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Mr Colm Gildernew: Assembly records
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I thank the Minister for his answer. He touched on my supplementary question. Can he outline how the funding compares with that of Scotland and Wales and the impact on public services here?
I raise the ongoing failure to produce an anti-poverty strategy. The issue has been going on for a long time. At the first meeting of the Committee for Communities after the Assembly's restoration following the DUP's collapse of the institutions, I asked the Department about a timeline for bringing forward an…
A chairde , over the summer period and, indeed, over previous summers, we saw the erection of emblems of a racist, sectarian and hate-filled, criminal nature in Moygashel in my constituency of Fermanagh and South Tyrone. We have also seen the targeting of Killyman GAA club, with a threatening and sinister poster…
Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-LeasCheann Comhairle. As Chair of the Committee for Communities, I seek the support of the House for the motion to extend the Committee Stage of the Charities (Amendment) Bill until 11 December 2026. The Bill was introduced on 15 June and completed its Second Stage on 23 June, when it…
Minister, will the committee have an absolute right to obtain all the relevant departmental and trust information, including workforce data, risk assessments, financial assumptions and alternative options? Will that evidence be published alongside the conclusions?
Minister, you mentioned Fivemiletown and the impact of that operation in my constituency. When it comes to the independent review that you mentioned, will you ensure that there will be full transparency and accountability and that you will publish the review's findings and recommendations in full, including any…
To ask the Minister for Communities whether there are any mechanisms in place to ensure that mandatory reconsiderations of benefit awards are processed as quickly as possible and that backlogs do not develop, minimising distress, financial and otherwise, to constituents and their families.
Extension of Committee Stage: Charities (Amendment) Bill (NIA Bill 36/22-27) That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 11 December 2026, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Charities (Amendment) Bill.
I beg to introduce the Housing (Amendment) Bill [NIA 43/22-27], which is a Bill to amend the definition of threatened with homelessness in the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the amount of funding his Department has allocated to schemes specifically aimed to support British Army veterans.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any (i) individuals; and (ii) organisations, his Department engaged with in relation to reforming the liquor licensing laws, prior to the decision not to accept the majority of recommendations contained within the Report of the Independent Review of the Liquor Licensing…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the estimated cost of any damage caused to Housing Executive properties during the recent racially motivated violence.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of staff within his Department who have been redeployed to operate the Veterans Support Line NI.
I thank the Minister for his answer. Minister, you said that there has been an improvement. However, recently, there were reports of over 1,400 patients waiting more than 28 days. How will you ensure that trusts consistently meet the targets for suspected cancer appointments in particular?
I thank the Minister for his statement. I have been working with Dungannon Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It will welcome this work, particularly in light of its concerns about vacancy and protecting the retail heart of towns such as Dungannon. How impactful is the Back in Business scheme in supporting start-ups…
I acknowledge the families who are here, many of whom I was proud to stand alongside and campaign with throughout the scandal, including in the fight that they had just to have the public inquiry held. That needs to be acknowledged. Minister, the inquiry has been highly critical of the Belfast Trust's approach,…