The Rights of Mothers

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Dear Northern Ireland Office,

One of the many conundrums of N Ireland has always been that while NICS stoutly defends unsavoury practices eg the use of child exploitation at Christmas Parties, and the denial of the rights of protective Mothers, NIO Ministers, however common the knowledge, and whatever the weight of evidence deny that such practices occur at all.

I wonder if NIO could please examine its official records and let us know how many examples of this conundrum it can find

Yours faithfully,

AIDAN QUINN

FOI, Northern Ireland Office

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Dear Northern Ireland Office,

One  of the many conundrums  of N Ireland has always been that while
NICS stoutly defends unsavoury practices eg the use of child
exploitation at Christmas Parties, and the denial of the rights of
protective Mothers, NIO Ministers, however common the knowledge, and
whatever the weight of evidence deny that such practices occur at all.

I wonder if NIO could please examine its official records and let us
know how many examples of this conundrum it can find

Yours faithfully,

AIDAN QUINN

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Dear FOI,
Hmm ,I'm not sure Note and File Requirements not withstanding, that the weight of public/investor opinion would support the view that queries like this are invalid.

Not for me to judge, I suppose. Have any surveys been done, to gauge opinion? Do please let us know.

Maybe time for a rethink eh? Don't worry, theres's still time.

Anyway, do please ensure that your responses continue to reflect official HMG policy. At the end of the day, that's what international Governments, Investment decision makers etc. need to establish.

Good Luck, I wish you well.

Yours sincerely,

AIDAN QUINN

Dear FOI,
Hi Can I please rephrase this Query to ask how often NIO is now satisfied that its Ministers have colluded in the cover up of child exploitation and perhaps offer some kind of apology to the distressed Mothers involved.?

Good Luck, I wish you well.

Yours sincerely,

AIDAN QUINN

FOI, Northern Ireland Office

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Dear FOI,
Hi Can I please rephrase this Query to ask how often NIO is now satisfied
that its Ministers have colluded in the cover up of child exploitation and
perhaps offer some kind of apology to the distressed Mothers involved.?

Good Luck, I wish you well.

Yours sincerely,

AIDAN QUINN

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Dear FOI,
Hi,many thanks for the rapid response. Don't worry, in Note and File Only cases, misunderstanding is absolutely inevitable. No fault of the staff involved.
The thing is that exploitation of children and denial of the rights of mothers is very much getting in the way of the smooth operation of the devolution settlement you see, and is thought by many to be a NIO concern.
Many thanks for giving me the chance to clear up any confusion.

Yours sincerely,
Good Luck. I wish you well.

AIDAN QUINN

Dear FOI,
Hey, as an Officially Ostracised Person (OOP) myself, I don’t wish to seem in any way intrusive , and I don’t know what if any rights I may have, but the thing is that the international public invariably, and quite rightly, take Child Safety and Protection very seriously. The whole purpose of FOI Legislation is to ensure that clear evidence of both Child Exploitation and cover-up of Child Exploitation, is disclosed as quickly as possible please.
Maybe in the circumstances it’s best if I formally ask The Cabinet Office to undertake a Review of its own position, and all Ministers involved to undertake a Review of theirs, if that’s all right.

Good Luck. I wish you well.

Yours sincerely,

AIDAN QUINN

Dear FOI,
Hey, we’re hugely overdue. Nobody wants to judge. We all know things in NICS/NIO, Legacy issues basically, are enormously difficult, the staff literally driven mad at policies of total, absolute, perpetual, Note and File Only, inaction.

We all know that even the wonderfully gentle Gestalt Psychology approach of the hugely respected Lou Tice and his Pacific Institute failed signally to change traditional NICS/NIO mindsets from traditional, Legacy, old style, cold house style, Not-an-Inch style, Note-and-File style, Sack-em’all style, they’re-just -Junk, don’t-have-one-about-the -place style thinking to something more modern, constructive, workable, safe, healthy, Investable.

Even Gestalt Psychology failed to throw the NICS/NIO switch from negative to positive.

The Pacific Institute’s failure to even put a dent in traditional NICS/NIO attitudes to life -long Communication Bans on targeted people for instance, have left Human Rights Bodies and behavioural modification experts worldwide, still scratching their heads twenty years later.

It is certainly true then that traditional so called Ulster Disease has defeated a lot, but we somehow have to find a way of getting NICS/NIO caught up with the naturally cheerful, wonderfully positive public mood of the Ulster people who have a huge wish to leave sterile old Leaderships and thinking styles in the past.

The Ulster public instinctively understand that traditional, fully official, fully endorsed by NIO Minister no less, labelling of the country’s best and brightest as Junk, fit only for the psychiatric ward or the emigration boat is no way to run a country. Traditional Noting and Filing the most basic FOI requests for information is no way to impress the due diligence operatives just trying to do a professional, fact-finding job.

Maybe in the circumstances it’s best if this FOI Query were just quietly and without fuss withdrawn. Do please, again if permitted, let me know what you think.

Good Luck. I wish you well. Indeed I do.

Yours sincerely,

AIDAN QUINN

Dear FOI,

Hey, we’re at this 6 months now by my reckoning, as is usual in Note and File Only cases totally without progress of any kind. Not to worry, there is of course absolutely no reflection on the hardworking staff involved,who are very much everywhere regarded as victims too. Much like the Executive itself of course, where, RHI Inquiry tells us, Noting and Filing of evidence, failure to keep records, insistence on losing records is apparently commonplace absolutely standard practice.

The key of course has historically, internationally, in such situations always been in Identifying the Leaders, the Directors, the Strategists , the Controlling Minds those enjoying High Seniority, Position, Honour, Responsibilty, Pay, Status and Accountability. All of course are interlinked.

As follow-up then I wonder if you could please provide me with a copy of the senior staff structure of NIO over the last 30 years say?

That really might be most useful in getting explanations made, Queries answered and things, finally, advanced.

Rest assured when all the Requirements of FOI are properly observed, in the manner that Parliament intended, there really are no losers. We can all be winners. Equally.

Good Luck. I wish you well.

Yours sincerely,

AIDAN QUINN