:00:31. > :00:37.Welcome to the programme. The Social Development Minister
:00:37. > :00:43.outlines the planet to detect fuel poverty. And elderly gent a man was
:00:43. > :00:46.able to tell me he reduced his fellow apps of oil by one. We hear
:00:46. > :00:51.how he is going to do more to capitalise on environmental
:00:51. > :00:59.heritage. And sharing his insides, our
:00:59. > :01:02.political respondent Garratt Gordon. The first item on today's agenda
:01:02. > :01:05.spilled over from last week, a delayed vote on an Ulster Unionist
:01:05. > :01:09.motion on inclusivity and the rejection of violence. The motion
:01:09. > :01:11.was passed, but not without some party political ramifications. With
:01:11. > :01:21.me to discuss what happened is our political correspondent, Gareth
:01:21. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:29.Gordon. First of all, a lot of talk today about Basil McRae deciding to
:01:29. > :01:34.vote against his own party. Why did he do that? It is complicated but
:01:34. > :01:38.that debate last week was very fractious, over the issue of
:01:38. > :01:43.identity and it was found by the flak to speak. The Ulster Unionist
:01:43. > :01:48.motion called on the Assembly to reconfirm its principles of
:01:48. > :01:54.inclusivity, mutual respect, peace and democracy. It called on all
:01:54. > :01:59.parties to support the spirit of the Belfast Agreement. The DUP did
:01:59. > :02:03.not like that because they did not sign up to the Belfast Agreement,
:02:03. > :02:07.they were signatories to the St Andrew's Agreement. They wanted all
:02:07. > :02:12.mention of the Belfast agreement removed. The vote was taken this
:02:12. > :02:16.mine and the Ulster Unionists made clear they would be supporting the
:02:16. > :02:22.DUP amendment which did not mention the Belfast Agreement. Basil McCrea
:02:22. > :02:27.has lost the Ulster Unionist whip. He sat through the debate last week.
:02:27. > :02:30.He did not speak at all. He was obviously fuming. It was too much
:02:30. > :02:35.for him. End an article of this morning in Belfast paragraph, he
:02:35. > :02:39.said he would not be voting with his Ulster Unionist colleagues. He
:02:39. > :02:45.said for the first time ever he would be voting against them. He
:02:45. > :02:49.accused them of failing to back the Belfast Agreement, an agreement to
:02:49. > :02:54.which they were key. He said he would not be voting with his party
:02:54. > :02:59.colleagues and he said that was for the first time ever. With Mr McCrea
:02:59. > :03:02.facing this disciplinary charge, the fact that he did not vote with
:03:02. > :03:08.the Ulster Unionists is likely to annoy them even more, you would
:03:08. > :03:13.imagine? It ups the ante. At Christmas he lost the Ulster
:03:13. > :03:20.Unionist whip. He spoke out about the flying of the Unionist flag at
:03:20. > :03:26.Stormont. He is facing a disciplinary committee here on
:03:26. > :03:31.Friday on -- on Friday afternoon. He will mount a stout defence. He
:03:31. > :03:35.is not going quietly. By writing this article and taking the stance
:03:35. > :03:41.he has taken, it has opened hostility from many in the party
:03:42. > :03:45.towards them. He has upped the ante. We have his friend and colleague,
:03:45. > :03:50.John McCallister, who lost a few months ago, the deputy leadership
:03:50. > :03:57.of the party, when he accused the party leader, Mike Nesbitt, or
:03:57. > :04:03.sleep walking towards Unionist unity. He up the ante by saying the
:04:03. > :04:08.Unionist form, to which the Ulster Unionist Party are part, was a dead
:04:08. > :04:12.end. Mike Nesbitt facing a dual attack. What has he been saying?
:04:12. > :04:16.issued a statement this afternoon in which she said Basil McCrea's
:04:16. > :04:20.concerns over the party moving away from the Belfast Agreement, he said
:04:20. > :04:26.it should be clear that the amendment was never going to pass
:04:26. > :04:30.and there was no threat to the commitment. Some people will think
:04:30. > :04:34.that is an odd position to take. As for the sleepwalking charge, he
:04:34. > :04:39.said he remains committed to advancing the cause of the Unionist
:04:39. > :04:43.and that is best achieved by working -- if that is best achieved
:04:44. > :04:49.by working in opposition to other parties, that's what they would do.
:04:49. > :04:51.As to the street protests, he would co-operate and he was grateful for
:04:51. > :04:54.the overwhelming support of the party.
:04:54. > :04:56.Gareth, for now, thank you. Two weeks ago, the Social
:04:56. > :04:58.Development Minister, Nelson McCausland, announced the
:04:58. > :05:01.replacement of the Housing Executive. Today at Question Time,
:05:01. > :05:07.he faced scrutiny of what would happen to its employees. First
:05:07. > :05:12.though, he was taken to task over fuel poverty.
:05:12. > :05:17.Does the Minister agree with me that the recent reduction of the
:05:17. > :05:24.overall proportion of households considered as being in fuel poverty,
:05:24. > :05:29.from 44 % to 42 %, which is still significantly more than the 34 % we
:05:29. > :05:33.had in 2006, it is so insignificant it is hardly worth boasting about.
:05:33. > :05:37.Can we have a question, please? Does the Minister agree that the
:05:37. > :05:41.direction he has taken and the strategies he has spoken of his
:05:41. > :05:46.failing to tackle the sub-standard of course of fuel poverty? Can I
:05:46. > :05:50.say, I do not agree. There are a number of things which contribute
:05:50. > :05:56.to high level fuel poverty in Northern Ireland, one of them is
:05:56. > :06:01.the high level of dependency on oil. Hence the work my colleague is
:06:01. > :06:04.taking forward is a fundamental in addressing the fuel poverty issue
:06:04. > :06:10.in Northern Ireland. In September, I launched the boy in a replacement
:06:10. > :06:15.scheme for owner-occupiers, following on from the successful
:06:15. > :06:23.pilot lasted -- I launched the boiler replacement scheme. This
:06:23. > :06:31.will replace a boiler. A Housing Executive has received a lot of
:06:31. > :06:35.interest in the scheme and acute -- applications are being processed.
:06:35. > :06:42.It is important in terms of energy efficiency and fuel poverty because
:06:42. > :06:48.in one case, I visited her home, the elderly chap told me he had
:06:48. > :06:52.reduced his fills of oil per year by one entire Phil. House and
:06:52. > :06:56.structures are about providing better services for tenants,
:06:56. > :07:00.better-quality housing and also a structure which allows good value
:07:00. > :07:04.for money for the tax payer. In essence, it is about creating a
:07:04. > :07:10.system which is sustainable for the future. This is not that reducing
:07:10. > :07:13.staff, cutting back or saving money. In fact, the member who sits on the
:07:13. > :07:17.social development committee would be aware the review was never about
:07:18. > :07:20.cutting jobs of saving money. It is about getting the structure right
:07:20. > :07:25.for Northern Ireland moving forward. It is important to realise there
:07:25. > :07:30.are still a need for functions the housing executive performs within
:07:30. > :07:37.the new structure and, and staff will be required to consider those
:07:37. > :07:43.functions and services to tenants. N I P S they will be consulted as a
:07:43. > :07:46.key stakeholders representing the views of staff at a local land
:07:46. > :07:52.higher level. We must be cognisance of the fact that we are at the
:07:52. > :07:57.early stages of a project which has still a lot of work to be done.
:07:57. > :08:00.This is high on the agenda of the programme board, of which the chief
:08:00. > :08:04.executive of the housing and fictive he is a member. Let me be
:08:04. > :08:09.clear, it would be pre-emptive and totally wrong to start speculating
:08:09. > :08:13.at this stage. The fact is, I have stated repeatedly this has not and
:08:13. > :08:18.never has been about cutting jobs. Could the Minister give more detail
:08:18. > :08:24.on the potential benefits of the new landlord function being out
:08:24. > :08:29.with the public sector? The member will be aware that this
:08:29. > :08:34.affords an opportunity to address a major problem. We need to have more
:08:34. > :08:38.houses built. Secondly, we need to have better quality. There are some
:08:38. > :08:44.older properties which need a tremendous amount of work done to
:08:44. > :08:49.them. We are talking about billions of pounds of work in the short-term,
:08:49. > :08:54.to get back stock up to a standard which we should be able to expect
:08:54. > :08:58.and tenants should be able to have -- expect. That money is not
:08:58. > :09:04.available at the moment but if we moved the stock eventually it over
:09:04. > :09:08.to effectively a housing association sector, it enables them
:09:08. > :09:15.to borrow money so there for the work can be funded. I would want to
:09:15. > :09:18.come back to one point, this concern that staff have and I can
:09:18. > :09:23.understand that. I have written to every staff member in the housing
:09:23. > :09:27.sector already and there will be communication there with the trade
:09:27. > :09:32.unions and I know the Housing Executive, the chief executive has
:09:32. > :09:37.been writing to the staff as well. What does not help, and it is back
:09:37. > :09:40.to the issue of welfare reform, is misinformation. If somebody had
:09:40. > :09:44.picked up one of our local newspapers on Saturday, they would
:09:44. > :09:51.have read that the Housing Executive's was to be broken up and
:09:51. > :09:56.its range of roles transferred to housing associations. That is not
:09:56. > :10:01.the case. We are creating, if we go down this road, we will be creating
:10:01. > :10:06.a regional housing body, staffed by housing professionals, to carry out
:10:06. > :10:10.the regional services and regional polls. A total misunderstanding but
:10:11. > :10:14.that misinformation going out there does not help and does create fears.
:10:14. > :10:17.If some he was working in the housing sector in the red, I could
:10:17. > :10:19.understand why they should be concerned.
:10:19. > :10:22.The Social Development Minister, Nelson McCausland.
:10:22. > :10:25.The Ulster Unionist party may be going through a tough time, but its
:10:25. > :10:28.minister says he is going nowhere. A touchy subject perhaps, because
:10:28. > :10:31.during Question Time today, Danny Kennedy joke twice that there are
:10:31. > :10:39.no ministerial vacancies. But first, Mr Kennedy began by giving a
:10:39. > :10:46.breakdown on how funding for the A5 will be allocated.
:10:46. > :10:51.I recognise fully the importance of the objective and growing the
:10:51. > :10:55.economy and I realise the advantage it will bring to jobs in the short
:10:55. > :11:00.term and the longer term. The Department for roads services will
:11:00. > :11:08.robustly defend the legal challenge. In terms of finance, total 330
:11:08. > :11:12.million has been allocated to construct a section, however, my
:11:12. > :11:16.department will have to await the outcome of the legal challenge
:11:16. > :11:19.before the funding can be determined. At least to confirm
:11:19. > :11:25.that corporation between my department and D F P officials has
:11:25. > :11:32.enabled some repro filing of expenditure which will allow for
:11:32. > :11:37.the deferral of the A5 allocation and so it is required at my
:11:37. > :11:41.prompting. The Finance Minister has secured flexibility from Her
:11:41. > :11:48.Majesty's Treasury to carry-forward monies for reinvestment and reform
:11:48. > :11:54.initiative, 50 million borrowing power into 2014 / 15. This helpful
:11:55. > :12:00.in managing the on going delays to the project.
:12:00. > :12:05.Deputy Speaker, I welcome the Minister's response. Can I ask the
:12:05. > :12:08.minister in light of that, in terms of should the legal challenge be
:12:09. > :12:13.protracted, could the minister outlined by house what steps have
:12:13. > :12:20.been taken to ensure money ring- fenced goes to that specific
:12:20. > :12:26.project? Can I thank the Member for his supplementary question, early
:12:26. > :12:36.promotion in January, for you! But not at the expense of the Ulster
:12:36. > :12:37.
:12:37. > :12:43.Unionist Party. The short answer is we are maintaining a strong defence
:12:43. > :12:47.of our actions in respect of the A5 project and we very much hope that
:12:47. > :12:51.will successfully conclude and allow us to move forward. It do you
:12:51. > :12:54.think giving the protracted delays in the legal challenge it would be
:12:54. > :13:00.appropriate your department to bring forward further projects
:13:00. > :13:09.which are already have approval, for example, the A six and the dung
:13:09. > :13:17.Devon bypass? Of course, the member will be aware that the works have
:13:17. > :13:26.already commenced on a 80 and they are shortly about to commence on
:13:26. > :13:30.the A two, which he will know of. I think that I continue to bring
:13:30. > :13:37.forward and encourage and instruct my officials to bring forward
:13:37. > :13:43.schemes such as the schemes that he has mentioned, in preparation for
:13:43. > :13:47.the next round of available finance. I am looking beyond spending the
:13:47. > :13:52.money on the A5 that has already been allocated and as Roads
:13:52. > :13:56.Minister, I want to see the instruction -- infrastructure
:13:56. > :13:59.improved overall. I am keen to bring for projects such as the ones
:13:59. > :14:05.mentioned. Will the Minister clarify if he is
:14:05. > :14:15.aware of the impact on health and well-being, any delay on the bypass
:14:15. > :14:18.
:14:18. > :14:28.will have on the local and wider I thank the member. There are no
:14:28. > :14:28.
:14:28. > :14:32.vacancies for ministers, by NOAA! - - by be away! There are substantial
:14:32. > :14:36.benefits from the Dungiven bypass scheme and not least the
:14:36. > :14:43.improvement of air quality. There would be a reduction of something
:14:43. > :14:49.like 60% of heavy vehicle traffic currently going through Dungiven.
:14:49. > :14:53.For all of those reasons, I am aware of the representations made
:14:53. > :14:59.by the members and Limavady Borough Council and others, and it is a
:15:00. > :15:03.scheme that would be well worth doing and of course, if the member
:15:03. > :15:05.wants to approach the Finance Minister to assist me with that to
:15:05. > :15:10.deliver that at the earliest possible stage I would not be
:15:10. > :15:15.standing in your way. The Regional Development Minister.
:15:15. > :15:20.Take a look at these images. Carrickfergus Castle... Dunluce
:15:21. > :15:24.Castle... Carrick-a-rede rope bridge... And the City of Derry's
:15:24. > :15:27.historic walls. All examples of Northern Ireland's historic
:15:27. > :15:33.environment. Could places like these be used better to help our
:15:33. > :15:36.economy grow? This new report thinks so, but the DUP has
:15:36. > :15:41.questioned whether the Environment Agency is the right organisation to
:15:41. > :15:47.capitalise on the potential. Joining me now, David McIlveen and
:15:47. > :15:52.You're one of the members who brought this issue to the floor of
:15:52. > :15:56.the chamber. What were due seeking clarification on, or what was your
:15:56. > :16:01.motivation for raising this? First of all we have to highlight this
:16:01. > :16:04.was a positive story. The reality is, there is over half a billion
:16:04. > :16:07.pounds spent on historical environment in Northern Ireland
:16:07. > :16:17.every year. For ever �1 that the public sector spends be debt-free
:16:17. > :16:19.
:16:19. > :16:25.back. -- for every �1. -- we get ��3 back. The issue we wanted to
:16:26. > :16:31.raise, are other areas we can do better? And are there? I do believe
:16:31. > :16:35.so. We are at a third of our capabilities per-capita compared to
:16:35. > :16:39.the Republic of Ireland, won the eighth compared to Scotland. The
:16:39. > :16:43.question has to be asked, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency,
:16:43. > :16:47.who are protection rather than promotion, are they the right
:16:47. > :16:50.people to do the job? Do you agree with David McIlveen and his
:16:50. > :16:59.colleagues, that that part of your environment Aaron Pryor, if you
:17:00. > :17:04.want a comet that, could do better? -- the environment empire, if you
:17:04. > :17:12.want to call it that. He if we are going to grow the tourism industry,
:17:13. > :17:16.a free are going to do that with the jobs and investment that can
:17:16. > :17:21.bring and the protection of heritage, we need to do that.
:17:21. > :17:26.have argued for more investment in our belts archaeological heritage
:17:26. > :17:31.and we will be all the better for it. I am not precious. I am not
:17:31. > :17:35.precious about beat Environment Agency taking the work forward. If
:17:36. > :17:40.there is a better model and if you go to Scotland you will see that in
:17:40. > :17:43.Scotland there is independent bodies to do this work on behalf of
:17:43. > :17:50.the Scottish government for the Scottish people. So you would like
:17:50. > :17:53.to see a re-Configuration? If that is the best way to bring about
:17:53. > :17:58.heritage led development and continuing to protect their
:17:58. > :18:02.heritage environment we have, you will have no argument with me. Do
:18:02. > :18:06.we as a government, does the Assembly fully recognise that in
:18:06. > :18:12.terms of heritage led development there are enormous economic
:18:12. > :18:20.opportunities? As David. That compare -- as David points out,
:18:20. > :18:25.compared with others in the UK we are behind. Are your hands tied?
:18:25. > :18:29.if you look at the Executive's decision in October, more money
:18:29. > :18:34.went to tourism initiatives and listed building support. That
:18:34. > :18:39.indicates good form about going forward. But, a strategically it is
:18:39. > :18:45.required in terms of policy and resources in favour of Heritage
:18:45. > :18:52.Labour firmament as a major economic driver going forward. --
:18:53. > :18:59.heritage development. Heritage led development, around are natural,
:18:59. > :19:09.build, EDO larger gulf and Christian environment, is a huge
:19:09. > :19:10.
:19:10. > :19:14.opportunity. -- environmental and Christian environment. If Alex
:19:14. > :19:20.Attwood puts something on the table, would he get the backing of the
:19:20. > :19:24.DUP? We have to come back to the report, which makes a number of air
:19:24. > :19:32.recommendations. Many of those are said to have to implement. For
:19:32. > :19:37.example, recommendations about clear signage. The air is a bigger
:19:37. > :19:44.issue than that, it is not just signage. If we look at Scotland, I
:19:44. > :19:49.think the minister makes a good point. Scotland have had excellent
:19:49. > :19:51.system in place. They have a website. It is ultimately
:19:51. > :19:55.accountable to the Scottish Executive and that is something we
:19:55. > :20:00.have to look at. We have to make sure we are getting things in the
:20:00. > :20:04.right order. David McIlveen says we need to look at it, you say it is a
:20:04. > :20:11.model you quite like. It sounds like you are singing of the same
:20:11. > :20:15.song sheet. What is the problem? is a difference of response. On a
:20:15. > :20:20.daily basis since I have been minister I've been trying to drive
:20:20. > :20:27.the department in favour of heritage. That is why I have put
:20:27. > :20:31.money into archaeology and working with their Heritage Lottery Fund in
:20:31. > :20:37.protecting the village next to Dunluce Castle. We can do work
:20:37. > :20:42.around better marketing, website, signage and interpretation. We are
:20:42. > :20:47.doing all of that. The issue behind it all is a strategic decision to
:20:47. > :20:52.invest significantly more resources, time and effort around the Hausa --
:20:52. > :20:57.Heritage product. That needs to be agreed round the table. Let's do a
:20:57. > :21:02.million things better but let's recognise that the one thing is
:21:02. > :21:07.investing in heritage led development. Let's see if David
:21:07. > :21:12.McIlveen can leverage money out of the Finance Minister's Perce!
:21:13. > :21:17.Good work done, but more to do. That was the enterprise minister's
:21:17. > :21:26.message during a statement on improving telecoms ever stricter.
:21:26. > :21:34.On mobile phone coverage, Arlene Foster expressed concern about
:21:34. > :21:37.second-generation and looked We need to have a telecoms
:21:37. > :21:41.infrastructure that meets the needs of business to allow them to be
:21:41. > :21:44.competitive and promote their services and products. Over the
:21:45. > :21:50.last three years my department and the Northern Ireland Executive have
:21:50. > :21:53.invested �45 million in improving our telecoms infrastructure and
:21:53. > :21:56.some �21 million has been specifically earmarked to support
:21:56. > :22:02.improvement of networks in rural and remote locations where there is
:22:02. > :22:07.no likelihood of private sector investment. We have provided
:22:07. > :22:10.investments to stimulate super-fast broadband services, given Northern
:22:10. > :22:14.Ireland its first international telecoms link to North America,
:22:14. > :22:19.ensured continued access to a broadband service at reasonable
:22:19. > :22:24.cost for business and residential consumers who are unable to get
:22:24. > :22:26.broadband by a wire, and established a free advisory service
:22:27. > :22:32.for all businesses to help them understand how they can exploit
:22:32. > :22:34.these new services. We are not resting on our laurels are becoming
:22:34. > :22:39.complacent. I know our infrastructure is not perfect and
:22:39. > :22:47.there is more to be done. The Ofcom report indicates there are still
:22:47. > :22:52.some broadband blackspots and Northern Ireland has the lowest
:22:52. > :22:55.take-up of basic broadband services in the UK at 63.9%. This is
:22:55. > :23:01.something I want to address and my department has plans to further
:23:01. > :23:04.improve broadband coverage. A total of �19 of farming -- a total of
:23:04. > :23:09.Mmac 19 million of funding has been earmarked and we will have a
:23:09. > :23:13.consultation to identify areas we need to intervene in. We received
:23:13. > :23:16.over 700 responses and they are presently being analysed. On the
:23:16. > :23:25.question of mobile-phone services I'm disappointed that Northern
:23:25. > :23:32.Ireland has at their lowest outdoor coverage of TG mobile services. It
:23:32. > :23:39.is 80%, just above Wales. On 3G, we have the second worst outdoor
:23:39. > :23:44.coverage at 55.9%, just above Wales at 52.4%. This is a priority for me.
:23:44. > :23:47.The mobile market has not remain static and is continuing to evolve.
:23:47. > :23:52.Providers are can tot -- consolidating services and
:23:52. > :23:58.preparing for the introduction of 4G. The switch off on analogue TV
:23:58. > :24:04.last year created space for more or more by traffic and an auction has
:24:04. > :24:07.commenced for this space across the UK. -- mobile traffic. I have
:24:07. > :24:12.lobbied for Northern Ireland and secured a target of 95% coverage
:24:12. > :24:15.here when licences are awarded. It strikes me that there is an
:24:15. > :24:18.opportunity when the G8 Summit comes to Fermanagh and the
:24:18. > :24:22.Spotlight falls on the province that we can positively showcase
:24:22. > :24:25.what we have achieved in Northern Ireland. No doubt, demand for
:24:25. > :24:30.communications services will increase in certain areas and were
:24:30. > :24:35.temporary solutions may be deployed for the event, it gives the energy
:24:35. > :24:38.-- industry an opportunity to leave a permanent legacy for the local
:24:38. > :24:41.community's benefit. It is something I would be pleased to see
:24:41. > :24:46.happening and I would encourage the industry to seize that opportunity
:24:46. > :24:52.positively. I would be very disappointed at the figures that
:24:52. > :24:57.the minister has given us about mobile services here in the north.
:24:57. > :25:05.That is very disappointing. Also, the potential arising from the
:25:05. > :25:11.roll-out of 4G services, could be minister specified, I know but she
:25:11. > :25:14.-- but she noted she had lobbied for coverage, is that indoor or
:25:14. > :25:17.outdoor and did the firms themselves during their
:25:17. > :25:23.conversation with the Minister give us any time frame for the roll-out
:25:23. > :25:26.of that project? I thank the chair man for his question. It is
:25:26. > :25:32.disappointing to see big coverage. The second-generation coverage
:25:32. > :25:35.problem arises from the fact that we did not have an there for the
:25:35. > :25:41.national targets set by Ofcom meant they did not have to do as much in
:25:41. > :25:45.Northern Ireland as we would have liked to see. Given that we now
:25:45. > :25:52.have this 4G target it is my understanding that it is an art.
:25:52. > :26:01.Target for 95% coverage. -- out. Target. That will vary in relation
:26:01. > :26:05.to outdoor -- indoors. I am asking be industry to exceed the target.
:26:05. > :26:08.According to the gear and the legacy it will leave for Fermanagh,
:26:08. > :26:12.can I ask for further information about the permanent improvements
:26:12. > :26:17.that will be made to mobile phone and broadband coverage in rural
:26:17. > :26:25.Fermanagh, particularly in rural areas instead of the inevitable
:26:25. > :26:30.temporary benefits to serve world powers? Some of us are delighted to
:26:30. > :26:34.see them coming but he makes a fair point in relation to temporarily
:26:34. > :26:41.insulation -- installations that may be used at that time. I have
:26:41. > :26:46.said to be industry, whether it is everything everywhere are Vodafone
:26:46. > :26:51.-- or Vodafone, I have said to each, take this opportunity to put in
:26:51. > :26:55.legacy infrastructure. The cross- departmental group which has been
:26:55. > :27:00.set up to ensure this event is a success and to deal with these
:27:00. > :27:05.issues knows very well might use in relation to these issues. We have
:27:05. > :27:10.commenced discussion with relevant stakeholders about venues and
:27:10. > :27:18.telecoms providers and indeed, with the national government about
:27:18. > :27:24.Our political correspondent is with me. What would shoot -- should we
:27:24. > :27:30.be looking out for tomorrow? Karen Aim: Answers questions, she
:27:30. > :27:34.will be asked about the perceived lack of recognition of Protestant
:27:34. > :27:40.loyalist culture. -- Karen Woo Coonan. She will also be asked for
:27:40. > :27:46.an update of the world police and fire games. I also understand a
:27:46. > :27:49.senior PSNI officer has been trying to reassure those coming to
:27:49. > :27:56.Northern Ireland for big games? they are not be Olympics but there
:27:56. > :28:00.is a lot riding on this. There are 25,000 people coming. The Assistant
:28:00. > :28:04.Chief Constable, Judith Gillespie, has used her blog to calm any fears,
:28:04. > :28:11.saying she wants to reassure people that the majority of recent
:28:11. > :28:15.protests have been peaceful and disorder has been in small areas.
:28:15. > :28:19.She sees a lot of nervousness and is trying to calm fears. It will be
:28:19. > :28:26.interesting to see what Caral Ni Chuilin says about how things are
:28:26. > :28:31.going. A lot of people very sad to hear about the death of Inez
:28:32. > :28:40.McCormack, the trade unionist and campaigner? The word legend is
:28:40. > :28:46.over-used, but where Inez McCormack is used it applies. -- is concerned.
:28:46. > :28:49.In the 1980s she was always present. We hardly did a story that did not
:28:49. > :28:54.feature her somewhere. She was a veteran trade unionist and a human
:28:54. > :28:58.rights campaigner as well. Her fame spread be on Northern Ireland. She
:28:58. > :29:04.was once played by Meryl Streep on Broadway and last year named by