Tuesday, 21 April 2015
The Assembly met at 10:30 am (Speaker [Mr Mitchel McLaughlin] in the Chair). Members observed two minutes' silence.
I call the Minister of Finance and Personnel, Mr Simon Hamilton, to move the Bill on behalf of the Minister for Social Development. Moved. — [Mr Hamilton (The Minister of Finance and...
The Business Committee has agreed to allow up to one hour and 30 minutes for the debate. The proposer of the motion will have 10 minutes in which to propose and 10 minutes in which to make a...
The Business Committee has agreed to allow up to one hour and 30 minutes for this debate. The proposer of the motion will have 10 minutes to propose and 10 minutes to make a winding-up speech....
I remind Members that questions 1, 2 and 9 have been withdrawn.
3. Mr McCartney asked the Minister of Justice for an update on how the recommendations of the recent Criminal Justice Inspection report into Magilligan prison will be implemented. (AQO 7977/11-15)
4. Mr Hazzard asked the Minister of Justice whether plans for the future of Downpatrick courthouse have been finalised. (AQO 7978/11-15)
5. Miss M McIlveen asked the Minister of Justice what avenues he has explored to either make savings or raise revenue prior to consulting on the closure of courts. (AQO 7979/11-15)
6. Ms Boyle asked the Minister of Justice to outline the changes to be made to legal aid in relation to education tribunals. (AQO 7980/11-15)
7. Mr Ó Muilleoir asked the Minister of Justice for an update on the HMP Hydebank Wood artist residency projects. (AQO 7981/11-15)
10. Ms McCorley asked the Minister of Justice for an update on the pilot scheme in Newtownards, on speeding up indictable cases. (AQO 7984/11-15)
11. Mr Frew asked the Minister of Justice why Mid and East Antrim Borough Council will be the only council area, which does not share a boundary with Belfast City Council, without a courthouse...
12. Mr Spratt asked the Minister of Justice what budget cuts have been made to arm's-length bodies funded by his Department. (AQO 7986/11-15)
T1. Ms McCorley asked the Minister of Justice to confirm that he will introduce legislation on the sensitive issue of fatal foetal abnormality, regardless of whether the Health Minister brings...
T2. Mr McCallister asked the Minister of Justice whether he now recognises that the way in which we elect an MLA to hold the office of Minister of Justice holds back the normalisation of politics...
T3. Mr McCarthy asked the Minister of Justice what steps he will take to ensure that lethal legal highs are made illegal and placed well out of the reach of the population of Northern Ireland,...
T4. Mr Ross asked the Minister of Justice to state the most innovative policy that he has come up with during his five years in office, given the launch this Thursday at 1.30 pm of the first in a...
T5. Mr D McIlveen asked the Minister of Justice to comment on the Law Society’s comments, in which it suggested that his approach to the closure of local courthouses has the very definite...
I inform the House that question 9 has been withdrawn.
1. Mr Girvan asked the Minister for Regional Development how much his Department spends on energy costs annually for street lighting. (AQO 7989/11-15)
2. Mr Dallat asked the Minister for Regional Development to outline his plans for ensuring that community transport remains an integral component of public transport. (AQO 7990/11-15)
3. Mr Beggs asked the Minister for Regional Development for an update on the development of the cycle network in East Antrim. (AQO 7991/11-15)
4. Mr Milne asked the Minister for Regional Development, following the handover of car parks from his Department to the new local councils, what provision has been made to address councils'...
5. Mr McCausland asked the Minister for Regional Development to outline the criteria for the erection of a direction sign to a place of public worship. (AQO 7993/11-15)
6. Mr Gardiner asked the Minister for Regional Development for an update on Millennium Way, Lurgan. (AQO 7994/11-15)
7. Lord Morrow asked the Minister for Regional Development for an update on the A5 scheme. (AQO 7995/11-15)
T1. Ms Fearon asked the Minister for Regional Development, given the success of the Gullion tourism project and the Giant’s Lair at Slieve Gullion Forest Park, what he plans to do to...
T2. Mr Swann asked the Minister for Regional Development for an update on the proposed flood alleviation scheme for Queen Street, Toome Road and Wakehurst Park in Ballymena. (AQT 2392/11-15)
T4. Mr Ross asked the Minister for Regional Development, with the belief that Ms Sugden’s earlier question on community transport was not adequately answered, whether cuts to community...
T5. Mrs Cameron asked the Minister for Regional Development for an update on the grass-cutting schedule for the Carnmoney area of Newtownabbey. (AQT 2395/11-15)
T6. Lord Morrow asked the Minister for Regional Development for an assurance that there is fair and equitable enforcement of parking regulations across our towns, cities and villages in Northern...
T7. Mr Clarke asked the Minister for Regional Development for an update on the Yorkgate interchange. (AQT 2397/11-15)
T8. Mrs Overend asked the Minister for Regional Development for an update on the A6, given its importance to her constituency, businesses and commuters who travel to Belfast. (AQT 2398/11-15)
Debate resumed on amendment to motion: That this Assembly reaffirms its rejection of the imposition of water rates on the people of Northern Ireland; recognises that, were they to be introduced,...
The proposer of the topic will have 15 minutes, and all other Members will have approximately five minutes.
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.