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All of Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
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There was not consensus on the issue in Northern Ireland; there was a majority that voted in Northern Ireland, but there was also a majority across the United Kingdom that voted to leave. At the very heart of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement was an acceptance that Northern Ireland would remain, in its entirety, part…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: EU Observer Status Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: EU Observer Status
I thank the Member for her question. The mechanisms set down by the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and amended by the St Andrews Agreement recognised that significant sections in each community are represented in the Executive and in this place. In fact, it was her party and nationalist parties that pushed so hard to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: EU Observer Status Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: EU Observer Status
Thank you. No, it does not impact on that at all. It does not take there to be a strategy for people to know that they need to go out and champion Northern Ireland and our businesses to try to attract inward investment. We have a strategic direction for that, which is set with Invest NI, in where our offices are. I…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: International Relations Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: International Relations Strategy
Thank you. As I indicated to the House previously, international relations is not a devolved issue, although we do, of course, engage internationally, which is why our international relations strategy will incorporate a range of work that we do through Invest NI and trade discussions, as well as through soft diplomacy…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: International Relations Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: International Relations Strategy
Thank you. There is a tendency in this place, from the Ministers from the Member's party in particular, to try to devolve responsibility for decision-making from this place, should that be to arm's-length bodies, new bodies or new commissions. I do not know how many of those are coming through. Reform is an issue that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Civic Forum: Proposals Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Civic Forum: Proposals
I thank the Member for her question. We are actively looking at that. We have looked at a range of ideas and proposals for what a civic forum would look like. The reconstituted Civic Forum will be smaller. The idea behind it is that people with particular expertise on an issue can be brought in to produce a report. We…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Civic Forum: Proposals Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Civic Forum: Proposals
I am absolutely committed to making Northern Ireland work. We must all work together constructively, drive forward transformation, drive forward efficiency and make sure that we deliver excellent public services. We have a challenge at the moment in our big Departments. That is no laughing matter. It is not a joke. It…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Multi-year Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Multi-year Budget
That was a rather laboured metaphor. The Budget is a serious matter, and we will deal with it seriously. The exchange of letters between the Finance Minister and the Education Minister outlined starkly the challenges that we face in our core public services. Throughout this year, Health and Education in particular…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Multi-year Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Multi-year Budget
Personally speaking, I agree with the Member: it sent absolutely the wrong message. I spoke to many people about it. I have friends who lost loved ones during the COVID pandemic. They could not have a proper funeral, and, if they had a large family, they could not have all of their family at the funeral. They sat at a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: UK COVID Inquiry Report: Findings Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: UK COVID Inquiry Report: Findings
I thank the Member for his question. Recently, we had Exercise Pegasus across the UK to see what improvements had been made to the systems. It was a mock exercise, but it was taken seriously. For example, there were a number of Executive meetings at which we considered the evidence that emerged. There is no doubt…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: UK COVID Inquiry Report: Findings Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: UK COVID Inquiry Report: Findings
It is an incredibly important but sensitive issue. We have worked with the Northern Ireland COVID Bereaved Families for Justice, and there is no doubt that that group wants to see improvements in how we handle and deal with such situations. I take that responsibility hugely seriously. We have been working through all…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: UK COVID Inquiry Report: Findings Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: UK COVID Inquiry Report: Findings
The module 2 report sets out 19 key recommendations concerning governance and decision-making that we will now carefully consider. Our priority is to ensure that the Executive can respond swiftly and cohesively in any future emergency and that the governance arrangements support collaboration rather than division.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: UK COVID Inquiry Report: Findings Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: UK COVID Inquiry Report: Findings
I thank the Member for her question. She will be aware that I was heavily involved in the creation of the first T:BUC strategy, and I look forward to T:BUC 2, which will be the refreshed and revised strategy. However, it is also fair to say that the core aspects of that strategy remain as relevant today as they were…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Good Relations Programme: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Good Relations Programme: North Belfast
I thank the Member for his question. I also thank him for being a relentless champion for the groups in North Belfast and ensuring that the issues remain actively discussed and on the table. I am pleased to say that, just in this financial year, there are over 120 funding awards to North Belfast totalling somewhere…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Good Relations Programme: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Good Relations Programme: North Belfast
The North Belfast strategic good relations programme is managed by the Community Relations Council and delivered as part of the Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC) strategy. In 2024-25, 40 projects were delivered, engaging approximately 14,000 people, with local solutions being provided to local issues. The…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Good Relations Programme: North Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Good Relations Programme: North Belfast
The letter is currently under consideration, but it will say what I have just said to the House. The junior Minister and four other Sinn Féin MLAs received an invitation to the event. The junior Minister wanted to go as junior Minister, but it was not agreed for her to attend in that capacity. The letter clearly…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Belfast City Hall: 19 October 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Belfast City Hall: 19 October 2024
As is common from time to time, when we receive invitations to our constituency office accounts, we will forward them to the Department to ask for them to be considered as ministerial invitations. Understandably, people who are out and about do not necessarily make a distinction between a consistency office email and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Belfast City Hall: 19 October 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Belfast City Hall: 19 October 2024
The Executive Office received one item of correspondence regarding the event at Belfast City Hall on 19 October 2024, which was an invitation dated 9 September 2024 forwarded by junior Minister Aisling Reilly from her constituency office to the Ministers' mailbox.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Belfast City Hall: 19 October 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Belfast City Hall: 19 October 2024
With such projects, it can be difficult to drill down into them, because a lot of what they are trying to do involves stopping things happening. They are trying to stop young people being dragged into antisocial behaviour. They are trying to stop young people being pulled into paramilitary organisations and criminal…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rural Communities in North Antrim: Investment Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rural Communities in North Antrim: Investment
There has been huge investment made under the programme, with £29 million invested across the eight CIT areas. The real focus has been on tackling some of the root causes that can create the vulnerability through which people are dragged into antisocial behaviour, paramilitarism or crime. We are looking at community…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rural Communities in North Antrim: Investment Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rural Communities in North Antrim: Investment
I thank the Member for her important question because that is an issue that is very close to my heart. Very often, the challenges that a community faces can be hidden because of its location, whether in a rural area or in a city or town, where it is surrounded by relative wealth. That is why, over the years, I have…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rural Communities in North Antrim: Investment Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rural Communities in North Antrim: Investment
We are aware that many of our communities continue to be impacted on by paramilitarism and drugs, including those in rural and semi-rural areas. Communities in Transition (CIT), which is part of the Executive programme on paramilitarism and organised crime, delivers support across the eight designated areas identified…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rural Communities in North Antrim: Investment Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rural Communities in North Antrim: Investment
I thank the Member for her supplementary question. I was pleased to see those additional projects come through, not least the tunnel project, which has been on the go since before my involvement in South Belfast. I am pleased that we were able to include some additional projects, including the Westland community…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Urban Villages: West Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Urban Villages: West Belfast
I thank the Member for his hard work for the community, and both our North Belfast representatives have been heavily involved in the North Belfast Urban Villages scheme. I know that because I get actively lobbied on their constituents' behalf to ensure that those schemes move forward. There is an absolute commitment…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Urban Villages: West Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Urban Villages: West Belfast
I thank the Member for his supplementary question. As he will be aware, I was very much involved in the creation of Urban Villages. The junior Minister at the time, who represented the area, and I engaged with people in the Colin area. I felt very strongly that there were significant gaps in service provision. I very…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Urban Villages: West Belfast Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Urban Villages: West Belfast
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