| Culzie | Date: Thursday, 2012-11-01, 6:42 PM | Message # 1 |
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| ‘Religious bias’ on sports board
Tuesday 30 October 2012 19:06
More than twice as many Catholics as Protestants have been appointed to the board of Sport Northern Ireland, it was claimed tonight.
Jim Allister said the selection proved religious bias by the Sports Minister Caral Ni Chuilin.
Mr Allister, leader of the Traditional Unionist Voice, said: “Since coming to office the minister has appointed 10 Roman Catholics and just four Protestants to the board of Sport NI. One individual was appointed whose community background is not known.
“The fact that a consistent pattern is evident across a number of Sinn Fein departments points to design, not accident and exposes once again the nonsense of the republican claim that they are building an Ireland of equals.”
The information was released to Mr Allister in response to a written question to the Department of Culture Arts and Leisure (DCAL). He had requested the breakdown of the community background of the Sport NI board members appointed since Sinn Fein’s Ms Ni Chuilin took up office.
In June an industrial tribunal found that Protestant man, Alan Lennon had been overlooked for the position of chairman at Northern Ireland Water because of his religion. The tribunal found evidence from the then Department of Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy lacked credibility.
Mr Murphy who is also a Sinn Fein MLA has consistently refuted all allegations of religious discrimination.
Mr Allister said tribunal outcome had prompted him to ask other government departments to provide the success rates for Protestants and Catholics in ministerial appointments since May 2007.
He added: “Figures which I extracted showed that in respect of the ministerial appointments made by minister Ni Chuilin since May 2011 a Roman Catholic applicant was more than twice as likely as a Protestant applicant to be appointed.
“Of 71 Roman Catholic applicants 14 were appointed, but of 70 Protestant applicants only six were appointed; demonstrating a far higher ratio of selection of Roman Catholics by the Minister.”
Sport NI is arms length body of DCAL. Its primary aim is to develop sport in Northern Ireland and its headquarters are at the House of Sport in south Belfast.
Sport NI declined to comment.
In a statement a DCAL spokeswoman said: “Mr Allister’s assertion that DCAL practices a pattern of religious discrimination in public appointments is utterly untrue.
“All DCAL’s public appointments are made in line with the Code of Practice issued by the Commissioner for Public Appointments NI, and appointments competitions are regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
”http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/local/religious-bias-on-sports-board-1-4424688
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| RSAUB | Date: Friday, 2012-11-02, 11:41 AM | Message # 2 |
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| The old leopard never changes it's spots, the sooner people start realising this the better.
At least stories like this further add weight to the evidence clearly showing how sectarian and hate-filled Sinn Fein/IRA really are and what their really agenda is behind all of Martins smiles and lies.
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| jeebz | Date: Wednesday, 2024-02-28, 11:16 AM | Message # 3 |
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| So far my running community been really open to me being religious(first found em when buying Men's running shoes at https://rununited.com/mens-footwear/ and found out they've been hosting group runs. Attending those for 2 years now!)
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| jessicavi | Date: Wednesday, 2024-03-13, 4:21 AM | Message # 4 |
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| Blog and would like you to receive news updates. and post up-to-date content for us to read regularly retro games.
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| sevenmentor4 | Date: Sunday, 2024-03-17, 6:56 AM | Message # 5 |
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| The 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will start from 22nd march to 26th May 2024. The first match of IPL will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore (CSK vs RCB) at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.<br />But we are going to tell you about some such apps and website, with the help of which you will be able to watch all the matches of IPL live streaming free.
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| richardcostello | Date: Friday, 2024-04-19, 1:21 PM | Message # 6 |
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| I bought this John Dutton Yellowstone S04 Shearling Collar Jacket for my husband as a surprise gift, and he absolutely loved it! The quality of the jacket is exceptional and it looks good it him.
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