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.
I thank the Member for giving way. Part of the reason why the UK's public finances are in such a difficult climate is low growth and low productivity. Given that fact, surely the Member recognises the importance of the UK's returning to the single market to boost trade and boost headroom for investment in public…
Thank you, Deputy Speaker. You may be relieved to know that I do not intend to take the full 10 minutes to propose the amendment. During the last general election campaign, Alliance warned of the real and pressing challenges that the UK's public finances faced after 14 years of Conservative rule. We also, however, set…
Minister, given that you have now failed to replace Fresh Start funding, have prioritised meeting an umbrella body for paramilitary organisations and have ignored the advice of your officials by blocking two schools from transforming to integrated status, do you accept that your credibility on sharing and inclusion is…
Mr Tennyson asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the work that he is doing to ensure that those responsible for polluting loughs and waterways are held accountable.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of complaints initiated under the Northern Ireland Civil Service Dignity at Work policy that resulted in (i) early retirement; and (ii) dismissal of those being investigated, between 2021-22 and 2023-24.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Protecting Frontline Services From Increase in Employers’ National Insurance”
Protecting Frontline Services From Increase in Employers’ National Insurance - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘public sector,’ and insert: ‘independent providers and community and voluntary sector organisations providing frontline services; and further calls on the Minister to lobby the Chancellor of Exchequer for…
In closing the debate, I will return to the facts, because they have been sadly absent from many of the contributions this afternoon and this evening. The fact is that, when you come out of the European Union, particularly when you pursue the kind of hard Brexit pursued by the DUP and the Conservative Party, you…
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Is it in order for Mr Gaston to refer to the Alliance Party as "nationalist" and "republican" when it is clear that we designate in the Assembly as "United Community"?
Minister, that is a somewhat disappointing response. While I accept that the public finances are constrained, if businesses go to the wall, our rates base shrinks. Will you commit to working with the Minister for the Economy and the chambers of commerce across Northern Ireland to bring forward some level of support…
Minister, you have talked many times in the Chamber about your ambition to tackle educational underachievement among working-class Protestant boys. Surely you recognise that the presence of a high-stakes, non-resit, unregulated transfer test in our system exacerbates the inequalities faced by working-class young…
Democratic Consent Resolution That Articles 5 to 10 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the EU withdrawal agreement should continue to apply during the new continuation period (within the meaning of Schedule 6A to the Northern Ireland Act 1998).
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on his Department’s work, alongside the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, to repair the water system in the new maternity hospital.
I join colleagues across the House in conveying my sympathy and that of the Alliance Party to the friends and family of the late Ken Reid. In particular, at this incredibly difficult time, I offer my condolences to his wife, Liz, his children Gareth, Sarah and Sophie, his grandchildren Summer and Hugo and all his…
To ask the Minister of Health when application forms for partial retirement under the 1995 Section of the Health and Social Care Pension Scheme will be made available to members who have been waiting since April 2024.
Does the Member agree that the Alliance Party has implemented fully and faithfully the terms of reference for the Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee? If Mr Aiken had bothered to take even a cursory glance at those terms of reference, he would know that but his lack of attention to detail is not…
I thank the Minister for his answer. As the Minister is a constituency colleague, he will know that, while the increased frequency on the Belfast to Dublin route is welcome, it has created some local concern in Lurgan about the increased congestion. Will those plans do anything to assuage those concerns?
It is. The Member's remarks are inaccurate and he should withdraw them, given that I voted for an inquiry into the regulations that proposed a ban on mercury in dental fillings. I ask the Member to withdraw those remarks because they are not accurate.