Below you will find some examples of how Roy is working for the people of East Antrim on various issues. To keep upto date with ALL the issues Roy is involved with please visit the latest news section.

The Issue: Job losses & relocation of civil service social security office jobs in East Antrim.

What Roy is doing - Roy is currently pressing the DSD Minister and has expressed his concerns about the relocation of the jobs in the assembly. Roy has also met with senior department of Agriculture officials at their Belfast headquarters about the proposal to close the Larne Agricultural Office. He has argued for the Crown buildings site to the included as a DARD Direct Office and this would lead to the retention of the 27 local jobs.

Environment

The Issue: Renewables & Sustainability

What Roy is doing - He has met with the Director of B9 Energy, David Surplus, to discuss the economic opportunities arising from the renewables energy agenda. B9, a Larne based company, is a recognised international leader in the field and a key player in the emerging Global Wind Alliance.

Translink

The Issue: Poor train quality on Larne Line

What Roy is doing - Roy has been in constant communication with the Minister Mr Murphy about the poor quality of the translink service on the Larne Line. Roy played a key role in the announcement in early 2009 that the larne Line is to recieve new trains which are to be phased in starting in 2011. This will relieve possible congestion that will occur due to the widening of the shore road due to commence in 2011.

Education

The Issue: SEN provision

What Roy is doing - Roy has tabled written questions asking about the funding for Special Education Needs in N.I and also within the East Antrim area with a view to press the Minister for Education to release the £25 million set aside for SEN, but which is currently being held back.

From pre school provision, the controversy over the Burns Report to adult education facilities in his constituency, Roy has been active in raising equality issues, and highlighting the need for more investment in education.

Roy has placed numerous parliamentary questions, spoken in Assembly debates, written to boards and Departments and issued public statements. Please see below:

The Issue: Commissioner for Children

What Roy has done - In June 2001 Roy spoke in support of the establishment of a Commissioner for Children in Northern Ireland , as recommended in a Report by the Committee of the Centre.

The Issue: Inadequacies in Educational Provision

What Roy has done - In November 2001 Roy highlighted inadequacies in educational provision in his constituency during a debate on the Programme for Government.

The Issue: Adult Education Provision

What Roy is has done - Roy highlighted the need for increased adult education provision in his constituency in January 2002 .

The Issue: Roddensvale Special School

What Roy has done - Roy lobbied hard for the establishment of new school buildings at Roddensvale Special School in Larne. He issued this statement on 25th March 2002 . Although funding was not announced at this time, success did occur with the announcement that funds would be released to build a new school on the site later in the year.

The Issue: New Education Building in Larne

What Roy has done - The issue of the delay in rebuilding a further education building in place of the old Larne Technical College was pushed by Roy alongside his Ulster Unionist colleague, Ken Robinson MLA.