Gordon Lyons
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 38 |
| Date of birth | March 6,1986 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Coleraine |
| United Kingdom | |
| Education | Newcastle University |
| Party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Position | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland |
| Previous position | Junior Minister at the Executive Office of Northern Ireland |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 3219857 |
Gordon Lyons Life story
Gordon Lyons is a Democratic Unionist Party politician, who has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for East Antrim since August 2015. Lyons worked as an assistant to DUP Member of the Legislative Assembly Sammy Wilson for five years.
Stormont stalemate: Northern Ireland fails to restore power-sharing
... The DUP s Gordon Lyons said the recall was " nothing more than a farce"...
NI election: No clarity on Stormont plans, say NI politicians
... Gordon Lyons of the DUP said his party would not change its stance until the UK government made changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol...
EU funds: 'Bleak time until money is fully replaced'
... Economy Minister Gordon Lyons told the BBC the funding issue was not an inevitable consequence of Brexit but a case of the UK government not keeping its word...
Heating oil: Tory MPs worried about off-grid energy support
... Stormont Economy Minister Gordon Lyons said he did not believe the offer of £100 would " cut it in any way, shape or form" while SDLP leader Colum Eastwood described the payment as an " insult"...
Cost of living: Details of NI energy support scheme to be announced
... Northern Ireland households do not yet know when or how they will get it, though Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has suggested it will be delivered before Christmas...
Northern Ireland Protocol: Stormont meets as DUP is urged to back Speaker
... Speaking before the debate in the assembly, DUP MLA Gordon Lyons said the recall was a " distraction from the real problem" of the protocol...
NI election 2022: Key leaders' debate claims fact-checked
... In January the DUP Economy Minister Gordon Lyons was asked in the assembly to provide an assessment...
St Patrick's Day: Police warning as public events return
... Northern Ireland ministers Conor Murphy and Gordon Lyons are also there, as is former deputy first minister Michelle O Neill...
Cost of living: Details of NI energy support scheme to be announced
Further details of how the government's energy support scheme will apply in Northern Ireland are expected to be revealed later.
It is likely to include a " price guarantee" similar to that already announced for the rest of the UK.
The guarantee means a typical household in Great Britain will pay no More Than £2,500 a year for electricity and gas for The Next two years.
NI has a separate energy system meaning GB policies do not automatically apply.
At The Time of the GB announcement the government said " the same level of support" would be
It has been working with the NI Utility Regulator and NI energy suppliers to design a NI scheme.
The scheme will require new legislation to be passed at Westminster.
Finance Minister Conor Murphy and his counterparts in Scotland and Wales have called on the chancellor to fund the cap on energy prices through a windfall tax on The Extra profits being made by energy companies due to High Energy costs.
In a letter to Kwasi Kwarteng , they said they were " deeply concerned" about how they would bear the brunt of the cost of the support measures.
" Support should be funded by targeting The Windfall gains in the energy sector rather than passing the cost to households through higher borrowing, " they said.
Heating oil schemeThe government has also said it will Set Up a fund to help people throughout the UK who use home heating oil.
That will be important for Northern Ireland where about Two Thirds of homes use oil.
However details of that scheme are unlikely to be finalised on Wednesday.
The SDLP has suggested that a voucher scheme, similar to The High Street Voucher introduced during the coronavirus pandemic, should be used to help with heating oil costs.
The Party 's Stormont leader, Matthew O'Toole, has called on the government to provide 1,000 litres of oil to all domestic consumers over The Next year.
" We Are proposing a self-enrolment voucher scheme that would give families The Power to purchase 1,000 litres of home heating oil with robust checks to be put in place by oil providers and with oversight from the Utility Regulator, " He Said .
" The Situation people are facing is bleak and Time Is quickly running out. "
The Details of have still not been finalised for Northern Ireland .
GB households will get this through six reductions to bills, starting in October.
Northern Ireland households do Not Yet know when or how they will get it, though Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has suggested it will be delivered before Christmas .
Source of news: bbc.com
