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Swann challenges O’Dowd on post primary planning
Mr Robin Swann, the North Antrim Ulster Unionist Party Assembly and Chairman of the Stormont Committee for Employment and Learning, has called on the Sinn Fein Education Minister “to firmly clarify” the state of post-primary planning in the region. Assemblyman Swann is also North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Chief Whip. His challenge to the minister came after he posed a direct question to the Sinn Fein MLA at Stormont. Mr Swann asked the Minister of Education for an update on the post-primary area planning process. In his response to Mr Swann’s question, the minister, Mr John O’Dowd, said: “I last updated the Assembly on area planning on 26 February. I outlined the next steps to maintain momentum and build on the work done to date in the run-up to the establishment of ESA (Education Skills Authority). “On the same day, the education and library boards published the findings of … Continue reading
Swann wants increase in Farmgate prices for farmers
Mr Robin Swann, the North Antrim Ulster Unionist Party Assembly and Chairman of the Stormont Committee for Employment and Learning, has called on the Sinn Fein Farming Minister to boost the local agricultural industry by increasing farmgate prices. Mr Swann is also North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Chief Whip, and is a Past President of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster and former Chairman of Rural Youth Europe. Mr Swann issued his challenge after questioning the minister during question time at Stormont. Mr Swann said to the minister: “Farmers for Action told a recent Agriculture Committee meeting that that strategy will not benefit farmers directly by increasing farmgate prices and is more about producing more food more cheaply.” In her response to Mr Swann, the minister said: “I understand that the farming community has concerns and that a lot of the report’s recommendations are challenging. The key is the … Continue reading
Act now to save forest walks, urges Swann
Mr Robin Swann, the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for North Antrim and Chairperson of the Stormont Employment and Learning Committee, has warned of the “severe financial losses which will occur if the Sinn Fein Farming Minister does not implement an urgent regeneration programme to the Glenariff Forest Park walks”. Assemblyman Swann, who is also North Antrim Chairman and Party Chief Whip, said; “This urgency plan is required to be implemented as soon as possible and must not become empty rhetoric as the current situation is having an adverse effect on tourism and locals who use the forest for recreation purposes. “To combat this dire situation, I asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to detail firstly, why the walks in Glenariff Forest Park are due to close; and secondly, for how long will they be closed. “In her response to me, the Minister said the walks in Glenariff … Continue reading
Swann urges Farming Minister to “declare war” on BVD
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 Sinn Fein Farming Minister to “declare open and relentless war against the threat posed to the agricultural sector by Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD). Assemblyman Swann is also North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Chief Whip as well as a Past President of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster movement. Mr Swann said: “The Sinn Fein Farming Minister must ensure that all financial and physical resources are provided to local vets to combatthe impact of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) in the North Antrim constituency and she must give a guarantee that efforts are currently underway to combat the viral disease. “BVD causes a variety of clinical outcomes that range from the inapparent (sub-clinical) to the more severe including abortion, infertility, and immuno-suppression that underlies calf respiratory … Continue reading
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Swann asks for resources for ‘legal commons’
Mr Robin Swann,the North Antrim Ulster Unionist Party Assemblyman and member of the Stormont Agriculture Committee, has urged the Sinn Fein Farming Minister to pledge resources to establish ‘legal commons’, where shared grazing is practiced, Assemblyman Swann, is also North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Chief Whip. He is a Past President of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster and Past Chairman of the influential Rural Youth Europe organisation. Mr Swann has asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to make Departmental resources available to enable farmers to establish ‘legal commons’, where shared grazing is practiced, rather than individual farmers having to incur the additional costs of unnecessary fencing. Mr Swann added: “Following a recent announcement of a drop of farm incomes of 52%, the last thing farmers need is the cost of unnecessary or undesired fences, in the Minister’s press release on the 7th of March she ‘pledged … Continue reading
