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Miss Deirdre Hargey: Assembly records
All of Miss Deirdre Hargey’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
The cost-of-living crisis is not an abstract problem. It is the parent putting groceries back at the checkout; the pensioner afraid to turn the heating on; and the family working hard and doing everything right, yet still struggling to make ends meet. Those are the realities that face families across the North, and we…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Cost of Living Crisis”
Cost of Living Crisis - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘supporting households;’ and insert: ‘further recognises that the Executive does not have many of the fiscal powers held by other devolved regions or governments and that greater fiscal powers should be devolved to the Executive; recognises that the British…
As you said, Minister, that work is being done by a developer, but it builds on the road safety work that your Department is doing in the wider Four Winds and Carryduff areas. Will you be working with the developer to ensure that that January deadline is met? If there is any potential slippage, will you insist that…
Building political consensus was a central part of the Good Friday Agreement, as endorsed by the people across Ireland. At its heart were power-sharing, the protection of minority rights and, of course, the three key strands of power-sharing institutions, North/South bodies and east-west bodies. Sinn Féin embraced the…
There has been a lot of talk about law and order from political unionism and some sections of the media that has focused solely on those who stood with the residents of the Garvaghy Road. I see that much of the commentary is selective and that some have short memories or a case of amnesia when they proclaim that they…
This is an important issue, particularly in my constituency of South Belfast, where there are many residential apartment blocks. Can you outline the progress that you hope to achieve before the next Assembly election?
Some in the Chamber believe that citizens here should be treated as second-class citizens: if it is not trying to force a march through the heart of a community, it is saying that we should accept an unfair funding proposal from the British Government. It is clear, as the Finance Minister said, that we are underfunded…
Thank you very much, deputy First Minister. The Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) recently gave evidence to the Parades Commission regarding the Drumcree application. The LCC represents illegal organisations that are still involved in racketeering, drug dealing and asking for payments from their own communities. Do…
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Some are trying to use the House, so it was important that you clarified that the First Minister is off doing other urgent business. She is not afraid of any of you — let me make that fact clear. She showed that at last week's Question Time. While some try to use the House to inflame…
Thanks very much, Minister. As you said, the move from the European social fund (ESF) to the Shared Prosperity Fund and now the local growth fund has resulted in a 77% cut in employment and skills support programmes, which has led to significant job losses and over 8,000 people losing support. You highlighted some of…
These are the words not of Irish republicans or nationalists but of people from a unionist background: "My grandfather was an Orangeman from Portadown. I stand with the protesters". "I'm a Protestant, but this has nothing to do with faith. It's a deliberate attempt to cause trouble". "Every decent, respectable…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on preparations within their Department for a future Executive programme to tackle paramilitarism, criminality and organised crime.
I thank the Member for giving way. I have listened to all the Members who have spoken. When I spoke on the Bill previously, I said that it is not perfect and work needs to be done. That is why my party wants it to go to Committee Stage; so that we can work through it. I get the feeling that your party will block it or…
Thanks very much. As you say, Minister, it was a huge success. I know that communities in South Belfast were expecting congestion, but we did not see that, because people used public transport. It shows what can be done if capacity and resources are available to your Department. It was great to see that meeting take…
Housing is a basic human right; for too many people across the North, that right is under enormous pressure. Families face rising rents, insecure tenancies, overcrowding and a constant fear of losing their home. That is compounded by a cost-of-living crisis where profits, concentrated wealth and wars are prioritised…
I remember the meeting, and you said that you did not want to take responsibility for the payment. You said that it was nothing to do with you, to which I replied that the Department of Education held all the payment data and that the Department for Communities would continue to work closely with you to deliver it.…
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline the steps he is taking to protect the Community and Voluntary Sector following the cuts imposed on them as a result of the move from the Shared Prosperity Fund to the Local Growth Fund.
People have a right to use or reference whomever they want, as the Principal Deputy Speaker said, but it is important to provide balance. When you look at legal or medical experts, it is also important to point to international best practice. International best practice across all the experts points to a ban on those…