Kennedy and McNarry call on Paisley to clear the air over Maze Project
In a joint statement on the Maze today UUP Chairman of the OFMDFM Committee Danny Kennedy and Deputy Chair of DCAL Committee David McNarry called on Dr Paisley to clear the air on the Maze project.
In a joint statement the UUP men said,
“It is important to draw the demarcation lines between the distinct issues arising out of the controversy surrounding the proposed maze development.
The decision to proceed with a national stadium rests with Edwin Poots the DCAL Minister whilst the decision to open an IRA shrine rests with Dr Paisley and the Office of First and Deputy First Minister.
A stadium does not necessarily have to be built on the Maze site. It could be placed elsewhere or not at all whereas the shrine is a project locked into the business plan adopted by Dr Paisley, who only last week signed a joint letter with Martin McGuinness shutting down the Maze monitoring panel and placing full responsibility for the development of the site with his own offices.
It is important therefore that OFMDFM clear the air regarding the shrine and indicate urgently when the shrine, as a tourist attraction, will be handed over to the DETI Minister Nigel Dodds.”