Ms Emma Sheerin: Assembly records

All of Ms Emma Sheerin’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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  1. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I thank the Minister for that, but the legal briefing that we received from the Department in March 2025 highlighted the importance of the reviewer. The Chief Constable is not independent of the policymaker or those who will carry out the policy, which is the PSNI. The commissioner will be appointed by the Department…

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  2. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    Thank you for that, Minister. We had extensive conversations and engaged with your team on the topic at Committee Stage, because the guaranteed independence of the biometrics commissioner has been a concern for Sinn Féin from the start. Having asked DOJ officials, we did not get clarification that the PSNI ultimately…

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  3. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I am here to eat my words after being over-ambitious about being finished before lunchtime, having preached to Paul all week about the length of time that we take to speak. That is a bit of a lesson for me. I will return to what we were talking about prior to Question Time and the break for lunch: the Minister's…

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  4. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    Hopefully, I will be finished. Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank everybody who has contributed to the debate. I welcome the Consideration Stage of the Justice Bill. I commend the work of the Minister, the Department and the Committee, including my party colleagues who were on the Committee…

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  5. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    On the first instance, the Member can invoke his right as someone born on the island of Ireland to have an Irish passport and therefore not have to go through that process. Secondly, the Minister referred to the application to the biometrics commissioner, and I will talk in more detail about our concerns on that.…

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  6. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I appreciate the Member giving way. Your earlier comments go to the heart of the matter. We have to balance human rights compliance with the ability of the judiciary and the Police Service to carry out their functions. We also have to remember that the assumption of innocence is paramount. The Member for West Belfast…

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  7. Debate contribution: Justice Bill: Consideration Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I thank the Member for giving way. On the point that you have just made, do you have concerns relating to the fact that the Law Society and other human rights advisers have told us very clearly that the ability to retain someone's data after they have been acquitted is potentially in breach of article 8 of the human…

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  8. Debate contribution: Parental Responsibility: Murder or Voluntary Manslaughter Convictions

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht a fhreagra. Minister, I thank you for the work that you have done on what is highly important legislation. What engagement have you had with campaigners to date? You have said that you want things to be done properly.

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  9. Member's statement: Tourette's Awareness Month

    • Members' Statements

    Tourette's Awareness Month takes place from 15 May to 15 June. Tourette's is a condition that suffers a lot of bad press, mainly down to the fact that it is widely misunderstood. People who live with the condition of Tourette's are often the butt of the joke. They suffer misinformation and are mimicked and mocked at…

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  10. Debate contribution: Employment Rights Bill

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    Minister, I know how much work you have put into the Bill. I know that it is very close to your heart and is legislation that will improve the lot of workers across the North. I am sure that you will agree with me that it is important that the Bill does not face further delay at the Executive and is brought to the…

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