Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 24 Jan 2017
Leaving the EU: Funding for Northern Ireland
"My hon. Friend is right to emphasise that EU funding for Northern Ireland is significant not only in terms of the quantum but in terms of the priorities and purposes that it is used for, because it has been able to reach parts and sectors that otherwise might not have …..."Mark Durkan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jan 2017
Northern Ireland Assembly Election
"As we face this phase of challenges, it is right that we should mourn the passing of Dermot Gallagher, former doyen of the Department of Foreign Affairs and one of the lynchpins for so much of this process, bringing us from transfixed to transactions to transformations. We need to emulate …..."Mark Durkan - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 16th January 2017
Asked by:
Mark Durkan (Social Democratic & Labour Party - Foyle)
Question
to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the discussions between Ministers and officials of his Department and HM Treasury on budgetary challenges facing the Northern Ireland Executive during 2015 included the escalated spending exposure under the Northern Ireland non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Ministers and officials of the Northern Ireland Office engage regularly with HM Treasury to discuss matters of mutual interest in relation to Northern Ireland. However, I am not aware of any specific discussions on the costs of the Northern Ireland renewable heating scheme during the period in question.
Written Question
Monday 16th January 2017
Asked by:
Mark Durkan (Social Democratic & Labour Party - Foyle)
Question
to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether discussions between Ministers or officials of his Department and the Northern Ireland Executive on budgetary challenges facing that Executive during 2015 included the escalated spending exposure under the Northern Ireland non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Ministers and officials of the Northern Ireland Office engage regularly with the Executive to discuss matters of mutual interest. However, I am not aware of any specific discussions on the costs of the Northern Ireland renewable heating scheme during the period in question.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 10 Jan 2017
Stormont House Agreement: Implementation
"I congratulate the right hon. Member for Lagan Valley (Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson) on securing the debate. However, I do have to say that, as someone who participated in many of the negotiations in the process—some of which he discussed—and in particular has always been pushing to ensure that we …..."Mark Durkan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Jan 2017
Northern Ireland: Political Developments
"Does the Secretary of State not recognise that it is the hubris of the outgoing First Minister that has brought about the humiliation for our institutions of his now having to contemplate the options he has discussed today? Does he also note that Sinn Féin is saying it has called …..."Mark Durkan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"First, I associate myself with the tributes paid both to the fine journalist Austin Hunter and to the fíor Gael Danny Murphy, who was such a good servant of community relations and reconciliation. Would the Minister not do better in building consensus if he did not revisit pejorative remarks that …..."Mark Durkan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Oct 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"Charlie Flanagan said in Derry on Friday night:
“I view my role as a co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement as a solemn duty and—together with the Taoiseach—will be working to ensure that all aspects of that international agreement are fully respected in the new arrangements between the EU and …..."Mark Durkan - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Sep 2016
Loughinisland Murders
"My hon. Friend has compellingly set out how the report shows that there was serial dereliction on the part of a police service that was meant to be the guardian of people and the peace and the upholder of law and justice, but there was not only serial dereliction. In …..."Mark Durkan - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Sep 2016
Loughinisland Murders
"The Minister knows that one of the crux difficulties in dealing with legacy issues in the context of Stormont House was the insistence of the then Secretary of State on national security matters, which of course involve putting a primary emphasis on the protection of informants and others. Surely the …..."Mark Durkan - View Speech
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