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Mr David Brooks: Assembly records
All of Mr David Brooks’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
I join others in congratulating those behind the fleadh that took place in Belfast this summer. Whatever your politics or cultural background, it is not difficult to recognise that the fleadh was a tremendous success for the city. It was great to see Belfast buzzing. I was there on a couple of afternoons, including on…
I thank the Minister for his answer. It is disappointing, if not surprising, that, once again, it seems as though Sinn Féin is paying lip service to our SEN students. It is happy to bring to the Education Committee proposals for extra spending in education, but it is not happy to furnish the Minister with the finances…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline any measures their Department has in place to ensure that appropriate support is available to victims and survivors of terrorism.
I commend the Minister on the stance that he has taken. Just because Sinn Féin Ministers cannot deliver within the rules does not mean that they can flout them. Sinn Féin Members love to pontificate on the Irish language, but does the Minister agree that the zeal of their words is often not matched by their actions?
Today, I welcome the reassuring presence of Royal Navy vessels at the heart of Belfast, as I did with the Royal Air Force when it was in our skies last week. Sometimes, reality makes a rather more powerful argument than rhetoric ever could. There is something wonderfully ironic about that because, while some Irish…
No Confidence in the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs That this Assembly believes the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has lost the confidence of farmers, rural communities and the wider public; and calls on the Minister to resign.
The Member clearly sees the problems that are caused. Does she agree with the proposals for displays being time-bound? If we talk about flags in that regard, the example that many people in my community will draw on is — as the Member will understand — the Bobby Sands statue at Twinbrook. That is not time-bound; that…
Does the Member agree that, when the Bill sponsor spoke earlier, she continually referred to examples such as "Snipers At Work" and Billy Wright flags? Those are the most clear-cut examples that can be dealt with. The problem is that, when we hand this over to the Department, officials, as you rightly say, will be…
I thank the Member for giving way and for the information that she has given so far. She said earlier that she was not trying to establish a Parades Commission mark II, but it sounds like an awful lot of information will be required from people who want to make an argument for the flag to be flown. On top of that, it…
I wanted to intervene in order to give some context to the complexity of the matter. I understand what you are saying; the greenway can be used by many people for dog walking, cycling and all of that. However, it could not be closer to houses in loyalist working-class communities. Before the greenway was there, flags…
I thank the Member for giving way. Given what she said, I will draw on two examples from my constituency. Your East Belfast colleague on your Benches will be familiar with an example from Ballyhackamore. I will not labour the point, but there is a street where Union Jacks go up around the time of the parade that…
It is right that we highlight some of the risks and the concerns that people have about AI, but there are also opportunities. How will AI support efficiency and effectiveness in the Civil Service and the wider public sector?
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of fires attended by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service that were caused, or suspected to have been caused, by lithium-ion batteries, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail whether any assessment has been made of the additional operational challenges posed to firefighters by lithium-ion battery fires at waste and recycling facilities.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail whether any consideration will be given to additional requirements on waste operators for the detection and separation of lithium-ion batteries before waste enters processing or storage areas.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail whether any assessment has been made that the current waste management licensing conditions provide adequate safeguards for the identification, separation and storage of lithium-ion batteries at waste facilities.
To ask the Minister of Education how much of the funding provided to the Executive, following the UK Government's additional spend on special educational needs in England, has been allocated to the Department of Education in the Proposed Draft Budget 2026-29/30.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on plans to deliver new social housing at the Clarawood House and Kilbroney House sites in East Belfast.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the recently announced shift in emphasis within the UK Defence Investment Plan on the local economy and relevant local business stakeholders.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether her Department has been engaging with relevant defence-related stakeholders, in relation to the shift in focus of the UK Defence Investment Plan.