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Mr Eóin Tennyson: Assembly records
All of Mr Eóin Tennyson’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 Finance to detail any consideration he has given to implementing an update to appraisals of place-based programmes in Northern Ireland, similar to those set out in HM Treasury's Green Book Review 2025.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any plans her Department has to develop the 24 per cent undeveloped land bank, held by Invest NI in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area.
I thank the Member for giving way on that point. As I said, I do not object to the Member's proposal per se. However, given that many bereaved parents have taken the time to respond to the 12-week consultation, does he agree that it would be wrong for us to proceed with primary legislation before we have had an…
I thank the Minister for giving way. Unfortunately, I will move the amendment because there have been delays around baby loss certification schemes. Issues only arise if the Department does not meet what it has committed to meeting in relation to delivering the scheme. It has said that it will be by the end of the…
I thank the Minister for giving way. Minister, it is clear that there will not be support for amendment No 2. In the spirit of allowing space and time for the Department to do further work in collaboration with Ms Forsythe and Mr Frew, I will not move amendment No 2 as part of the voting process.
As a constituency colleague, I share the Minister's concern about the B1 listing. Did the Minister make representations to his colleague the Minister for Communities on the listing? Has there been any reappraisal of the Department's plans for the site following the listing?
I thank the Member for giving way. I understand the point that he is making. However, clause 11(3) states that the regulations "may" include that. The amendments from Mr Gaston state that the regulations "must" include it and, therefore, severely limit what could be done through secondary legislation. Amendment No 5…
I thank the Member for that intervention. It is a concern. I appreciate what the Minister has said, and he is correct: regulations will come before the Assembly, so we will have an opportunity to scrutinise precisely how the primary legislation is implemented. We will be able to influence that. It is certainly not a…
I thank the Member for her intervention. It goes to the crux of the issue. I see no circumstances in which it is appropriate to charge a grieving family for the recognition of their loss. However, if amendment No 2 is not successful, I will support amendment No 3 because it goes some way towards addressing some of my…
I thank the Member for that intervention. The subsection (5) that he refers to is the technical amendment to ensure that the Bill reads coherently when laying the requirement that the regulations must be laid before the Assembly within 12 months from the day that the Act receives Royal Assent. My understanding is that…
I will not rise to some of the patronising comments from the Minister because, fundamentally, I disagree. I see no circumstances, Minister, in which, on this issue, it would be appropriate to levy a charge. There is a difference of perspective on that, and I respect the Minister's view that he would wish to have the…
Like others, I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the Consideration Stage of the Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Bill. The loss of a baby during pregnancy can be a deeply traumatic experience for parents, but it is too often met in our society with silence or treated as though it is taboo. During the Bill's…
Unlike other parties in the Chamber, Alliance has been consistent in our condemnation of both Hamas terrorism and the genocide that is unfolding under the Israeli Government. Let us set aside the bluff and bluster, Minister. Were you there in a party political capacity, in which case it would have been inappropriate…
I thank the Member for giving way. Far be it from me to agree with the Member for North Antrim Mr Gaston, but on the topic of swinging the lead, and given that it has been widely publicised that rates are unpaid on the constituency office of a former DUP MP in North Antrim, will the Member be pursuing his colleagues…
Domestic and non-domestic rates revenue is a crucial source of income and the most significant of all the levers that are available to the Executive to raise funding for front-line public services. It has generated around £1·6 billion in the past financial year alone. The increase in unpaid rates in recent years is,…
The community and voluntary sector has always stepped up where government has fallen short, plugging gaps in vital public service provision and working with people and communities who are furthest from opportunity. The benefits of the European social fund and the European regional development fund (ERDF) in supporting…