Robin Newton East Belfast DUP MLA has said the good news that 35 of the workers made redundant with the closure East Belfast company Central Group Services last week have been offered jobs with Dundonald based company Contract Services will bring relief to those workers and their families.

ROBIN Newton East Belfast DUP MLA AND Belfast City Councillor has said the Tall Ships event will be a welcome boost to the City’s economy and good for the image of Northern Ireland as a whole.

ROBIN Newton East Belfast DUP MLA has described the level of vandalism within the area of the Clara Street children’s play park as deeply disappointing.

ROBIN Newton East Belfast DUP MLA has said the international football match between Northern Ireland and Israel at Windsor Park August 12th should be exactly as it is described a friendly football match; a sporting event.

ROBIN Newton East Belfast DUP MLA has welcomed the U-turn decision of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stevenson to lift the ban on officers wearing Union Flag badges in support of the British troops serving abroad.

ROBIN Newton East Belfast DUP MLA has described the actions of the Government as they launch an attempt to deny injured soldiers already agreed compensation for their injuries as weak-willed and accused them of being totally out of touch with the people.

The decision by Belfast City Council not to make a section of the North Foreshore available for Energy from Waste (EfW) plant clearly means it will be located elsewhere and in all likelihood at a site that is likely to be more remote and lacking in some of the attributes inherent within the North Foreshore site.

ROBIN Newton East Belfast DUP MLA, currently Deputy Chair of the Employment and Learning Committee has expressed his disappointment at the approach taken by Minister Empey following the launch of his latest programme on apprenticeship training. It is unacceptable that the Minister launches his programme without fully considering the approach taken by the Committee and without a response to the members.

ROBIN Newton East Belfast DUP Councillor speaking in Lisburn prior to Monday’s crucial Belfast City Council meeting has said, there will be dire consequences for ratepayers if Belfast City Council fails to approve the citing of the Energy from Waste facility at the North Foreshore. Councillors would not be forgiven if they chose to ignore public opinion and the interests of ratepayers.

East Belfast DUP MLA Robin Newton has voiced his concern over the number of children in the East Belfast constituency who have been unable to find a place in a nursery school or nursery unit for the school year beginning September 2009, following the end of applications on May 1st 2009.