Monday, 12 November 2001
The Assembly met at noon (Mr Speaker in the Chair). Members observed two minutes’ silence.
I have two concerns, Mr Speaker. First, on Friday 2 November, when a vote was being taken, you had to leave the Chair; no one was in the Chair. Can the House have an assurance that when such...
I wish to advise Members that I received three letters dated 6 November from Members last Tuesday, each of which states: "In accordance with Standing Order 3(8) as amended today, I give notice...
Mr Speaker, with permission I will make a statement on behalf of the Executive about public spending allocations in 2001-02 following the September monitoring round. In this monitoring round...
The sixth meeting of the North/ South Ministerial Council (NSMC) for the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights sector took place on Friday 26 October 2001 at the Great Northern Hotel in Bundoran....
Change of Committee Membership: Motion made: That Mr Roger Hutchinson and Mr Maurice Morrow should replace Mr Nigel Dodds MP and Mr Peter Robinson MP on the Committee for Finance and...
Resolved: That Mr Roger Hutchinson and Mr Maurice Morrow should replace Mr Nigel Dodds MP and Mr Peter Robinson MP on the Committee for Finance and Personnel. — [Mr Paisley Jnr.]
Resolved: That Mr Mark Robinson should replace Mr Jim Wells on the Committee for Regional Development. — [Mr Paisley Jnr.]
Resolved: That Mr Maurice Morrow should replace Mr Nigel Dodds MP on the Committee on Procedures. — [Mr Paisley Jnr.] The sitting was suspended at 2.13 pm. On resuming (Mr Speaker in the...
Question 4, in the name of Mrs E Bell, has been withdrawn and will receive a written answer. Question 5, in the name of Mr McGrady, has been transferred to the Department of the Environment and...
1. asked the Office of the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister what plans it has to consult with the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission on the conformity of its policies to...
2. asked the Office of the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister what steps have been taken to respond to the report of the Disability Rights Task Force ‘From Exclusion to...
3. asked the Office of the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister to make a statement on hate crimes. (AQO 360/01)
6. asked the Office of the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister to give an update on the work of the Civic Forum. (AQO 359/01)
1. asked the Minister for Regional Development to detail spending on major road schemes in Fermanagh over the past five years and to outline his plans for the next five years. (AQO 362/01)
3. asked the Minister for Regional Development what contingency plans are in place to address winter storms in the Kilkeel area. (AQO 356/01)
5. asked the Minister for Regional Development if he will commission a traffic impact study on homes in Horse Park, Lisburn, following a planning application for a business in that area....
I wish to inform Members that questions 1, 2, 7 and 9, in the name, respectively, of Mrs E Bell, Mr McGrady, Lord Kilclooney and Mr Ford, have been withdrawn and will receive written answers....
3. asked the Minister of the Environment to detail the number of serious or fatal road accidents caused by the failure of motorists to use dipped headlights, over the past year. (AQO 358/01)
4. asked the Minister of the Environment if he will give an update on his Department’s plans to reorganise local government in Northern Ireland. (AQO 370/01)
6. asked the Minister of the Environment how the proposed reduction in grants and the revision of the local government funding formula will relate in monetary and percentage terms to Newry and...
8. asked the Minister of the Environment what time limits, if any, there are on the processing of a planning application for a business in a residential area and can that business operate without...
I beg to move That this Assembly takes note of the report prepared by the Committee for Social Development ‘First Report of the Inquiry into Housing in Northern Ireland’ (2/01R). As...
The current Northern Ireland Assembly was established in 1998 as part of the Belfast Agreement. It was suspended on the 14th of October 2002, and remained suspended until 8th May 2007.
Between 8 May 2006 and 22 November 2006 the Assembly established under the Northern Ireland Act 2006, and between November 2006 and January 2007 the Transitional Assembly created by the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006, met in order to prepare for the restoration of devolved government.