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All of Mr Conor Murphy’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
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There is a process going on at the moment around the transformation fund that the Department of Finance is running. We have bid for support. We presented a bid to the interim transformation board panel last week and answered its detailed questions. I understand that it will have a final feedback call with the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: SEN Students: Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SEN Students: Support
Yes, I accept that, and it is why I have tasked officials with a piece of work on the issue. It is something that, as a constituency representative, I have lobbied for over the years. It is not acceptable that, although we have a responsibility to young people going through further and higher education and to provide…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: SEN Students: Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SEN Students: Support
My Department provides a range of support for students with learning difficulties or disabilities to transition to and participate in further education. However, I am aware that the current provision is not meeting the needs of all our young people. Therefore, I have commissioned from officials a review of the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: SEN Students: Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: SEN Students: Support
You tend to find that the areas with the most economic inactivity and that we need to target most are the areas of highest deprivation. It can go from 25% overall economic inactivity up to 35% or 36% economic inactivity in the north-west and areas like that. That is, of course, where the focus has to be. We are in a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Economic Landscape Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Economic Landscape
I met all the group leaders, the chief executive and a number of officials from Belfast City Council the other week. We talked about skills, access to work and a range of areas. Belfast City Council is good at what it does in that regard. There is a model there for other councils that perhaps do not have the same…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Economic Landscape Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Economic Landscape
We are working with other Departments on a number of issues. We are working with the Department of Education to make sure that careers advice for young people is consistent across schools. We are working with other Departments to ensure that people who have special educational needs (SEN) post 19 have access to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Economic Landscape Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Economic Landscape
We have a broad level of support for getting people into employment and trying to ensure that we have job opportunities across the board for all areas and all sectors of people. We have a good network of people who do first-level provision in the community. They work closely with all the regional colleges — we have a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Economic Landscape Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Economic Landscape
With regard to sustainable jobs, I have identified the creation of good jobs as one of my four priorities. To that end, we are focused on growing sectors that have the greatest potential to provide decent and secure employment for workers and their families. My Department is also consulting on an employment Bill that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Economic Landscape Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Economic Landscape
As I said, it is a matter of trying to support the enterprise agencies to do the work that they do well. There is a range of them across the region. We have had the opportunity to meet them individually and collectively. In the time ahead, I think, the balance will shift in what Invest NI, as the primary delivery arm…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enterprise Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enterprise Northern Ireland
Areas such as mid-Ulster have a strong and well-organised manufacturing base and have seen the power that, collectively, they can yield. They are examples to other areas where we can get a sector together and create a cluster. We encourage the creation of clusters not just here but across the island. It gives smaller…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enterprise Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enterprise Northern Ireland
First, we have to recognise, as you did, the quality of the work of those agencies. That work is vital in supporting start-ups and our small and microbusinesses to grow. As part of the regional plan that I will announce next week, Invest NI will have targets for start-ups, growth and FDI. I think that that will shift…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enterprise Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enterprise Northern Ireland
Enterprise NI is a vital part of our entrepreneurial ecosystem. We are primarily a small business economy, and the work that Enterprise NI does to support small and microbusinesses, including by delivering Go Succeed, is hugely important. Early in my tenure as Economy Minister, I met the chief executive of Enterprise…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enterprise Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enterprise Northern Ireland
Opposition to Racism That this Assembly condemns the criminal damage and targeting of businesses in recent days; rejects all forms of Islamophobia, xenophobia and racism; endorses the work of voluntary sector organisations combatting racism and supporting those impacted by it; recognises the work of the Police Service…
Assessment details for Motion or amendment: Opposition to Racism Official Assembly record for Motion or amendment: Opposition to Racism
I thank those who contributed to the debate. I particularly thank the Chair and members of the Committee for their scrutiny of the draft order and support for it. Philip McGuigan makes important points about the support that we need to provide for people who find themselves in problem debt and about the work that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Insolvency (Monetary Limits) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Insolvency (Monetary Limits) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
I beg to move I seek the Assembly's approval for the draft Insolvency (Monetary Limits) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024. The order increases three of the monetary limits for access to my Department's debt relief scheme. The scheme was set up in 2011 and assists some of the most vulnerable people to obtain…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Insolvency (Monetary Limits) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Insolvency (Monetary Limits) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024
As I said, we have been making significant progress on Magee. There is a tendency among some sectors in Derry to downplay that progress. I do not understand that. Nonetheless, we have been making significant progress. The 150 students who came in last year were funded at risk by Ulster University, and, to me, that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Skills Agenda: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Skills Agenda: Update
In February, I set out my strategic objectives for the economy: good jobs, productivity, regional balance and net zero. All four of those objectives are underpinned by skills. The Department has therefore been recalibrating its skills agenda in line with those objectives. Before the Assembly goes into recess, I will…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Skills Agenda: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Skills Agenda: Update
I agree with the Member, being a rural dweller myself, although I do not frequent the rural pub as often as I would like. The tourism task force, which we are putting together with representatives from across the industry along with officials, will take forward what was in the tourism strategy and turn it into an…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Tourism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Tourism
With your permission, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle , I wish to make a statement in compliance with section 52 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 on a meeting of the North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) in tourism sectoral format. The meeting was held in Armagh on 24 June 2024. Junior Minister Pam Cameron MLA accompanied…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Tourism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Tourism
Following this morning's announcements, I am committed to supporting Spirit AeroSystems in seeking the best outcome for our economy and the workforce based here. I have spoken with senior management at the company and with Boeing to ensure that we will explore all avenues for sustaining the operations and employment…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Spirit AeroSystems Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Spirit AeroSystems
It is the case that the bulk of what we are dealing with here is devolved to us. We have to set the standards for our own economy and our own particular circumstances. We are, largely, a small- and medium-sized enterprise economy, and we have to recognise that. This is a fairly comprehensive consultation package. The…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Good Jobs Employment Rights Consultation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Good Jobs Employment Rights Consultation
In February, I outlined four key objectives for the economy, one of which is to increase the proportion of the working-age population in good jobs. Ensuring that workers and their families can rely on a decent and secure income is important in its own right. Good jobs also help to attract and retain people in the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Good Jobs Employment Rights Consultation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Good Jobs Employment Rights Consultation
Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank Sinéad McLaughlin for speaking, and go raibh maith agat to Declan Kearney for his contribution as well. As I said at the outset, the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 will clarify statutory rights in relation to leave. I commend…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: The draft Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: The draft Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
I beg to move Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I am seeking the Assembly's approval of the draft Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024. All Members will be aware that workers' rights are at the forefront of my economic vision, and I will continue to work towards improving…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: The draft Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: The draft Working Time (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion and thank the Members who tabled it. It is important to be clear that, although many students from the North study elsewhere, the data shows that we perform better than many comparator regions at retaining our talent. For…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Retaining and Inspiring Young Talent Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Retaining and Inspiring Young Talent
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