Wilson – “DSD inquiry is a discredited witch-hunt” DUP East Antrim MLA and member of the DSD Committee Sammy Wilson has dismissed the Committee’s report as “a discredited political witch-hunt and a waste of time and money.” Commenting Mr Wilson said, “Despite this 12 month inquiry, the fact remains that Nelson McCausland’s discussions with Turkington Holdings led to a saving of 21.5% for the public purse which equated to several million pounds and the upgrading of windows for thousands of Housing Executive tenants. The civil servants who gave evidence to the Committee indicated that there was nothing untoward about his meetings. They were explicit in their judgement that they would have advised the Minister to do the meetings regardless of who it was with. Indeed, rather than trying to mislead the Assembly or the Committee the Minister gave an Assembly answer in 2012 where he said; “In relation to the Glass and Glazing Federation I met with the Managing Director and the General Manager of Turkington Holdings on 16 April 2012” Rather than misleading the Assembly or Committee in letters, meetings or Assembly Answers, the Minister frequently made reference to who those meetings were with. This is a damp squib and the Inquiry is now seen to be a discredited political witch-hunt. Numerous times throughout the Inquiry so far we have witnessed blatant prejudice against the DUP. It’s a waste of the Committee’s time and money. Thousands of pounds have already been spent to satisfy the anti-DUP prejudices of our opponents and the Inquiry is nowhere near completed. The Sinn Fein Chairman of the Inquiry is only too happy to gang up with our opponents, sadly some unionists too, and spend time trying to denigrate a DUP Minister. However, when the Committee wastes time on this, issues like homelessness, welfare reform, restructuring the Housing Executive and finding innovative ways of financing public sector housing are pushed to the side.”
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:19:47 +0000
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