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Mr David Honeyford: Assembly records
All of Mr David Honeyford’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether his Department will consider introducing a temporary 20mph speed limit at Brookfield Special School, Moira.
I will speak to the motion from an economy and energy perspective. I echo a lot of the comments that were made by Sian, Kellie, John, Colm and the proposer of the motion. I want to look at some long-term stuff as well as practical support that we can do now. I will start at the beginning. We live on an island in the…
Last night, we heard the terrible news that another restaurant is closing. This time, sadly, the restaurant, really well known locally, is in my area: Clenaghans, outside Aghalee in Lagan Valley. That follows the announcement only a few weeks ago of the closure of the Owl and Pussycat in Hillsborough; another hugely…
As the Alliance Party spokesperson on the economy, I will raise a couple of things that are not only important now but essential for future years. I will mention a couple of stats. Innovation levels among Northern Ireland businesses are the lowest across these islands. In the UK, we are twelfth out of 12 regions.…
Cancer Strategy That this Assembly acknowledges the widespread concern at the increase in cancer diagnoses among children and young people over the past decades; notes that some rarer cancers require co-operation across borders, including sharing of information such as clinical trial results and cancer registries;…
I have said before in the Chamber that I probably would not be here were it not for my community involvement, particularly in local sports clubs in Lagan Valley. I stand as a proud development officer of Glenavy GAC. I do not come from a GAA background, nor does my wife or any of her family. Before Matthew O'Toole…
I feel unwell, but I am trying to be positive about this. To be honest, when I read the motion, out of frustration I did not know where to start. We will support it — anybody would support it. I do not think that any of us would disagree with anything in a motion that calls for more jobs. However, the focus should be…
I welcome the Minister's response. However, given that our economy is made up mainly of small businesses and microbusinesses, can the Minister confirm that the scheme will also include support for smaller-scale projects from half a megawatt up, and not just those from five megawatts, as was previously said?
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Setting Ambitious Targets for Job Creation”
Setting Ambitious Targets for Job Creation - Amendment 2 After ‘employers;’ insert: ‘notes the opportunities for export in key sectors arising from dual market access to the UK and EU/European Economic Area markets;’
I start by acknowledging the tremendous dedication and hard work exhibited by workers across the industries and businesses that have continued to lead and grow our economy amidst Brexit and during the last seven years, when the Assembly has not sat for five of those years. Our economy needs realignment to be able to…
Thank you, Minister. We all want to see support for our grassroots clubs and the availability of capital funding. Previously, I raised with Sport NI and the Minister's Department the issue of creating a grassroots sport fund that would be open to all sports. It would help to empower local clubs and help them to…
Mr Honeyford asked the Minister for Communities, after referring to the fact that he has been torturing him with questions about the subregional stadia programme, and given the fact that, separately and importantly, some grassroots clubs are not able to apply for subregional funding, to outline the capital funding…
I thank the Minister for joining us. I will start by following on from my colleague Peter McReynolds in acknowledging the great work that goes on by the staff. It has been acknowledged around the House that the staff in our MOT centres work in extremely challenging conditions that are not of their making. We have,…
I want to congratulate Lisburn Rugby Club on winning the qualifying league on Saturday with a bonus-point win over Strabane. The club won the league with a match to go, which is a brilliant achievement. I would probably not be standing in the Chamber were it not for starting out in Lisburn Rugby Club back when my son…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Workers' Rights”
Workers' Rights - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘paid carers leave,’ and insert: ‘the availability of accessible childcare and entitlement to tips and gratuities for workers; believes that increased trade union membership and recognition is vital to improving workers’ rights and conditions; and calls on the Minister…
No problem. Thank you, Principal Deputy Speaker. I declare an interest as a shareholder in a business that has apprentices. I thank the Minister for being here, and I thank everybody for their contribution. I was going to name everybody, but — I echo the Minister's comments — we are all in agreement, and we have had a…
I echo the comments that have been made. I start by acknowledging the tremendous dedication and hard work that has been exhibited by public-sector workers, especially during the past seven years, when, for five of those, the Assembly did not sit. I come to the debate as the Alliance Party's spokesperson on the economy…
I thank the Minister for his response. A lot of concern has been raised locally by healthcare staff about morale in the service. It is vital that people work in a place with high morale and that they look forward to going back to work. Will the Minister outline what he is doing to inspire and give positive leadership…
Mr Honeyford asked the Minister of Health, given the recent publication of waiting times, to outline when the data from the South Eastern Trust will be made available and to state whether Encompass has helped to reduce the waiting times and to improve matters.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Expanding Support for Apprenticeships”
Expanding Support for Apprenticeships - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘public sector apprenticeships;’ and insert: ‘recognises the crucial role our further education sector has in delivering many apprenticeship programmes; notes the need to have a dedicated skills fund to help expand apprenticeship provision; and…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how much was spent in the Lagan Valley constituency in the five financial years to 2022-23 on (i) road maintenance; and (ii) payments to motorists for damage caused to vehicles due to road defects.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how much funding has been allocated in the Lagan Valley constituency during the current financial year for (i) road maintenance; and (ii) payments to motorists for damage caused to vehicles due to road defects.
To ask the Minister for Communities what additional funding he has requested to help meet the assessed need identified by the Sub-Regional Stadia Programme for Soccer.