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Mr Gerry Carroll: Assembly records
All of Mr Gerry Carroll’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 Justice to detail the number of children under 16 that have been (i) arrested; (ii) charged; and (iii) prosecuted, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 44390/22-27, to detail the number of share care arrangements that have been put in place in each of the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any consideration he has given to including key landscapes and waterways, like the Mournes and Lough Neagh, in protection as essential regional assets.
I am looking for clarity on amendment No 41 as well. I take the junior Minister's point about wanting to protect people and not hurt or traumatise them unduly. For clarification, will the amendment apply just to institutions and people from institutions who release information or breach an order, or will it apply to…
Like other Members, I will not speak for long on this group. I want to reflect some practical concerns about the application form as it is drafted, including concerns raised by my constituent Claire, who has gone through it in some detail. The form requires a power of attorney or a controllership order for anyone who…
I appreciate that. I was gracious with my time as well, but I thank the Minister. Will she answer the question? Is it the Executive Office's opinion that it would likely be a small group of women to whom the standardised payment would extend?
I take the Minister back to amendment No 30. Does she agree with me and other Members that the number of people who are both adoptees and birth mothers is likely to be small? In addition, aside from citing international examples of where that is not in legislation, will she explain why the amendment should not be…
As I said before, I do not sit on the Committee, but, like others, my party took direction from victims and survivors through various meetings and correspondence. I thank them for that, and I acknowledge, as I did earlier, the people in the Public Gallery. I will begin with the words of Lisa, a constituent of mine.…
I appreciate the Member's giving way. I am not on the Committee, as she knows, but I believe that the Committee received some evidence or correspondence from groups or individuals to say that they prefer the higher figure of £15,000 or £20,000. Twelve thousand pounds is better than £10,000, but we should aim for those…
I appreciate the Member's giving way. Does she agree that it is less about creating a hierarchy and more about recognising that, if abuse happened on more than one occasion, people should be allowed some form of redress and equality in recognition of that?
I appreciate the junior Minister's giving way. I am not sure that that is the case, but, given the fact that the amendment is in line with how the Bill is written, is it not also the case that the legislation itself could very much have unintended consequences?
We were told by the Bill Office when we were drafting the amendments that we had to use the term "mother", rather than "birth mother", because it was in line with legislation as written already. I just want to provide that clarity to the Minister and the House.
Thank you, Minister. To paraphrase, you said at the start that the legislation should be victim-focused, and we all agree on that. Do you recognise that the Victims and Survivors Consultation Forum supports the time for a judicial review to be extended to at least 28 days, if not beyond that?
I appreciate that, Minister. The unit at St Teresa's only runs to Key Stage 1, and the parents want to extend it until primary 7, as with others. It would be remiss of me not mention the wonderful Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists event that was held in the Chamber earlier with the wonderful May…
I appreciate that. Some of it is interpretation, and, if it needs to be strengthened or added to, I am not precious about it. I am precious about organisations that are not coming forward with information being held to account. My interest is in that being done in the best way possible. I am not precious in that…
In one second, yes. We know that some records are held in the Republic and in religious archives, where religious institutions have shown little appetite for transparency. The inquiry is to do justice to the full truth and cannot be hamstrung at the border. Abuse and the transfer of people did not stop at the border.…