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All of Dr Caoimhe Archibald’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
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Clause 119 - Consideration Stage: Insolvency (Amendment) Bill (NIA Bill 20/22-27)
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Clauses 120 and 121 - Consideration Stage: Insolvency (Amendment) Bill (NIA Bill 20/22-27)
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Schedules 1 to 4 - Consideration Stage: Insolvency (Amendment) Bill (NIA Bill 20/22-27)
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Long Title - Consideration Stage: Insolvency (Amendment) Bill (NIA Bill 20/22-27)
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With your permission, I wish to make a statement in compliance with section 52 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, regarding a meeting of the North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) in tourism sectoral format. The meeting was held in Armagh on 28 January 2026. I chaired the meeting, representing the Northern Ireland…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Tourism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Tourism
I apologise for the fact that Members did not receive the statement on time. It was an administrative error; apologies for that. With your permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a statement in compliance with section 52 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 regarding a meeting of the North/South Ministerial Council…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Trade and Business Development Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Trade and Business Development
I thank the Member for that question. I intend to bring forward eight Bills over the course of the mandate, and that is compared with, I think, one piece of primary legislation that my Department has brought forward since it was established in 2016. It is an ambitious programme of work, especially given that we have a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Legislative Programme: Department for the Economy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Legislative Programme: Department for the Economy
As I reflected in my previous answer, I recognise the challenges for and pressures on the sector. A number of different pressures have piled up for it. I commit to continuing to engage so that I understand those challenges and to looking at how we can support the sector. One such way is to try to make progress on the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hospitality and Food-to-go Sectors: Meeting Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hospitality and Food-to-go Sectors: Meeting
That particular engagement was about general pressures. Representatives specifically raised the challenge of the differential in VAT rates across the island. The fact that VAT will be reduced in the South in the summer means that businesses across the North, particularly those in border areas, will face a challenge in…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Hospitality and Food-to-go Sectors: Meeting Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Hospitality and Food-to-go Sectors: Meeting
I thank the Member for that question. Since the launch of the economic vision, back when Minister Murphy was in place, there has been extensive and regular engagement between the Department and trade unions, including direct engagement through the Labour Relations Agency engagement forum. A number of trade unions and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: 'Good Jobs' Bill Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: 'Good Jobs' Bill
I thank the Member for that question. The Bill will introduce several key measures to support working families in balancing employment and caring responsibilities. Flexible working rights from day 1 will offer families greater choice in how to manage work and home life. The Bill will provide for up to five days of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: 'Good Jobs' Bill Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: 'Good Jobs' Bill
I thank the Member for his question. We published the green skills action plan a few months ago. Its purpose is to ensure that we have a skilled pipeline of people coming through who are able to take forward the important policy initiatives that we are trying to achieve. It is also an indication of our ambition to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Heat Pump Installations: Capital Grants Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Heat Pump Installations: Capital Grants
I thank the Member for his question. I am flicking through my papers to try to find my notes. Following yesterday's publication of the Department's consultation response, we indicated that, over the coming months, further work will be done on developing proposals for a support scheme, with the intent being to consult…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Heat Pump Installations: Capital Grants Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Heat Pump Installations: Capital Grants
I thank the Member for his question. Ensuring parity between vocational and academic pathways is something that I am supportive of across primary and secondary education but particularly into third-level education, for which I have a responsibility. I have previously outlined some of the types of initiatives that are…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Vocational Pathways Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Vocational Pathways
I thank the Member for his question. There has been considerable engagement at official level. Since Christmas, I have met the Minister of Education to discuss a number of areas in which we have a joint interest, of which the curriculum review is one. It is something in which I take a significant interest, because…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Vocational Pathways Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Vocational Pathways
I thank the Member for her question. It is important to remember that the rates pressure comes on the back of many other pressures. We need to continue to engage with the sector on it. The Member and anybody who listened to the Finance Minister yesterday will be familiar with the reasoning behind the revaluations. It…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Reval2026: Impact Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Reval2026: Impact
I thank the Member for her question. I agree with her broad emphasis on the importance of our hospitality sector in supporting our tourism offering in particular. I have had significant engagement with the sector, including as recently as a fortnight ago, on the increasing pressures that it faces. Most of those are…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Reval2026: Impact Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Reval2026: Impact
I thank the Member for his question. It is important that we take learning and good practice from elsewhere and utilise that. Yes, we have looked at Skillnet Ireland. I have made a commitment to the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry that I will look at a workforce development agency to make sure that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Youth Unemployment Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Youth Unemployment
As I have said many times, skills underpin everything that we are trying to achieve and all of the priorities of the economic vision. We have created a skills fund, investing in a range of training interventions that are focused on our growth sectors and on transferable transversal skills. I launched the skills action…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Youth Unemployment Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Youth Unemployment
That is an important point. A lot of work goes on in that area. Given the constrained budget, we have to make sure that we reduce duplication and that there is as much synergy as possible if we are to maximise delivery and impact. There is a lot of synergy, I guess, across the policy intent of some of the initiatives…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Youth Unemployment Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Youth Unemployment
We want to make sure that all our young people are supported to achieve their potential. That will require work across a number of Departments, including my Department, the Department for Communities, which leads on employability, and the Department of Education. My Department runs a range of programmes aimed at…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Youth Unemployment Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Youth Unemployment
I thank the Member for that important question. Everybody in the Chamber is concerned about the impact of the funding cuts as a result of the end of the Shared Prosperity Fund. The local growth fund does not meet the funding need, and the capital/resource split is really problematic and shows that Ministers in London…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Social Enterprise Action Plan Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Social Enterprise Action Plan
I thank the Member for that question. The Department actively promotes employee ownership as a way of delivering good jobs and strengthening our local economy. I have provided £100,000 to Employee Ownership Ireland to raise awareness of the employee ownership trust model and to support businesses that are exploring a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Social Enterprise Action Plan Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Social Enterprise Action Plan
I plan to publish a one-year update in the coming weeks that will show the significant progress that has been made on the social enterprise action plan. Of the 14 actions, five have been fully completed, and work is ongoing on the remaining nine. Social enterprise champions are in place in every council and in Invest…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Social Enterprise Action Plan Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Social Enterprise Action Plan
I thank the Member for his question. He is being a little facetious. I am not prone to hyperbole, as some in the Chamber may be, but I assure the Member and everybody else that I am listening to the business community. I hear their concerns; I understand their concerns; and I am working hard with my Executive…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Waste Water Capacity: Derelict Properties Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Waste Water Capacity: Derelict Properties
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