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| Meeting over threat to 300 DVA jobs in Coleraine | Meeting over threat to 300 DVA jobs in Coleraine |
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| A public meeting has been held to discuss the threat to 300 jobs at the Driver and Vehicle Agency in NI. | A public meeting has been held to discuss the threat to 300 jobs at the Driver and Vehicle Agency in NI. |
| About 100 people, including representatives from political parties, were at the meeting in Coleraine on Thursday evening. | About 100 people, including representatives from political parties, were at the meeting in Coleraine on Thursday evening. |
| A public consultation on whether services should be centralised in Swansea, Wales, is to end next week. | A public consultation on whether services should be centralised in Swansea, Wales, is to end next week. |
| The union, Nipsa, said as well as the jobs threat, the Coleraine closure would impact on efficiency. | The union, Nipsa, said as well as the jobs threat, the Coleraine closure would impact on efficiency. |
| Union official Ryan McKinney said: "The decision to close this is going to impact on ordinary people. | Union official Ryan McKinney said: "The decision to close this is going to impact on ordinary people. |
| "There has already been clear evidence in Scotland that ordinary purchase of vehicles and changing tax discs is having a delay of up to six weeks. That is unacceptable. Here in Coleraine, they can do it in less than five days." | "There has already been clear evidence in Scotland that ordinary purchase of vehicles and changing tax discs is having a delay of up to six weeks. That is unacceptable. Here in Coleraine, they can do it in less than five days." |
| North Antrim MP Ian Paisley jr invited the union and local politicians to address a Commons committee on the issue. | |
| He said Transport Minister Stephen Hammond needed to listen. | |
| "I think we've come up tonight with a strategy to coordinate with the select committee in Westminster and now it's up to Mr Hammond," he said. | |
| "We intend to nail him on this - get him to at least answer the questions that he's run away from and shirked his responsibilities on in Northern Ireland. | |
| "He's a minister for the whole of the United Kingdom and his jurisdiction doesn't end at Stranraer or Swansea." |