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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 flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Thanks very much, Minister. Under the housing selection scheme that you mentioned in your statement, the succession of tenancy policy has seen an increase in evictions and homelessness, particularly in the Belfast area, in recent times. A recent High Court case actually ruled in favour of a tenant whom the Housing…
Belfast city centre is surrounded by inner-city working-class communities that have been cut off from the city by defensive planning in the 1960s and 1970s. Does the Minister agree that the plan should start to deal with that severance issue and re-stitch those communities into the city centre?
Miss Hargey asked the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on engagements that he has had with Belfast City Council and the Department for Communities on progressing the 'A Bolder Vision for Belfast' plan.
To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on her engagement with the Criminal Bar Association in relation to preventing further withdrawals of service arising from a dispute over legal aid.
The Ulster Unionist motion seeks to oversimplify a complex and sensitive issue. Instead of having concern for the vulnerability of people in custody, the motion seeks to use their vulnerability to play politics. The amendment from the TUV seeks to remove a broad expression of support for the LGBTQI+ community and…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Protection of Rights and Safety in Custodial Facilities”
Protection of Rights and Safety in Custodial Facilities - Amendment 3 Leave out all after ‘calls on the Minister of Justice’ and insert: ‘to ensure that the safety of everyone within prisons is the priority consideration when managing prison populations, including with regards to the admission of transgender…
I thank Paula for securing this important debate and for discussing the issue in South Belfast. It is clear that forward planning to meet school pressures, especially for nursery and primary places, is essential. We recognise that challenge in an area such as South Belfast. Our schools do an excellent job despite the…
These are important topics that we are discussing here in the Chamber today. Indeed, online abuse and the use of cyber-flashing, catfishing, targeted abuse and the emergence of the use of deepfake imagery is extremely concerning. We know that with the advancement of technology and, indeed, artificial intelligence,…
I am in favour of the motion. Increased National Insurance contributions will put an additional strain on our local businesses, our public-sector employers and, critically, our community and voluntary sector, as has already been stated, especially at a time when they are already struggling with rises in inflation, the…
Given that Ministers are still considering the draft refugee integration strategy, will you outline what other work the Department is doing until it comes through?
I thank the Minister for her statement. It is important, and it will be good to get the delivery programme and timetable that she mentioned. My question follows on from her comments on Tom Burgess's report and the 16% uplift. It is good for that to be widened so that it applies across the legal aid profession, but the…
I welcome the debate. It is important because of the vital role that Belfast plays, the population that resides here and those who work, visit and do business. There is no doubt that a prolonged period of dereliction has impacted on the city centre and, indeed, sites across the city, including in our neighbourhoods.…
I rise to speak about the protest outside Queen's University Belfast last Thursday afternoon and all that unfolded after it. The protest happened in my constituency. It took place to highlight the ongoing plight of Palestinians in Gaza in the face of the genocide, which is being investigated, continued illegal…
I thank the Committee for the Executive Office for tabling this important motion. Over the past few months, I, along with others in the Chamber, have attended a number of anti-racism rallies in Belfast, which took place off the back of a summer of racist attacks on families, homes, places of worship, and, indeed,…
Thank you for coming to the Chamber. I know that the Committee asked for that, and it is important that this issue is debated here. The publication of the report and whatever recommendations may come is causing alarm bells. To try to reassure this part of our justice system, which provides access to justice for some…
Thanks to everybody for taking part in this important debate. I thank the Minister for being here. As has been said by most Members, vapes and e-cigarettes are still being researched to fully understand their implications. As we move through, we can see those implications in our communities and, importantly, in our…
I understand that there was another death in custody at the weekend, bringing to four the total number of deaths in the past five weeks. It is a concerning picture. What is being done to tackle that situation?
Thanks very much to Andrew for stepping in. To highlight it, in the course of this question for urgent oral answer, two women will report domestic abuse. That really sets in context the importance of why we are here. I ask the Minister, beyond strategies and action plans, on the back of four women having been murdered…
To ask the Minister of Justice how many allegations of inappropriate behaviour within the Northern Ireland Prison Service have led to disciplinary action over the last five years.
Following on from that question, does the deputy First Minister agree that there is a duty on all of us as political leaders actively to promote a zero-tolerance approach to racism and to build a future defined by inclusivity, tolerance and respect?