Tuesday, 24 January 2017
The Assembly met at 10:30 am (Speaker [Mr Newton] in the Chair). Members observed two minutes' silence.
Members, today is our last sitting ahead of the election in March. In the circumstances that this Assembly has not completed the full expected term, the normal conventions at the end of a...
I wish to inform the House that I have received the resignation of Mr Robin Swann as Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee with effect from 11.58 pm on Wednesday 25 January 2017.
The first item on the further revised Order Paper is a motion regarding Assembly Commission membership. As with similar motions, it will be treated as a business motion and there will be no...
The next item on the further revised Order Paper is a motion to appoint a member of the board of trustees of the Assembly Members' pension scheme. It will also be treated as a business motion,...
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 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 the debate. The proposer of the motion will have 10 minutes to propose and 10 minutes to make a winding-up speech....
1. Mrs Overend asked the Minister for Communities for an update on the consultation on the review working group report on the 'Review of the Northern Ireland Local Government Code of Conduct for...
2. Mr E McCann asked the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 4374/16-21, to outline his Department's scrutiny of discussions by the Strategic Investment Board and the Northern Ireland...
4. Mr McNulty asked the Minister for Communities for his assessment on whether the £176·4 million in Barnett consequentials received from Westminster's home building fund should be...
5. Ms Mallon asked the Minister for Communities to outline the mitigation measures he will put in place by 20 February to protect tenants from the social sector size criteria. (AQO 964/16-21)
7. Mr Poots asked the Minister for Communities to outline the demand and uptake for the community halls programme. (AQO 966/16-21)
8. Mr Middleton asked the Minister for Communities for an update on his Department's review of arm's-length bodies (ALBs). (AQO 967/16-21)
9. Ms P Bradley asked the Minister for Communities what plans his Department has to increase the participation of women in sports. (AQO 968/16-21)
T2. Mr McGlone asked the Minister for Communities for an update on his proposals for the jobs and benefits and social security offices in Cookstown. (AQT 687/16-21)
T3. Mr Robinson asked the Minister for Communities for an update on the Portrush regeneration programme in the East Londonderry constituency. (AQT 688/16-21)
T5. Mr Aiken asked the Minister for Communities what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA) and the local councils about his decision not to devolve...
Minister, you will be aware of the very good work that many thousands of small community organisations do across Northern Ireland. I know that you have been very supportive of those and have...
T7. Mrs Overend asked the Minister for Communities for an update on the subregional stadia programme. (AQT 692/16-21)
T8. Ms Bunting asked the Minister for Communities for an update on the Northern Ireland Housing Executive’s tower block strategy. (AQT 693/16-21)
T9. Mr Lunn asked the Minister for Communities whether he knows of an anticipated start date for the public realm scheme in Lisburn and to give an assurance that the disastrous experience of the...
1. Mr Dickson asked the Minister for the Economy for an update on his plans for mitigation measures for the non-domestic renewable heat incentive scheme. (AQO 974/16-21)
4. Ms Mallon asked the Minister for the Economy to outline his recovery plan to reduce the £490 million renewable heat incentive scheme overspend to zero. (AQO 977/16-21)
2. Mrs Cameron asked the Minister for the Economy to outline the action he is taking to improve air connectivity. (AQO 975/16-21)
3. Mr Anderson asked the Minister for the Economy what action is being taken to promote the tourism potential of Northern Ireland's centenary in 2021. (AQO 976/16-21)
5. Mr Robinson asked the Minister for the Economy how he will ensure that broadband providers do not mislead consumers when offering their products and services. (AQO 978/16-21)
6. Mr Swann asked the Minister for the Economy to outline the timescale for the launch of the new Northern Ireland economic strategy. (AQO 979/16-21)
T1. Mr Attwood asked the Minister for the Economy, given his references to the industrial strategy and record visitor numbers, for an update on the status of the tourism strategy. (AQT 696/16-21)
T2. Mrs Overend asked the Minister for the Economy to comment on the Supreme Court’s Brexit ruling. (AQT 697/16-21)
T3. Ms Hanna asked the Minister for the Economy what contingency or plan B, which would allow for transparency, his Department had in place in the event of a ruling against publishing the RHI...
T4. Mr Lyttle asked the Minister for the Economy, given that, in relation to the publication of details of the RHI recipients, he has said that he is subject to limitations and has challenges to...
T5. Ms Mallon asked the Minister for the Economy, given the hard Brexit stance being taken by the Conservative Prime Minister, to state whether he accepts that the case must be made for special...
Ms Nichola Mallon has given notice of a question for urgent oral answer to the Minister of Health. I remind Members that, if they wish to ask a supplementary question, they should rise...
I have received notice from the Minister of Finance that he wishes to make a statement.
Debate resumed on motion: That this Assembly acknowledges that it is in the public interest for there to be openness, transparency and accountability in relation to the Northern Ireland...
In conjunction with the Business Committee, I have given leave to Danny Kennedy to raise the matter of broadband provision in Newry and Armagh. The proposer of the topic will have 15 minutes.
The current Northern Ireland Assembly was established in 1998 as part of the Belfast Agreement.
As of 2023, the Assembly has sitting MLAs, but has been unable to reach the cross-community agreement required to elect a speaker. As such, there will be no debates in the Assembly until a speaker is elected.
