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Ms Aoife Finnegan: Assembly records
All of Ms Aoife Finnegan’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any work her Department is undertaking to improve the support for victims of hate crime, following the conclusion of a court case.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any recommendations from the Gillen Review Report into the law and procedures in serious sexual offences in Northern Ireland that her Department has accepted, but not yet implemented, including a timeline for implementation.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any steps taken to protect the lifelong anonymity of complainants in sexual offence cases; and (ii) any penalties that exist for an individual who identifies a victim of a sexual offence.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any assessment that has made of the research published by the Commissioner for Victims of Crime Office for Northern Ireland entitled, Protection on Paper? The Changing Use and Effectiveness of Non-Molestation Orders in Northern Ireland (2016–2024).
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any work that is being undertaken to increase awareness and the use of the domestic abuse waiver in legal aid applications.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any criminal sanctions that exist for breaches of non-molestation orders, including where there are repeated breaches.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether (i) contact; (ii) harassment; and (iii) abuse, by social media or technology, will be considered as a breach of a Domestic Abuse Protection Order or Notice.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any legal responsibilities an individual has when giving character evidence, as evidence in a criminal trial; and (ii) whether character evidence, on behalf of a defendant, can be cross-examined or tested in court by a complainant.
I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I echo other Members' comments about Geraldine Hanna, the Commissioner Designate for Victims of Crime, and her team. I was very privileged to be involved in the research, and the subsequent report highlighted what victims and survivors go through when in court, how that…
I welcome the opportunity to speak on Second Stage of the Fisheries, Aquaculture and Water Environment Bill. Sinn Féin recognises the need to modernise the legislation governing our fisheries and water environment. Much of the current framework is decades old and does not reflect the environmental challenges that we…
I welcome the update from the Minister on addressing the backlog. Minister, will you commit to working with the LCJ to address the backlog and to keeping the House updated on progress?
Sorry, I was not ready, Mr Deputy Speaker. Sinn Féin recognises that access to justice is one of the fundamental principles in any fair and democratic society. Legal rights have little practical meaning if individuals cannot effectively exercise them because they lack the financial means to obtain legal…
I am disgusted that the Education Minister, who is supposed to represent children and protect them, is standing up and doing quite the opposite from his speaking notes today.
It is fair to say that we support the principle of the Bill, but if you would like to get feedback from Sinn Féin in the future, the canteen is probably not the place to get that feedback. Come to me directly, and we can outline that. Agreements were made in the Committee, but we had further discussion, and you had…
I thank you for your intervention. That conversation certainly needs to be had. I appreciate your point. As I said, the concerns extend to the wider operational framework, which includes information-gathering powers, entry powers, fixed penalties and departmental guidance. Those provisions will require significant…
I absolutely appreciate that, and that is why we agree with this in principle. I see that in Newry and Armagh every day of the week, and people come to my constituency office to express their frustration. However, we need to make this workable. It is not a huge ask for the Minister to listen to those who will have to…
At the outset, I want to be clear: no one in the Chamber disputes the impact that dangerous, neglected and dilapidated buildings have on our community. Every Member in the Chamber has dealt with residents who are frustrated by buildings that have been allowed to deteriorate and that attract antisocial behaviour;…
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. He highlights very important points. The Bill is important. We all support dealing with dilapidation and agree that we must do it. The Minister highlighted in his intervention that a consultation had taken place. However, that consultation was 10 years ago. Does the…
Minister, last month, you attended the signing of a contract for a £500 million investment in new, faster and more modern Enterprise trains in Grand Central station. The hourly service has led to a significant increase in passenger numbers using that service, with up to 200,000 passengers a month boosting the thriving…
I appreciate the response that the Member got, because there has been a lot of discussion about the role that Shared Environmental Services plays, about the need to get clarity on decisions that it makes, or does not make, and about the planning hold-ups that it causes. Is the Minister exploring any reforms of, or…