Monday, 29 November 2021
The Assembly met at 12 noon (Speaker [Mr Maskey] in the Chair). Members observed two minutes' silence.
Members, as we start business today, I want to mark the fact that this is the 1,000th plenary sitting of the Assembly since 1998. Of course, this is not a moment to be self-congratulatory or to...
If Members wish to be called to make a statement, they should indicate that they wish to do so by continually rising in their place. Members who are called will have up to three minutes in which...
I welcome the opportunity to raise this issue because not only was the case of Ben O'Neill, whom I have represented over the last number of months, mentioned here last week but his circumstances...
Like many people across the country, I tuned in to 'The One Show' on Friday evening in anticipation of hearing the outcome of the national teaching awards lifetime achievement award. It was, in...
Hear, hear, junior Minister. Many constituents are in financial crisis, just as the cut in universal credit comes through. We have serious price inflation for food and record-breaking energy...
Ahead of International Day of People with Disabilities on Friday 3 December, I highlight the barriers that disabled people face, not least in the wake of COVID-19. All of us have experienced...
Thursday 25 November was International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It also marked the start of the international campaign of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based...
I want to raise the case of the strike by NIPSA members who work as education welfare officers across the North, and who, today, are beginning their first day on strike as part of a two-week...
Friday 3 December, as Ms Bradshaw said, is International Day of People with Disabilities. The theme this year is rights in the context of the ongoing impact of COVID-19. The global themes refer...
Mr Speaker, thank you for reminding this place of its milestone of 1,000 plenary sittings — this bastion of coalition, this champion of democratic openness and accountability. In this House...
Last week, 27 people died in the English Channel when a vessel that was carrying them overturned. They are among the 150 people who have died crossing that Channel in the last five years. They...
I take the opportunity to highlight World AIDS Day, which will take place on Wednesday and is the biggest opportunity each year to raise awareness of HIV and show solidarity with those affected....
Today marks International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. It is important that the international community takes the opportunity to show support for the hopes and aspirations of...
I have received notice from the Minister of Health that he wishes to make a statement. Before I call the Minister, I remind Members in the Chamber that, in light of the social distancing being...
I beg to introduce the Social Security (Terminal Illness) Bill [47/17-22], which is a Bill to provide that special social security rules which apply where life expectancy is six months or less...
Moved. — [Mr Swann (The Minister of Health).]
Moved. — [Mrs Long (The Minister of Justice).]
Moved. — [Mr Poots (The Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs).]
I beg to move That this Assembly approves the report of the Committee for Infrastructure on its inquiry into the decarbonisation of road transport in Northern Ireland [NIA 136/17-22]; and calls...
Question 11 has been withdrawn.
1. Mr Butler asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the Communities in Transition (CIT) project. (AQO 2795/17-22)
2. Mrs Barton asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister what plans their Department has to celebrate the platinum jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen in February 2022. (AQO 2796/17-22)
3. Mr Boylan asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the delivery of the recommendations in the report of the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry. (AQO 2797/17-22)
4. Mr Irwin asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline what discussions they have had with the Minister of Health and other ministerial colleagues regarding the introduction of...
5. Mr K Buchanan asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister for their assessment of the implications for Northern Ireland of the outcomes of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the...
T1. Ms Armstrong asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister to provide an update on the process to appoint a panel of experts on a bill of rights, given that she was interested to hear...
T2. Mr Dunne asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on hospitalisations owing to COVID-19. (AQT 1832/17-22)
T4. Mrs D Kelly asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, following the judgement by Justice Scoffield on 19 October in relation to ministerial authority under the Executive Committee...
T5. Mr Carroll asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister what message the First Minister will send to NIPSA-affiliated education welfare officers and University and College...
T6. Mr Newton asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister what work has been done to put in place the necessary mechanisms for a three-year Budget, given that, over the past 12 to 18...
T7. Mr Humphrey asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister for the First Minister’s assessment of the efforts over the weekend to highlight the ongoing problems that the protocol is...
Questions 7 and 9 have been withdrawn.
1. Mr Dickson asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure the welfare of animals at the Port of Larne. (AQO 2809/17-22)
2. Mr Boylan asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what measures his Department has in place to ensure farmers receive a fair price for the food they produce. (AQO...
3. Mr Storey asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the rural halls refurbishment scheme. (AQO 2811/17-22)
4. Mr Durkan asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the impact of COVID-19 on rural areas. (AQO 2812/17-22)
T1. Mr Dickson asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to confirm whether, in respect of the marine construction licence relating to discharge, consent and abstraction...
T2. Mr T Buchanan asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the independent KPMG report on the impact that the private Member’s Bill on climate...
T3. Ms Armstrong asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in advance of the International Day of People with Disabilities, what engagement he has had with stakeholders...
T4. Ms Dolan asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, given the unprecedented challenges that our farmers are facing, partly because of the Brexit that he championed,...
T5. Mr McGlone asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what is being done to speed up the consultation process between the Planning Service and the NI Environment Agency...
T6. Mr Irwin asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his view of the conacre system in Northern Ireland and the potential to review the current tax system to...
T7. Mr Dunne asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, after thanking him for accompanying him on a recent visit to McKee’s farm shop in Craigantlet and for the...
Debate resumed on motion: That this Assembly approves the report of the Committee for Infrastructure on its inquiry into the decarbonisation of road transport in Northern Ireland [NIA 136/17-22];...
I have received notification from the Business Committee of a motion to extend the sitting past 7:00 pm under Standing Order 10(3A). Resolved: That, in accordance with Standing Order 10(3A), the...
I beg to introduce the Onshore Fracking (Prohibition) Bill [NIA 48/17-22], which is a Bill to prohibit onshore hydraulic fracturing. Bill passed First Stage and ordered to be printed.
I beg to move That the Second Stage of the Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill [NIA 41/17-22] be agreed.
