The table below contains information about forthcoming Hearings and Hearings which have already taken place. This includes the name of the councillor and the name of their council. Details about the date, time and venue of the Hearing are also included, if these arrangements have been finalised.
The table also contains information about which of the detailed rules of the Code of Conduct the councillor is alleged to have breached under the Heading ‘Alleged Breach’.
All Adjudication Hearings will be held in public except where the Commissioner determines that it is in the public interest for all or part of a Hearing to be held in private.
C00090
Code paragraphs 4.6, 4.16 (a), 6.1 and 6.2
Meryvn Rea
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
29 & 30/5/19 at 10.00am
NIPSO Offices, Progressive House, 33 Wellington Place, Belfast BT1 6HN
C00356
Code paragraph 4.2
Ian Stevenson
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
14/3/19 10:00am
The Resolution Centre, Floor 5, The Boat Building, 49 Queens Square, Belfast, BT1 3FG
C00129
Code paragraphs 4.2, 4.13 (a), 8.1 (a), (c) and (f)
Alderman Ruth Patterson
Belfast City Council
4/3/19 10:30am
NIPSO Offices, Progressive House, 33 Wellington Place, Belfast BT1 6HN
Breach of Paragraph 4.2, 4.13 (a) and 8.1
Suspended for 6 months
C00294/296
Code Paragraph 4.2
Thomas Hogg
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
28/01/19 10:00am
NIPSO Offices, Progressive House, 33 Wellington Place, Belfast BT1 6HN
Breach of Paragraph 4.2
Suspended for 5 months
C00084
Code Paragraphs 6.3. 6.4, 4.5, 4.6, 5.2 (i) (bb) and 5.3
George Duddy
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
13/12/18 10:00am
NIPSO Offices, Progressive House, 33 Wellington Place, Belfast BT1 6HN
Breach of Paragraphs: 6.2, 6.3, 4.5 and 4.6
Suspended for three months
C00098
Code paragraph 5.2 (i) (ee) (subject to paras 5.4 and 5.6) and Paragragh 6.4
Alderman Jim Rodgers
Belfast City Council
5/12/18 14.00
NIPSO Offices, Progressive House, 33 Wellington Place, Belfast BT1 6HN
Breach of Paragraphs: 5.2, 5.3, 6.3, 6.4 and 6.9
Partial suspension for three months
C00324
Code paragraph 4.2
Brian Duffin
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
See latest update in written decision
C00164, C00172, C00177, C00178, C00181, C00200, C00206, C00171, C00257, C00279, C00285, C00288, C00251, C00299
Code paragraphs 4.1 (b), 4.2, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 (a), 4.16 (a) and (c), 4.18 (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e)
Jolene Bunting
Belfast City Council
Interim Adjudication Hearing 4/9/18 10:30am
The Resolution Centre, Floor 5, The Boat Building, 49 Queens Square, Belfast, BT1 3FG
C00158
Code paragraph 4.1 (a) and 4.2
Patrick Brown
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
17/04/18 4:00pm
NIPSO Offices, Progressive House, 33 Wellington Place, Belfast BT1 6HN
No breach of Paragraph 4.1 (a), breach of Paragraph 4.2
Suspended for six months
C00079
Code paragraphs 7.4 and 9.7
Andrew Girvin
Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council
CLOSED BY ALTERNATIVE ACTION
C00055
Code paragraph 4.1(c), 4.13(a), (the Respect Principle) & 4.14
Sean McGlinchey
Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council
05/06/2017 10:00am
Cloonavin, 66 Portstewart Road, Coleraine
Breach of Paragraphs 4.1(c), 4.13(a) & 4.14
Censure
C00060
Code paragraphs 4.13(a) (the Respect Principle), and 4.13(b)
Alderman Jim Dillon
Lisburn & Castlereagh
CLOSED BY ALTERNATIVE ACTION
C00019
Code paragraph 4.13(b)
Timothy Gaston
Mid & East Antrim Borough Council
The Braid, 1-29 Bridge Street, Ballymena
CLOSED BY ALTERNATIVE ACTION
C00030
Code paragraphs 4.6, 4.16(a), 4.18(b) and (e)
Padraig McShane
Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council
15/11/2016 10.00am
Cloonavin, 66 Portstewart Road, Coleraine
Breach of paragraphs 4.6, 4.16(a), 4.18(b) and (e)
Suspended for three months
C00035
The Public Duty Principle. Also Code paragraphs 4.1(a) and 4.2
Patrick Clarke
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
29/09/2016 and 20/10/2016
Downshire Civic Centre, Downpatrick
Breach of Public Duty Principle and paragraphs 4.1(a) and 4.2
Disqualified for three years
The Commissioner’s decision about whether or not there has been a breach of the Code of Conduct and, if so, what sanction is to be applied will be noted in the table above shortly after the conclusion of the Hearing.
The Commissioner’s full written decision will be available to download from the table within six weeks of the conclusion of the Hearing, after the parties to the Hearing have been notified of the outcome in writing.
The Commissioner may redact information, such as the name of the complainant, from the published written decision, if she considers it necessary to do so.
