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Swann urges cash boost for pipe band scheme

Posted on January 27, 2013 by rsmla

At a presentation hosted by North Antrim UUP MLA ‘Promoting the Advancement of Pipe Band Music’ held in Parliament Buildings, Stormont are, Left to Right: Ray Hall (Chairman, RSPBNI), Arlene Graham (Vice Chairman, RSPBNI), Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster MLA, George Ussher (President of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association) and Robin Swann MLA. Mr Robin Swann, the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for North Antrim and UUP Chief Whip, has challenged the Sinn Fein Culture Minister to “prove she is genuinely interested in equality by ear-marking specific funding for the Ulster-Scots pipe band fraternity in Northern Ireland. Assemblyman Swann, himself a keen pipe bandsman and a member of the Stormont Culture Committee, threw down the gauntlet to the republican minister after hosting a reception at Parliament Buildings to commemorate the world-wide success of Northern Ireland Pipe bands. Mr Swann said: “I was honoured, not just because of my own personal … Continue reading →

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Swann secures much-needed community funding

Posted on November 30, 2012 by rsmla

Mr Robin Swann, the North Antrim Ulster Unionist Party Assemblyman and member of the Stormont Culture and Agriculture Committees, has received a guarantee from the Sinn Fein Arts Minister that another round of Re-Imaging Communities project will be launched. Assemblyman Swann, who is also North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Chief Whip, secured his financial guarantee following a Stormont question to the minister. Mr Swann had asked the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure when the next round of Re-Imaging Communities funding will be available from the Arts Council. The North Antrim MLA said: “In her response, the minister told me the Arts Council applied to the Special European Union Programmes Body (SEUPB) for funding to build upon the key successes of the Re-Imaging Programme. “The Arts Council has advised that it recently received confirmation of this funding and it is expected that the programme will re-open later this year. … Continue reading →

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Swann secures ‘Catch and Release’ angling pledge

Posted on March 16, 2012 by rsmla

Mr Robin Swann, the North Antrim Ulster Unionist Party Assemblyman and member of the Stormont Agriculture and Culture Committees, has secured a firm commitment from the Sinn Fein Culture Minister to ensure tougher ‘catch and release’ angling laws in Departmental waters. Assemblyman Swann is North Antrim UUP Association Chairman and a Past President of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster as well as Past Chairman of the influential Rural Youth Europe organisation. Mr Swann challenged the minister on the issue during oral questions in the Assembly Chamber. Mr Swann said: “I welcome the Minister’s statement and the fact that DCAL waters will be catch and release only. “I thank the Minister for making that clear at this stage. The statement quashes the rumours that she intended to close rivers, which I think would have been unhelpful to everybody. So, again, I thank her for that. “Of the six netsmen involved, … Continue reading →

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Swann campaigns for shared rural pitches

Posted on March 16, 2012 by rsmla

Mr Robin Swann, the North Antrim Ulster Unionist Party Assemblyman and member of the Stormont Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, has challenged the Sinn Fein Culture Minister to give a commitment to develop more shared facilities using artificial surfaces, especially in rural communities. Assemblyman Swann is the current North Antrim UUP Chairman, a Past Chairman of the influential Rural Youth Europe organisation, and a Past President of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster. Mr Swann, who is also UUP Sports Spokesman, issued his challenge during oral questions to the Minister in the Stormont Chamber, emphasising that he wanted to see such development pioneered in his native North Antrim constituency. Mr Swann asked the Sinn Fein Minister if she would support the development of a greater number of shared facilities using artificial surfaces, thereby increasing the overall use of such facilities? Assemblyman Swann added: “In her reply to me, she said … Continue reading →

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