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.

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  1. Debate contribution: Administrative and Financial Provisions Bill: Second Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I appreciate that. The Minister talked about becoming a pensioner and maybe not needing a free bus pass. That is fair enough, but I remind him that Age NI has said that around 40% of pensioners are in poverty. I implore the Minister and others Ministers not to place barriers in the way of people, especially when we…

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  2. Debate contribution: Administrative and Financial Provisions Bill: Second Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    A few aspects of the Bill are concerning and need to be scrutinised a bit further. Obviously, the Finance Committee will do that, but it is worth teasing out some of the aspects this afternoon. The Bill is being presented as dealing with routine financial matters, but some of the provisions are anything but routine…

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  3. Debate contribution: Hate Crime: TEO Actions

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    First Minister, you obviously know that, last August, we saw disgraceful race riots, during which businesses were torched and burnt out in hate crimes. What is your assessment of the fact that it has taken Belfast City Council almost a year to pay compensation to the businesses and organisations affected? The new…

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  4. Debate contribution: Dilapidation Bill: Second Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    I thank the Minister for giving way. I appreciate those answers. Minister, your North Belfast colleague raised the point about housing, and I refer to compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) as well. Is there any specific intention to reuse buildings for housing as part of the Bill, or is that more of a matter for DFC? Have…

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  5. Debate contribution: Dilapidation Bill: Second Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    My party supports the broad aims of the Bill. I thank the Minister for bringing it to the House. It is important that councils have more powers to tackle dilapidated and neglected buildings and to ensure that those buildings are utilised for the public good. I welcome the provisions that give powers to councils to…

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  6. Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Fiscal Council Bill: Second Stage

    • Executive Committee Business

    On the face of it, the broad principles of the Bill are not objectionable. Greater transparency and independent scrutiny of public finances are the bare minimum that the public deserve. The Bill establishes the Fiscal Council on a permanent, statutory basis, as Members have said. Some of the Fiscal Council's…

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  7. Debate contribution: Restrictive Practices in Education Settings

    • Committee Business

    I appreciate the Minister's giving way. Minister, I am not on the Education Committee, but you said that the practice under article 4(1)(c) was not regularly used: I hope that that is the case. Does the Minister have a breakdown of the figures for how often it was used over the past number of years?

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  8. Debate contribution: Restrictive Practices in Education Settings

    • Committee Business

    I declare an interest in that I have three siblings who work in education, including in the SEN sector. I support the motion, which has been well laid out by the Chair and Committee members, and I thank them for tabling it. The root causes of challenging behaviour in the education setting are obvious, or they should…

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  9. Debate contribution: The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

    • Executive Committee Business

    I appreciate your giving way, Minister, and I also appreciate that smart data is a pretty broad area. Can you clarify for me and others whether the workers' rights concerns that I raised today and in Committee, specifically the App Drivers and Couriers Union's concern about the right not to be fired algorithmically —…

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  10. Debate contribution: The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

    • Executive Committee Business

    Sometimes; sometimes not. The British Government do not give a damn about people here generally, and, given their handling of the legislation, they do not care about their data and how it is used and protected. My concerns run further than process and procedure, and I hope that I can get some answers to my points from…

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  11. Debate contribution: Intermediate Rent Scheme: Update

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    We have seen the cost of housing on the north coast reaching astronomical levels due to the Open, with the cost of a week's stay in the thousands. That is driving people out of homes and making housing unaffordable. Does the Minister agree that that is further evidence of the need for rent controls and rent reductions?

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