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Ms Carál Ní Chuilín: Assembly records
All of Ms Carál Ní Chuilín’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
I did not want to get into the clause-by-clause stuff, but I raised that issue because there are differences here, and there have been for some time. Equally, as you and Paula have mentioned, nobody wants to put young people against older people or older people against young people. That is not what we are about.…
Those are the things that people do not normally think about when they consider legislation. That is where the lived experience of constituents, through their elected reps, enriches us all and results in better legislation. There are existing laws that would result in a drop in the levels of discrimination and…
I thank Claire Sugden for introducing the Bill. It was no mean feat, I am sure, particularly given the hoops that she had to jump through. The Committee discussed the Bill last Wednesday, and I looked through it over the weekend. I appreciate that this is Second Stage, so I will not get into any specifics. We welcome…
Minister, thank you for the update. I am sure that, like me, you have listened to the experts, such as civil engineers, accountants and compulsory purchase order experts. The main concern has always been safety: do you agree that a price cannot be put on the safety of the drivers and pedestrians who use the A5?
Go raibh maith agat , Minister. That is good news. I have been working with a group of people for a long time, and they are now impoverished owing to having had to flee their homes as a result of violence. On a separate issue, next week is, as you will be aware, Baby Loss Awareness Week: do you have an update on an…
Will the deputy First Minister explain why the dispute resolution process with the British Government regarding their outstanding financial contribution to victims' payments is still unresolved?
I thank the Minister for that positive response. It is a historic event, particularly in the Gaeltacht Quarter. Obviously, the Minister is aware — she mentioned it — that the geographical area of the Gaeltacht Quarter has been extended. Given that extension, will the Minister confirm whether the pilot scheme will be…
What strategies or initiatives, other than the Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes campaign on tackling violence against women and girls and identifying coercion and control, can you bring forward to tackle the issue?
I thank the Minister for that answer. It is disappointing that he did not put any direct funding into the Fleadh Cheoil. I welcome the fact that spaces belonging to the Department were made available. However, the business case for next year is being made now and will continue into early 2027. Will the Minister commit…
I thank Mark for submitting the question. You did not answer his question other than to confirm what I understood the reason for the delay to be. It is that the DUP is a party of climate-change deniers, and that is why you are blocking the investment strategy. Is that the case?
I have not let myself down at all. My remarks were to the rest of your party At the end of the day, guns were used to kill Catholics — Davy Payne; surface-to-air missiles in South Africa and Paris and then some. I will give the deputy First Minister another opportunity not to deflect but to condemn her party's…
To continue the theme of undermining public confidence and public effectiveness, I ask you this, Minister: why do you and your DUP colleagues continue to block the 'good jobs' Bill, particularly the measures for parents whose babies require neonatal care and, indeed, other measures that will support workers who are…
I thank the Minister for that response. I have a close family relative who is in need of a SPiMS unit in an Irish-medium school but cannot access one in North Belfast at all. Apart from access in P4 and P5, they will have to go to an English-speaking school, even though Irish is their first language. Will the Minister…
Go raibh maith agat, First Minister, for that response. Stronger workers' rights are essential. You mentioned some of the issues that are important: trade union representation, the banning of zero-hours contracts and employees being able to have their tips and service charges. Anyone who cannot get behind these…
First Minister, I know that, recently, you were in Ardoyne for the sod cutting of the new £3·4 million purpose-built youth facility for Ardoyne Youth Enterprise. Further to your response to Brian Kingston, can you give us an update on that project and, indeed, any others?
I mentioned the Inquiries Act 2005 because there are procedures and standards about the handling of information. That is right on one hand, but the issue is where someone else makes a decision that is not article 2- or article 8-compliant. It is not about someone messing about with information; it is about making sure…
I start by going to the amendment that Gerry has just spoken on. I have looked at it in the legislation again. What is in the Bill does not correspond with what the junior Minister said, to be frank — sorry — by way of explanation of what the pitfalls could be. Like all such legislation, there are issues. Basically,…
Gerry, just so that I can understand this — I think that this is what you are talking about, but just to be sure to be sure — amendment No 42 talks about nominating any beneficiary in the event that the applicant dies. Is it your opinion that it would be almost the same as when we get a beneficiary form for our…
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I have done it, and every other Member who has spoken has done it. Timothy, this has to be a first: I am defending you. I am getting that on the record. Every Member mentioned 1922 to 1995. I appreciate that if you mention the amendment that brings it into new ground, but you…
Like all Members, I thank everybody, particularly survivors, victims and their families, their support groups, everybody who was with them from the start and the people who took the first steps to get us to where we are today — also the Department, departmental officials and our own Committee people. There has been a…
Can we distinguish between us? There are two Members for North Belfast. Can you talk about the only Member for North Belfast who has worked on the Bill from the start? Phillip came later. Everyone has rights under article 2 of the ECHR. As Paula said, we all had to go through trauma-informed training. It is to make…
Gerry, thank you for giving way. The Committee was unanimous in supporting victims and survivors being given core participant status. We agreed to take a modular approach, which means that not just legal representatives but groups such as Birth Mothers and their Children for Justice will have core participant status.…
Thank you, Stewart, for giving way. It is the second time that you have given way to me — or that I have interrupted you — today. The Member has accepted that amendment No 10 is certainly an improvement on what we had been advised. Does he agree that it still gives the inquiry chair and panel some flexibility? If it…