Monday, 9 September 2024
The Assembly met at 12 noon (Speaker [Mr Poots] in the Chair). Members observed two minutes' silence.
Claire Sugden has been given leave to make a statement on Northern Ireland athletes at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, which fulfils the criteria set out in Standing Order 24. If other...
I take the opportunity to speak about dynamic pricing. As you know, that is the practice by which the market value of tickets and products rapidly increases with demand. Last Saturday morning,...
This summer brought about a new Labour Government after 14 years of Conservative rule. We were all promised and it was heralded that the Labour Government would be honest, progressive and...
I rise to congratulate Larne Football Club. You will be aware that it recently became the first team from Northern Ireland to qualify for the knockout stages of a European tournament. That is an...
I rise to raise the issue of the resignation of the Veterans Commissioner, Danny Kinahan, just last week. It impacts directly on the veterans community and, indeed, wider society in Northern...
I call for urgent and sustained funding for the Men's Action Network (MAN), an organisation that has made an enormous impact on the lives of men in my constituency. The group has been...
For a full year, the community in Warrenpoint has been subjected to an oppressive, foul odour that has engulfed our town, owing to the close proximity of Warrenpoint harbour and the large volumes...
On Emergency Services Day, it is important for us to take a moment to express our deep gratitude to the remarkable individuals who serve in our emergency services. Today provides an opportunity...
Last Sunday evening, a major fire occurred in my home community of Greenisland at a Church of Ireland church known as the Church of the Holy Name. Following Ms Brownlee's comments, I place on...
Inniu an Lá Idirnáisiúnta chun an tOideachas a Chosaint ar an Ionsaí. Is ceart bunúsach é an t-oideachas, ceart nach raibh i dtólamh ar fáil sa tír...
[Translation: Today is International Day to Protect Education from Attack. Education is a fundamental right, a right that has not always been available in this country, but now, a right that we...
On 17 August, the police instructed the occupants of around 450 homes in Newtownards to vacate their premises the following day because an 1,100-lb bomb had been uncovered by workmen. The bomb...
On 14 June 2017, the Grenfell Tower fire shook the world. At 12.54 am, flames engulfed a 24-storey tower in north Kensington in west London. That fire raged for 60 hours, tragically claiming 72...
This coming weekend, on 15 September, is International Day of Democracy. Each one of us is in this Chamber because citizens used their vote to elect us to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Some...
Resolved: That Mrs Michelle Guy replace Ms Kate Nicholl as a member of the Committee for Education and as a member of the Assembly and Executive Review Committee; that Ms Kate Nicholl replace Ms...
I have received notice from the First Minister and deputy First Minister that they wish to make a statement. Before I call the deputy First Minister, I remind Members that their questions must be...
1. Ms Flynn asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the ending violence against women and girls strategic framework. (AQO 723/22-27)
2. Mr McAleer asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the Programme for Government. (AQO 724/22-27)
3. Mr Kingston asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on securing funding from the Urban Villages initiative for the proposed Westland Community Centre, North Belfast....
4. Mrs Dodds asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister what consideration has been given to supporting and promoting the agri-food sector, including the primary producer, in the...
5. Ms Bradshaw asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister when amendments to the ministerial code, expected within 100 days of the restoration of the Assembly, will be made. (AQO 727/22-27)
6. Ms Nicholl asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the operation of the Victims' Payments Board. (AQO 728/22-27)
T1. Mr O'Toole asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in light of the fact that a Lough Neagh action plan was published some weeks ago, albeit with mostly non-binding actions, to...
T2. Mr Butler asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on any recent discussions or meetings regarding the Maze/Long Kesh site, which, following the deputy First...
T3. Mr Brooks asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, while welcoming, as the Ministers have done, the focus in the draft Programme for Government on growing the economy, to state...
T4. Mr Kelly asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they agree that the three-year economic business plan launched by the Economy Minister today can be a great game-changer...
T5. Mr Carroll asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they agree that the £260 million announced by the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs a matter of...
T6. Lord Elliott asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the proposed development of a new centre for the South East Fermanagh Foundation (SEFF) in Lisnaskea to...
T7. Dr Aiken asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether the Brussels office has sufficient resources to deal with the tsunami of European rules and regulations that is coming in...
Question 13 has been withdrawn.
1. Ms Forsythe asked the Minister of Justice for an update on her work to strengthen protections against online abuse. (AQO 737/22-27)
2. Mrs Mason asked the Minister of Justice for an update on her Department's input into the ending violence against women and girls strategic framework. (AQO 738/22-27)
3. Ms Kimmins asked the Minister of Justice to outline the expected legislative changes arising from the sentencing Bill. (AQO 739/22-27)
4. Ms Brownlee asked the Minister of Justice what action her Department is taking to address an increase in attacks on places of worship. (AQO 740/22-27)
T1. Mr McNulty asked the Minister of Justice, given that, more than three years ago, the Marrinan review made it clear that we need stand-alone hate crime legislation and that, in her first-day...
T2. Mrs Erskine asked the Minister of Justice, given that she will know that morale in policing is at an all-time low, whether she has discussed that with the Chief Constable and, if so, what...
T3. Mr Martin asked the Minister of Justice, given that she has just acknowledged the immense pressure that the PSNI is under, whether she has considered reconfiguring other budget areas in her...
T4. Mr Chambers asked the Minister whether, given that the Ormeau Road incident was the catalyst for the review of the Policing Board, with Mr Justice Scoffield deciding that "MJ" in the former...
T5. Mr Kelly asked the Minister to outline any recent British Government engagement on the Home Office scheme to provide additional security measures at places of worship and to clarify whether...
I call the Minister of Finance, Dr Caoimhe Archibald, to move the Consideration Stage of the Budget (No. 2) Bill. Moved. — [Dr Archibald (The Minister of Finance).]
I beg to move That this Assembly supports the Chief Constable in his campaign to secure additional resources for the PSNI; notes with growing concern the serious pressures facing local and...
I have received notice 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 move That this Assembly acknowledges the positive impact that the European regional development fund and the European social fund have had on our society; notes British Government...
