows people to participate in democracy. It | :15:42. | :15:47. | |
allows the trade unions to have their say and allows non-government | :15:47. | :15:52. | |
organisations to have their say and it gives a greater by into | :15:52. | :15:56. | |
government. I believe that process of forming the Programme for | :15:56. | :16:00. | |
Government should be almost complete by now. We did leave the | :16:00. | :16:04. | |
Budget to the last minute and anybody listening today may have | :16:04. | :16:08. | |
felt quite frustrated by the end of its thinking why don't they just | :16:08. | :16:13. | |
get on with it instead of talking about it all day? If you remember | :16:13. | :16:18. | |
back to that period, the stumbling block was difficulties that Sinn | :16:18. | :16:23. | |
Fein presented to the formation of the Budget. Now they are trying to | :16:23. | :16:31. | |
lay the blame at the doorstep of the SDLP. Six months after the | :16:31. | :16:33. | |
Budget with no programme for government, I don't think that is | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
acceptable. That is where brought the motion today. I hope the debate | :16:38. | :16:43. | |
will give some impetus to the process and that we will have a | :16:43. | :16:49. | |
programme for government sooner rather than later. | :16:49. | :16:52. | |
It was a case of 'must try harder' as MLAs spent most of the afternoon | :16:53. | :16:55. | |
debating that problem of graduate teachers unable to get jobs. One | :16:55. | :16:58. | |
newspaper today claimed around 5,000 young teachers are out of | :16:58. | :17:02. | |
work. The issue has come up time and time again in the Chamber and | :17:02. | :17:05. | |
the DUP's Michelle McIlveen, a former teacher herself, said it was | :17:05. | :17:14. | |
like Groundhog Day. It was June 2007, over four years | :17:14. | :17:17. | |
ago, that the issues surrounding the employment prospects of newly- | :17:18. | :17:22. | |
qualified teachers were first raised in a notice of motion before | :17:22. | :17:32. | |
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the assembly, and now we're here once again debating this issue. | :17:33. | :17:38. | |
to recalled that the be its and the one think that they defined | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
remarkable is that since four years ago the situation with regard to | :17:43. | :17:48. | |
recruitment of new teachers is getting worse. Two years ago it was | :17:48. | :17:55. | |
sitting up 14 % who found implement straight away, last year it was 10 | :17:55. | :18:00. | |
%. This year it is 5%. Whilst I agree with you that we are having a | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
Groundhog Day Today, it is unfortunately now far worse for | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
those who have gone through the teacher training this year then it | :18:08. | :18:12. | |
was four years ago, which I think you will agree with the is | :18:12. | :18:16. | |
regrettable. A we will have to look shortly of the merger of | :18:16. | :18:22. | |
Stranmillis and Queen's, for my money we have to bite the bullet | :18:22. | :18:25. | |
and the cats in Aires as well. We are producing too many teachers | :18:25. | :18:31. | |
with not enough jobs. The minister should take the decision and manage | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
the labour supply of our teachers. The reality is that there are many | :18:38. | :18:42. | |
principles and when the need a substitute teacher they ring up a | :18:42. | :18:46. | |
former teacher. The ring of somebody with the experience which | :18:46. | :18:51. | |
perpetuates itself. But we are not going to give these young teacher | :18:51. | :18:55. | |
to chance to get started, they will never be able to get into the | :18:55. | :19:01. | |
system. That is the human tragedy of this. Young teachers are being | :19:01. | :19:09. | |
overlooked for these temporary posts. Many school principals are | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
taking the easy way out. I have friends to a retired teachers and I | :19:14. | :19:17. | |
have said to them you're keeping a young person I do the job. But is | :19:17. | :19:23. | |
something we have to face up to. I call on the department to visit to | :19:23. | :19:27. | |
this. I know some guidelines have been issued, but they are being | :19:27. | :19:36. | |
ignored. My department has a reducing guidance out to schools. | :19:36. | :19:41. | |
We have changed the current funding formula which means that schools | :19:41. | :19:48. | |
will meet the cost of debt. There are members of the education | :19:48. | :19:51. | |
committee wanting to change that. They see it as a burden on the | :19:52. | :19:59. | |
schools. You can have it both ways. We can only do it through | :19:59. | :20:09. | |
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legislation, or through taxation. We have insureds that schools are | :20:10. | :20:16. | |
being on a church on how they employ staff, and I would encourage | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
any member of the Assembly who is a member of the board of governors to | :20:20. | :20:24. | |
use their influence when it comes to new employment matters but they | :20:24. | :20:30. | |
insist that the board of governors at here to the guidance and insist | :20:30. | :20:33. | |
that the boards of governors give a chance to newly-qualified teachers. | :20:33. | :20:40. | |
Abbott also say that in terms of the Reporting Scotland, I am aware | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
that Scotland has provided a year's for newly-qualified teachers. It | :20:45. | :20:51. | |
has been costed and will cost us �20 million a year. It is carried | :20:51. | :20:54. | |
the been reviewed by the Scottish Executive. I have asked my | :20:54. | :21:02. | |
officials to monitor the situation and report back to me. If there are | :21:02. | :21:06. | |
favourable recommendations coming out of that, I can assure you I | :21:06. | :21:10. | |
will bring it to the attention of the committee and to the executive | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
to fund any opportunity to ensure our newly qualified teachers are | :21:14. | :21:24. | |
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Where does your union's stand on that a merger? We have not made a | :21:27. | :21:32. | |
decision formally on that. If there is one college, then we will look | :21:32. | :21:37. | |
at those proposals. Ultimately, the education training colleges need to | :21:37. | :21:46. | |
meet -- make the needs of the schools in Northern Ireland. | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
you minded towards supporting a merger? Put in Chile it will save | :21:50. | :21:55. | |
money. It may save money, but ultimately, the it training | :21:55. | :22:03. | |
colleges did to deliver what is needed by the schools. If we lose | :22:03. | :22:08. | |
expertise or jobs, then there may be issues. Would like to see what | :22:08. | :22:12. | |
the proposals are in detail before we would comment on those | :22:12. | :22:21. | |
specifically. Thank you. 21 very brave MLAs have signed up | :22:21. | :22:23. | |
to an eight-week programme to lose weight and improve their lifestyles. | :22:23. | :22:26. | |
They agreed to be measured and weighed in return for advice on | :22:26. | :22:31. | |
shedding a few pounds. It is part of a wider drive to get us all to | :22:31. | :22:34. | |
think a bit more about our health. One of the brave souls, the DUP's | :22:34. | :22:40. | |
Jim Wells is here now. You were very brave indeed to allow yourself | :22:40. | :22:45. | |
to be weighed and measured in public. We are, I think, but I | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
think we will need the spotlight of the media to embarrass us and | :22:50. | :22:54. | |
forces into losing weight and getting fatter. This is a very | :22:54. | :22:58. | |
useful program that not only makes us healthier but highlights obesity | :22:58. | :23:04. | |
and its impact on people's health. You do not look as if you need to | :23:04. | :23:09. | |
was a few Pounds. Unfortunately, when the tape measure came out, it | :23:09. | :23:17. | |
revealed that I have a 45 inch waste. I am probably the right | :23:17. | :23:26. | |
weight, but that is all on the wrong place. It is all around my | :23:26. | :23:31. | |
stomach. That has an impact on vital organs. This that the sticks | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
are clear that the heavier you are around the waist, the more | :23:35. | :23:45. | |
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vulnerable you are to illness. is easier said than done, isn't it, | :23:46. | :23:51. | |
to put the chips and chocolate away and go for the fruit and vegetables. | :23:51. | :23:55. | |
I think what the team have shown has already is that it does not | :23:55. | :24:01. | |
have to be a miserable experience. If you eat well and eat properly, | :24:01. | :24:06. | |
you will have some success. They are asking us to do two hours of | :24:06. | :24:15. | |
exercise a day. That means that if he were doing that, that is a bit | :24:15. | :24:21. | |
of exercise. Our problem is that we spend the but majority of a ten | :24:21. | :24:31. | |
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minutes dented the position. -- in her sitting position. Are bowls of | :24:33. | :24:38. | |
fruit part of this drive? Yes, that there is a step in the right | :24:38. | :24:44. | |
direction. The caterers here are good at offering good, nutritional | :24:44. | :24:48. | |
and the vegetarian option. The problem is that we spent 90% over | :24:48. | :24:52. | |
time sitting us we are now and not getting any exercise. The results | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
are inevitable and it gathers round the waist and that is dangerous. | :24:56. | :25:02. | |
Good luck with it. Martin McGuinness handed in his | :25:02. | :25:05. | |
nomination papers today for the Irish Presidency. And he is not the | :25:05. | :25:09. | |
only MLA heading south. For that and the other goings-on at Stormont | :25:09. | :25:15. | |
today, I spoke to our political editor Mark Devenport. | :25:15. | :25:23. | |
Jim Allister felt there was an attempt to silence him. Yes. It was | :25:23. | :25:31. | |
more notable for a question not being asked than being asked. The | :25:31. | :25:35. | |
question is whether the officer First Minister needed aid adviser. | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
He was re-routed because his question was directed instead to | :25:40. | :25:43. | |
the finance departments, against his wishes. This is something that | :25:43. | :25:50. | |
he objected to. I direct you to the content of question three. It is | :25:50. | :25:58. | |
Department specific, it relates precisely and asking why they need | :25:58. | :26:03. | |
eight special advisers. Why, in those circumstances, is this | :26:03. | :26:06. | |
question been diverted to a different department, particularly | :26:06. | :26:12. | |
when one examines that rules and can find no authority for that. I | :26:12. | :26:17. | |
have taken the trouble of consulting the business of us. | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
concern is that this is a conspiracy. It comes after an been | :26:22. | :26:29. | |
not called to speak on the debate today. He thinks that the powers | :26:29. | :26:33. | |
that be here are simply growing tired of him making his voice of | :26:33. | :26:37. | |
constant opposition heard. Despite what was said yesterday about | :26:37. | :26:44. | |
business as usual for the Assembly, it was not quite that way. Where he | :26:44. | :26:48. | |
may have many talents, he cannot spot himself and be in two places | :26:48. | :26:54. | |
at once. There had been due to be a meeting of party leaders happening | :26:54. | :26:59. | |
today, walking presumably on incomes like the programme for | :26:59. | :27:02. | |
government, but that had to be recruited as well, largely because | :27:02. | :27:07. | |
Mr O'Dowd was dealing with an education debate and that is the | :27:07. | :27:11. | |
kind of by the clash that they will have to try and work out if they | :27:11. | :27:15. | |
are going to proceed smoothly over the next six weeks. And even more | :27:15. | :27:22. | |
MLAs are on the move now. Yes, we were reporting last night about | :27:22. | :27:26. | |
MLAs from the Regional Development Committee going off to examine a | :27:26. | :27:32. | |
bus way. Perhaps while they are there they can look at the French | :27:32. | :27:37. | |
way of solving Protestant afoot was back in the 16th century. Whilst | :27:37. | :27:42. | |
they were off to France, the had various agricultural minded MLAs | :27:42. | :27:45. | |
from the agriculture committee planning a completely different | :27:45. | :27:50. | |
furrow. They were at the ploughing Championships at Kildare. It may be | :27:50. | :27:55. | |
hard over the next couple of days to find and Emily still month -- | :27:55. | :28:05. | |
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still around the place. -- MLA. There are lots of other questions | :28:09. | :28:11. | |
facing her system rather have done the newly qualified teachers. | :28:11. | :28:15. | |
are trying to work through the strategic forum to try and come up | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
with solutions. Interestingly, in relation to the newly qualified | :28:19. | :28:27. | |
teachers, is to say that if we propose to the teacher -- the | :28:27. | :28:30. | |
Minister when he looks at newly qualified teachers, perhaps it | :28:30. | :28:38. | |
might be right that the voluntary sector employed people in a nursery | :28:38. | :28:47. | |
education. Also it would look at the picture of employing lecturers | :28:47. | :28:53. | |
and keeping newly qualified teachers from obtaining post. | :28:53. | :28:56. | |
that an anchovy by Abel? Normally people in that sector did bid | :28:56. | :29:00. | |
substantially less. When you look at the cost, newly qualified | :29:00. | :29:06. | |
teachers are not that much more expensive. We are asking the | :29:06. | :29:13. | |
Minister to look again and instead of giving teachers, give it newly | :29:13. | :29:17. | |
qualified teachers employment and not just leave it that we have to | :29:17. | :29:21. |