that is the rhi scandal. eileen foster, what have we learned from this?st the northern ireland taxpayer potentially or otherwise £500,000 —— £500 million because the reality is there cost controls in place by the assembly. there is also a public set up assembly. there is also a public set up which will get to the truth and the facts. —— inquiry. all we have had his political smears, numerous allegations, plenty of rumours but we have been devoid of facts. i am pleased the public inquiry has been set up and we can get those facts. there has been lack —— there has been lots of facts and this scheme was allowed to go the way it did to stop people were in those last few weeks before the cab was put on, before the rates were changed, there was a spike in people. people thought this was a really good deal. it was far too good a deal, wasn't it? it will get to the bottom of all that that's. i called for an independent inquiry. if we had the benefit of hindsight when the scheme was set up, this wouldn't have happened. what is important is... what we need to do is

donations and we we re equality, published donations and we were first to raise the problems of the rhirom rhi and the architect of that, arlene foster, has been trying to deflect from that. trying to put the focus on other things. because that. trying to put the focus on otherthings. because people that. trying to put the focus on other things. because people are furious about the dup. it has to be said that sinn fein are standing up against corruption, they say, but their minister has intervened in rhi as well. so we stand against corruption for all parties. it is allegations of corruption, to be fairand the dup allegations of corruption, to be fair and the dup would say strongly they have tried to fight this deal put in place, with cost controls and those kind of measures. but has it been worth being in stormont, your party had a break in the last election, you‘ve been there at nine months, has made a difference?” think it has, we provide a consistent voice we have consistently supported strikes in the public sector, teachers or nurses. and we've touched on the fa ct nurses. and we'v

the assembly rejected twice but after rhi they had to pass it.is the one party that is not afraid of direct rule from westminster. it is something you may actually support. i think so. we are one of the parties that have been saying for years at the present set—up isa saying for years at the present set—up is a mess and will not work under present conditions and that it has to go and be studied in the middle think we would be too upset about it. i hear a lot of people on the doorsteps very cynical about the present set—up. the doorsteps very cynical about the present set-up. what does that say a few seem to voters, vote for us but we wa nt few seem to voters, vote for us but we want westminster to run things? it makes you an absentee landlord doesn't it? we are not saying that, our policy would be to keep the assembly and the things that work on it but instead of having an executive, a corrupt executive that does not work, let's use british government ministers for the time being absorbed into account through the assembly, because there are thing