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Mr Doug Beattie MC: Assembly records
All of Mr Doug Beattie MC’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. The protection and safeguarding of our citizens must be the main priority for the police, the Assembly and the Department of Justice. The findings of the Police Ombudsman regarding Alexander McCartney's online child sex offences are concerning and outline grave failings. The…
Tackling Scams and Improving Public Protection That this Assembly notes with concern the rising number, and sophistication, of online, telephone, postal and doorstep scams targeting individuals and businesses across Northern Ireland; further notes the serious financial and emotional harm caused to victims, many of…
I thank the Member for giving way. I agree with him on migration and people leaving these shores. Sometimes, though, it is a good thing that people leave to experience other countries and cultures and to get other skills. Does the Member agree that the issue is that we need to provide the opportunities to bring them…
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I will start by apologising for missing the very start of the debate and the moving of the motion and the contribution from Sinn Féin. It was just tardiness on my part. If I can be honest about it, having read the initial motion on the census, I genuinely struggled to see the…
I thank the Minister for his answer. It is good to hear that you are talking a whole-system approach. Community care is a critical component of our wider health and social care system. How are you seeking to ensure that social care will be better integrated to support people in their homes?
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Publication of the Joint Census”
Publication of the Joint Census - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘population levels’ and insert: ‘but well above the lowest ever population levels that were recorded in 1961 which were only lower than the all-island low of 1926; further notes the findings in relation to the allisland economy whereby over 18,000…
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the rationale for not naming a convicted murderer in a Domestic Homicide Review if the family of the victim have waived their right to anonymity.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Policing Resources”
Policing Resources - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘fall’ and insert: ‘following the Chief Constable’s workforce Recovery Plan endorsed by the Minister of Justice and the Executive; expresses concern that the agreed funding to increase the PSNI headcount to 7,000 officers has not been made available, resulting in…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the legislative framework that covers pre-release testing; and (ii) who gives final authority for a life sentence prisoner to be allowed on unaccompanied day release, prior to the completion of their sentence tariff date.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) whether the Paroles Commission inform families that an individual life term prisoner is not to be released (ii) does pre-release testing then return to phase 1 for that prisoner.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the percentage of total victims, who have opted into the (i) Prisoner Release Victim Information Scheme; and (ii) NI Probation Board Victims Care Unit, within the first six months and subsequent six months, for a total of three years.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of prisoners that have been released on unaccompanied pre-release testing, in the last two years, where the victims have not been informed.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of applications the Northern Ireland Housing Executive has for the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough council area, broken down by household size.
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I will reflect on those indoor fireworks. I thought that they were absolutely fantastic, and they are still out there. You can still buy them, so, if any Members want a bit of nostalgia, they should get online and buy themselves a set of indoor fireworks. I remember speaking to some of my…
Ten years ago, we were coming to terms with the aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks. Those attacks, on 13 November 2015, left 130 people dead and nearly 400 injured. France was left in a state of emergency for nearly two years such were the attacks. Who can forget the scenes of the aftermath of the Bataclan…
Presbyterian Church in Ireland To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the steps being taken following safeguarding concerns in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Health how his Department will ensure that transformation plans focus on prevention and community care rather than just managing hospital pressures.
Thank you, Mr Speaker. We have no issue with the motion or with the DUP amendment, and we will not force a Division on either. However, if I may, I will be a bit more direct with regard to memorialisation. Here is a simple truth about Northern Ireland: there are more memorials in Northern Ireland to the perpetrators…
Last week, my fellow Upper Bann MLA Jonathan Buckley raised a question for urgent oral answer with the Justice Minister about the murder of Marjorie and Michael Cawdery by Thomas McEntee while he was on day release. Many who know case will know that the family, in particular Charles Little, worked extremely hard to…
Restorative justice is one of those areas that I am really glad that we are talking about. It is incredibly important. Will the Minister look at adult restorative justice forming part of the sentencing framework in the new sentencing Bill?
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Audit and Re-Imaging of Memorials”
Audit and Re-Imaging of Memorials - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘glorifying terrorism;’ and insert: ‘calls on the Minister of Justice to acknowledge that glorifying terrorism is a crime, which retraumatises innocent victims, and to ensure the criminal justice system is configured to address this with the powers to…
To ask the Minister of Justice whether her Department has considered piloting the use of Artificial Intelligence or digital risk analysis tools, to complement existing AccessNI vetting processes.