Assembly Round Up

Committee Members Get on Their Bikes

26/01/2012

Members of the Assembly’s Regional Development Committee got on their bikes at Gilnahirk Primary School, using all their negotiation skills to navigate a cycling proficiency challenge set up to help promote the ‘Bike It’ project. The project...

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Calling all NI Primary Picassos

25/01/2012

Do you have a budding Picasso in your midst? If the answer is yes then the Northern Ireland Assembly wants to hear from you. We have just launched an exciting new art competition aimed at Key Stage 2 pupils in primary schools across Northern...

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New Assembly ‘Shop Window’ Launched

12/12/2011

Our new website is live!  As the window to the work of the Assembly, the website combines ease of use and lots of new features designed to make finding what you want easy and fast. We’ve taken people’s views on board along the way and it’s been...

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Pensioners' Parliament

02/12/2011

Over 60 older people debated the issues of health, crime and fuel poverty at a Pensioners’ Parliament last week on Friday 25 November. The debate, chaired by the Speaker of the Assembly, William Hay MLA, was run in the same way as an Assembly deba...

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Assembly Committee Cooks Up A Treat

29/11/2011

Nine trainees from the NOW project (North and West Belfast), which trains and supports young people with learning difficulties, got the opportunity to show off their culinary and hospitality skills at a recent event hosted by the Assembly’s...

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Committee visits new Jobs and Benefits Office in Andersonstown

28/11/2011

The Assembly’s Social Development Committee was out and about this week when Members combined their weekly Committee meeting with a visit to the new Jobs and Benefits Office in Andersonstown, Belfast. Members met with staff who explained how a new...

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The time has come to end fuel poverty for good, says Assembly Committee

17/11/2011

Heating or eating - that’s the choice that many local people face every winter. With 44% of households in Northern Ireland in fuel poverty, finding ways to end this problem has become a top priority for the Assembly’s Social Development Committee....

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Committee Hosts Event to Learn About Role of New SME EU Envoy

17/11/2011

In May 2011 the European Commission announced the creation of a network of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) Envoys for member states. The Enterprise, Trade and Investment Committee invited organisations and bodies that provide support to...

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