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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.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any cross-departmental work being undertaken between her Department, the Department of Education and the Department of Health, to address emerging digital safeguarding risks.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail whether, in light of the successful passage of the Assembly motion in support of service leavers, veterans, and their families through the Armed Forces Covenant, he will appoint an armed forces liaison officer within his department.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail whether, in light of the successful passage of the Assembly motion in support of service leavers, veterans, and their families through the Armed Forces Covenant, he will appoint an armed forces liaison officer within his department.
I thank the Member for giving way. He mentioned Operation Banner, and that is a fair and historic point. However, he does know, of course, that Operation Banner ended, and Operation Helvetic started, and it runs today. The very same soldiers whom we are talking about are the very same soldiers who go out to your…
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I ask that the Minister review one of her answers, which took us down a bit of a rabbit hole. She said that the restrictions on McEntee were that he was not allowed in the Portadown area. The murders took place in Craigavon and not within the Portadown boundary. I think that that was a…
The Minister knows that I have raised the issue of keeping victims informed on multiple occasions, particularly with regard to the family of Jim McFadden, who was murdered by James Meehan. Therefore, I have raised the issue of pre-release testing and the failures, as I believe, of the Probation Board's victim unit.…
Thank you, Minister. Hopefully, you can come back to me with that answer. You may have to come back to me on this question as well. Is the Northern Ireland Civil Service inclusive language guide, which recommends using the title "Mx" instead of "Mr", "Mrs", "Miss" or "Ms", a mandatory policy for all departmental…
Mr Beattie asked the Minister of Finance to confirm whether the Equality Commission was involved in the development of the Northern Ireland Civil Service inclusive language policy.
Review of Northern Ireland’s Fireworks Legislation That this Assembly recognises the widespread distress and disruption caused by the misuse of fireworks across Northern Ireland; acknowledges the serious impact on animals, wildlife, and people, including those living with trauma or heightened sensitivity to noise;…
To ask the Minister of Justice whether her Department will consider a (i) review; or (ii) public consultation, on modernising AccessNI, to reflect new and emerging forms of harm.
To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment on whether AccessNI provides schools, charities, and border control agencies with sufficient assurance, in the context of evolving online and digital threats.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) how examination boards and teachers identify whether students have been using artificial intelligence to do their coursework; and (ii) whether his Department has any plans to introduce measures to support examination boards and teachers in detecting work that has been…
To ask the Minister of Education whether Artificial Intelligence will be expanded into the school curriculum, including in literacy teachings and student support, to create personalised teaching for students, adapted to the needs of the student.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the number of enforcement cases for overhanging (i) hedges; and (ii) trees, that have been opened in the Upper Bann area, in the last three years; and of these (ii) the number of cases that have resulted in further action being taken.
Thank you, Minister, for your answer. I will be honest and say that, if I were to send you an email about every road or footpath issue that I have, I would be spamming you for days on end. The problem is that the overgrown vegetation on private and public land sometimes causes a risk to people. I know that your…
When we stand to talk about such things, I am always mindful of the fact that we should do so with compassion and empathy. I am a military veteran of 44 years. Today, as I stand here, my heart goes out to those who lost loved ones or who were injured. It is important to acknowledge that. One of the worst things about…
Mr Beattie asked the Minister for Infrastructure what action her Department is taking to ensure that overhanging trees and overgrown hedges that obstruct footpaths and roads or visibility for drivers are being appropriately managed, particularly when there is confusion about who owns them, be it the property owner,…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail how AccessNI integrates information from national safeguarding bodies, such as the National Crime Agency and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the mechanisms in place to ensure AccessNI captures safeguarding intelligence from across the United Kingdom and internationally, particularly in cases where applicants have worked or lived overseas.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether her Department has any plans to expand the definition of relevant information, disclosed by AccessNI, to include verified digital or behavioural risk indicators.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail how AccessNI accounts for individuals engaged in online (i) grooming; (ii) radicalisation; and (iii) exploitation, who have not yet come to the PSNI's attention.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any assessment her Department has made of AccessNI’s ability to identify safeguarding risks, in cases when no criminal conviction or formal police record exists.
The data breach was an unforeseen mistake, and I cannot understand why the Treasury cannot see it as an exceptional circumstance. We are all talking about the money for compensation. Have you had any discussions with the Justice Minister to find out the cost of welfare for those officers, their staff and families,…
To ask the Minister of Justice whether she has any plans to reintroduce the league table of those firms who have received numeration from the legal aid budget.