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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 qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Minister, you remarked on departmental business, and I know that you have a lot in front of you. Have you had much correspondence from applicants to the rural business scheme? I have been contacted by constituents who have been unsuccessful. Despite being told that they had scored highly enough, they were told that…
I thank the Minister for that fulsome answer. I appreciate that she has made her officials readily available to us. We have had conversations around the amount of work that needs to be done. However, victims' groups, in particular, have told us that they feel that this is a missed opportunity. We are trying to deal…
The Minister will be aware that, throughout the evidence-gathering part of our Committee deliberations to date, we have heard robust responses from those engaged in domestic and sexual violence cases and advocacy groups for those victims stating that character references are not appropriate in such cases. Minister, am…
Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. On behalf of Sinn Féin, I support the motion. I thank the proposer for her articulate and broad introduction of the motion. I agree with much of what she said. We see the positive contribution that our black and ethnic minority communities make to this part of the world.…
Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. The hypocrisy on display this evening has been breathtaking. We have heard those who tabled the motions talk about standards in office and the rule of law. That has come from the proposer of the motion, the junior to Jim Allister — Jim Allister who, just this weekend, told us…
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as an fhreagra sin. Minister, businesses have been waiting for the reform of outdated licensing legislation, including of the surrender principle, for some time. With the mandate running out, can you explain why your Department has still not brought legislation before the Assembly and…
Does the Minister agree that implementing trauma-informed practices is important in reducing reoffending and has to be embedded at an early point and not applied inconsistently? Does that mean that there should be investment in earlier trauma-informed approaches?
What we saw in recent days goes beyond my comprehension, but what I understand very clearly, and what the nationalist people of the North understand very clearly, is that the Orange Order thinks that nothing has changed in the past 30 years. That is where it is wrong. It thinks that it can still do whatever it wants.…
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for someone to misgender a presenter at our Committee in the Chamber and follow that up by saying that they accept that trans people should not be abused?
I thank the Member for giving way. The Member sat in the same presentation as I did this morning, so he is aware of the detail that I reflected on with regard to the rise in transphobic hate crime in this part of the world. Does the Member acknowledge that the language that we use here can have an impact there? That…
Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. As party colleagues have done, I support the Bill. At the outset, I thank the Bill sponsor for the work that he has done to bring his Bill before the House. It is a careful, considered piece of legislation. It is well drafted and has obviously been well thought out. I…
Minister, I commend you on the work that you have done around safety, particularly for young people and children attending school. The work that you have done in response to the death of one of my constituents on the road has been greatly appreciated in my local area. What specific action are you taking around safety…
I thank the Minister for her statement. Minister, you have been clear in your view that no one in the Department is responsible for what has happened. Such cases are delicate, and we have to ensure that the rights of everyone involved are protected. Our thoughts are with the Kelly family, given the re-traumatising…
I appreciate the Member's being so generous with his time. I am not a member of the LGBTQ+ community, but I am proud to say that I am an ally, so I know how that community feels about your party. You have proven it time and again. In an attempt to trivialise a conversation between a child and their parent about their…
I thank the Member for giving way. He referred again to whether or not parents want to be in court, and, of course, they do not. However, I would argue that we would like to see a society where, when a parent is told by their son or daughter that they are questioning their sexuality or think that they might be gay, or…
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. The Principal Deputy Speaker gave guidance on the fact that gender identity is not to be discussed in terms of this legislation. This is — Continue sneering, jeering and showing yourselves up as the bigots you are if you want to, but this is not what we are discussing here.
I appreciate what you are saying about practicalities, and I would understand it if those practicalities were the concern, but none of that is of concern if nobody wants to suppress or change someone's gender identity. Only if it is your intention to change a person's sexuality or gender identity would this come into…
I thank the Member for giving way. I appreciate that she is trying to give some sense of the practical realities of what she sees as dangers to parenting. I am not a parent, and I have a degree of sympathy for somebody who is trying to parent teenagers. However, she is talking in generalisations. The Bill criminalises…