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Mr Declan Kearney: Assembly records
All of Mr Declan Kearney’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Mr Kearney asked the Minister for the Economy to update the House on the consultation on the employment Bill, given that the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and other social partners have high expectations for the Bill.
Bhí an Lá Idirnáisiúnta um Pá Comhionann ann Dé Céadaoin seo caite. Is fada muid ag streachailt le pá comhionann as obair chomhionann a bhaint amach. Mar sin féin is lú an luach saothair a fhaigheann na mná ná na fir go fóill i ngach aon réigiún den domhan. Meastar gur 20% an bhearna phá idir na hinscní ar bhonn…
Minister, you touched on the conclusion of the review, scheduled for 30 September. To what extent have workers, businesses and the trade union movement been engaged with to maximise their participation? Can you give us a sense of the quality of the responses that have been received?
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Chéad-Aire as ucht an fhreagra sin. Ar an ábhar céanna, does she concur that the building of Casement Park will not only be hugely beneficial for the provision of other sporting events that could, once it is developed, be hosted there but act as a spur for significant investment in the North…
Lena chois sin, on 8 August, the Assembly was recalled, and we issued a very strong message that we stood firmly against racist violence, intimidation and threat. Does the First Minister agree that we need a political and legislative zero tolerance of all forms of hate crime?
Mr Kearney asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, having noted the remarks by the British Prime Minister last week about Casement Park, to outline whether they agree that building a first-class stadium for Gaelic games, particularly for the benefit of Antrim and Ulster Gaels, should now proceed as a…
I congratulate St Ergnat's GAC Moneyglass on the opening of its new pitch and facilities at Loughbeg Road on Sunday. Céim stairiúil chun tosaigh a bhí ann. The club has been at the heart of Moneyglass for 75 years. Tá sé go hiomlán fite fuaite le saol an phobail áitiúil. It is integral to the social fabric of the…
The motion would have been stronger and could have been more focused had the text spelt out that the haulage industry here in the North and others face this friction and disruption as a direct consequence of Brexit. Nonetheless, Sinn Féin will support the motion, because it highlights a particular problem facing that…
Last Saturday, the Ulster GAA For All tournament took place at Kickhams GAC Creggan in south Antrim. It was an absolutely brilliant event. GAA For All sums up everything that is best about Cumann Lúthchleas Gael . It creates the space for the most special people in our community to participate, be valued and be the…
Gabhaim buíochas leis na hAirí as ucht a ráitis a chur ar fáil an tráthnóna seo. The Ministers will understand that public services here have been underfunded and below need for a significant number of years as a result of successive decisions by British Governments. The early indications are that the Labour…
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…
Tacaím leis na rialacháin seo le cearta oibrithe a chosaint agus le buíochas a thabhairt don Aire Eacnamaíochta, Conor Murphy, as an obair thábhachtach sin a chur chun cinn. Cosnaíonn na rialacháin oibrithe ar fud an Tuaiscirt ar an éiginnteacht fostaíochta a chruthaigh Breatimeacht. Cosnaíonn siad cearta na…
Gabhaim buíochas leis an leas-Chéad-Aire as ucht a freagra. Not only is Lough Neagh the largest fresh water body on the island of Ireland, but, as you know, it provides 40% of this region's drinking water. It is also integral to the environment, biodiversity, the economy of the lough shore community and the adjoining…
Today, Dáil Éireann finally recognises the state of Palestine. Whilst it happens 10 years after an Dáil unanimously adopted a Sinn Féin motion to do so, it is a hugely significant occasion. The right to Palestinian self-determination, sovereignty and statehood, which has now been affirmed by the Norwegian, Irish and…
Labhróidh mé i bhfách leis an rún. Tacaíonn Sinn Féin go huile agus go hiomlán le héilimh na ndochtúirí sóisearacha. Le blianta beaga anuas, tá pá agus coinníollacha oibre na ndochtúirí seo ag gabháil in olcas. Ní hé amháin gur acmhainní daonna riachtanacha iad na dochtúirí sóisearacha; is iad croílár fheidhmiú an…
We need to take a zero tolerance position in these political institutions and in wider society on the undignified and disrespectful flying of all national flags, and we also need unequivocal opposition to the use of flags and emblems to entrench sectarian segregation, harass or intimidate. The misuse of public…
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Chéad-Aire as ucht a ráitis. First Minister, will you expand on the specific discussion that took place at the NSMC on the environmental catastrophe in Lough Neagh and reassure the lough shore community and my constituents that the crisis will be taken forward as an all-island environmental…
I want to highlight the significance of International Workers' Day, otherwise "May Day", tomorrow on 1 May. May Day celebrates the struggles and achievements of working people and organised labour. It also reminds us of what still needs to be done to maximise industrial democracy and workers' rights. Securing full…
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire shóisearach as ucht a freagra. An dtabharfaidh an tAire sóisearach uasdátú ar an obair atá idir lámha leis na struchtúir agus córais a chur ar bun a leagtar amach san Acht Féiniúlachta agus Teanga?
Last year, commercial fishermen and their families were exposed to extreme financial hardship as a direct result of the virtual collapse of the eel fishing season. The eel fishing season resumes on 1 May. What more can be done to provide protections to ensure that they are not exposed to the same financial hardship…
The ecological catastrophe on Lough Neagh is an environmental crisis for the region, but it has also been a financial disaster for the commercial fishermen and their families, who rely on the lough for their income. The eel fishing season normally lasts for six months. Last year, it lasted only six weeks, meaning that…
Mr Kearney asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the Executive’s focus on tackling the environmental catastrophe at Lough Neagh.