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Swann and Nesbitt urge Carson Project backing
Mr Robin Swann, the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for North Antrim and Chairperson of the Stormont Employment and Learning Committee, has joined forces with his Party Leader Mike Nesbitt MLA to urge funders to give their full backing to the Ballymena-based Carson Project. The Carson Project is a Ballymena-based group of individuals drawn from a wide spectrum of the Protestant, Unionist, Loyalist community, who have come together to offer their members a positive and meaningful role in Northern Ireland’s post-conflict society. Speaking after a meeting at the offices of local Ulster Unionist MLA, Robin Swann, Mike Nesbitt said: “Whatever way you analyse the past, the current situation is that there are many, many people in our community who devoted energy into our Troubles. “Now that we crawl slowly towards a proper peace, it is the duty of all elected representatives to ensure those with energy direct it towards positive … Continue reading
Swann rallies support for post 19 special needs community
Mr Robin Swann, the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for North Antrim and Chairman of the Stormont Employment and Learning Committee, has called on the Stormont Executive “to pull out all the stops and guarantee a firm future for the Province’s post 19 special needs community. Assemblyman Swann, who is North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Chief Whip, made his call after delivering a major speech on the issue during an Assembly debate. Mr Swann said: “Speaking as Chairman of the Committee for Employment and Learning on behalf of the Committee, I can reveal the Committee has been considering the issue of post-19 special educational needs (SEN) provision in recent months and has been active in corresponding with Committees and Departments. “At its meeting on 16 January 2013, the Committee noted correspondence from the Committee for Education requesting information on the current policy and future plans for post-19 SEN provision … Continue reading
Closure of the Harryville Branch of the Ulster Bank
Ulster Unionist North Antrim MLA Robin Swann has reacted with shock at the news of the closure of the Harryville Branch of the Ulster Bank “The decision of the Ulster Bank to close the Harryville Branch in Ballymena is a shock to everyone. My office is across the street and the branch is clearly a very popular and busy facility. Harryville has in the past lost its main Post Office and this closure represents the further erosion of basic services from the local community. I understand that there will be no further loss of jobs and that is to be welcomed however there will be a knock on effect in reducing the numbers of people who stop to do their banking and continue to shop in the local area.”
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Use them or lose them, Swann warns over local libraries
Mr Robin Swann, the North Antrim Ulster Unionist Party Assemblyman and member of the Stormont Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee, has called on constituents “to make more use of our local libraries, otherwise we will lose them”. Assemblyman Swann, who is also North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Chief Whip, made his appeal after receiving a briefing from the Assembly’s Research and Information Service, which showed that Northern Ireland had fewer libraries per head of population than any other area of the UK. Mr Swann has been especially active in the specific campaign to retain Kells and Connor Library and has extended his campaign to protect many libraries under threat throughout North Antrim. Mr Swann said: “It has been just over a year that Kells and Connor Library received a reprieve from closure, and was given two years to prove that it was sustainable with community support. “I appeal to … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts and Leisure, Assembly, campaign, community, Culture, Culture Arts and Leisure, facility, Kells and Connor library, local libraries, monthly surgery, north antrim, Research and Information Service, Robin Swann MLA, Stormont, sustainable, ulster unionist, Use it or Lose It, UUP
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Swann calls for fair pricing for farmers
Mr Robin Swann, the North Antrim Ulster Unionist Party Assemblyman and member of the Stormont Culture and Agriculture Committees, has called for “a much fairer pricing policy for the Province’s farmers if the farming community is to survive the current recession”. Assemblyman Swann is also the current North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Chief Whip, as well as the Past President of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster and Past Chairman of the influential Rural Youth Europe organisation. He said: “Our farming community faces very harsh conditions and I call for pricing fairness for the under pressure farming community. After the summer we have just experienced, I call for a fair deal for our farming community. “For too long the primary producers in the chain that begins on the farm and ends up in the supermarkets has been weighed in favour of the large retailers. This cannot be allowed to … Continue reading
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