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| Special Stormont debate over Maze | Special Stormont debate over Maze |
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| A special meeting to tackle the issue of the proposed multi-sports stadium at the Maze is taking place at Stormont. | |
| Assembly members have interrupted their summer recess to address the controversial matter. | Assembly members have interrupted their summer recess to address the controversial matter. |
| Plans have been drawn up for a 35,000-seater stadium for soccer, GAA and rugby at the Maze. | Plans have been drawn up for a 35,000-seater stadium for soccer, GAA and rugby at the Maze. |
| Sports Minister Edwin Poots has backed the location, but some of his DUP colleagues are against it. | Sports Minister Edwin Poots has backed the location, but some of his DUP colleagues are against it. |
| At the last meeting before the summer recess, the Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure agreed to hold the special meeting. | At the last meeting before the summer recess, the Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure agreed to hold the special meeting. |
| Mr Poots has been invited to update members on the current position regarding the proposed stadium. | Mr Poots has been invited to update members on the current position regarding the proposed stadium. |
| 'Open mind' | 'Open mind' |
| Committee chair Barry McElduff said the meeting was urgently needed. | Committee chair Barry McElduff said the meeting was urgently needed. |
| "When the committee met the minister in early June he indicated that alternatives to the proposed Maze/Long Kesh site must be submitted by the end of June 2007 and that he intended to make a decision shortly after that," he said. | "When the committee met the minister in early June he indicated that alternatives to the proposed Maze/Long Kesh site must be submitted by the end of June 2007 and that he intended to make a decision shortly after that," he said. |
| "We hope he will state clearly and unambiguously where the department stands on this issue and the timetable for the final decision." | "We hope he will state clearly and unambiguously where the department stands on this issue and the timetable for the final decision." |
| At the weekend, Finance Minister Peter Robinson said he was "keeping an open mind" about proposals to build a stadium at the former Maze prison site. | At the weekend, Finance Minister Peter Robinson said he was "keeping an open mind" about proposals to build a stadium at the former Maze prison site. |
| Fellow members of the DUP have expressed concerns that the project will be tied to a prison museum. | Fellow members of the DUP have expressed concerns that the project will be tied to a prison museum. |
| Others have insisted that the sports stadium should be in Belfast. | Others have insisted that the sports stadium should be in Belfast. |