Givan Criticised for LCC Meeting

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Givan: Minister criticised for LCC meeting while declining others

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Education Minister Paul Givan has declined 205 meetings with groups or organisations since he took up office.

Givan met the Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) on 24 September .

He has previously defended his decision to meet with the LCC , which includes representatives from paramilitary groups the UVF and UDA .

The department said Givan had declined " 205 meetings to date".

Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster 's Good Morning Ulster Programme, DUP MLA Edwin Poots said "people need to move away from the past". He added that in his South Belfast constituency many people who had been involved in paramilitary organisations in the course of the Troubles , in both republican and loyalist sides, have "largely stepped back from everything that’s involved with" and that they still "have a friendship". "Many people across Ireland have retired from that and are not involved in activities associated with paramilitary organisations, but they did have a paramilitary past.".

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