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All of Mr Gordon Lyons’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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Yes, I have met organisations that are involved in that. I believe that, next week or possibly the week after, I will be going out at night to meet those who are directly on the front line.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness: Cross-departmental Action Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness: Cross-departmental Action
Yes, absolutely. We have made more progress in the strategic shift towards homelessness prevention in the past two years than my predecessors were able to make in the entirety of their tenures. Where have the funding allocations come from? They have come from the Finance Ministry. Why was homelessness prevention not a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness: Cross-departmental Action Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness: Cross-departmental Action
Absolutely. The Member is right to raise that issue. When you consider some of the most acute need that we see in our society and those who are right on the edges and fringes of it, you often see that those issues are not just related to the absence of housing but to other health — particularly mental health — issues…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness: Cross-departmental Action Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness: Cross-departmental Action
I regularly engage with Executive colleagues and stress the need for greater collaboration to prevent homelessness. Homelessness prevention is a key objective in the housing supply strategy that I brought to the Executive, and it is a priority in the Executive's Programme for Government. Along with the Minister of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness: Cross-departmental Action Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness: Cross-departmental Action
Yes, I can. There has been an entirely consistent approach. I have had to deal with the hand that I have been dealt. The co-design groups were in place, and I needed to take on board the work that they had done. However, important though that work was, it was important that it was brought into cross-departmental…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update
At a time when our finances are —. The fact that he is shouting from a sedentary position confirms that he got it wrong, but I am more than happy to have a debate with him on those issues at another time. We need to make sure that we consider carefully what we spend our money on and make sure that it is properly…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update
I know that the truth can sometimes hurt, but it is very clear that he was not able to understand what those letters said. Perhaps the Assembly could provide some training in that regard.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update
I know that the Member was embarrassed by his performance at the Committee last week.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update
Yes, absolutely, and that is a key part of the cross-departmental working group's plans. The same approach was taken to the anti-poverty strategy. When we bring forward actions, we need to make sure that they are affordable and that we look at them in the round in the context of our wider priorities. I know that the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update
No, I will not, because this is an important point of process. The law is in place and needs to be followed. I strongly contend — this is why I am intervening in the case — that the Minister for Infrastructure has not abided by the law and has stepped outside of it. There is a requirement to bring issues that are…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update
The Member will be aware that the work is for not just the Department for Communities but, through the cross-departmental working group, all Departments. He raises a good point about resource. We need to make sure that anything that is agreed is affordable, and that will be an important part of the work. That is the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update
No, it has not become that. That is what the Member and his party have tried to portray. I have treated everybody equitably. I have met individuals and organisations; I have attended events; and I will continue to engage with people across the breadth of my portfolio. I know that it is in his political interests to…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update
All Departments are currently engaged in the development of the Ulster-Scots language, heritage and culture strategy and the Irish language strategy through the work programme of the cross-departmental working group. The group's work builds on the work of each strategy's expert advisory panel and co-design group to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy: Update
Many surveys and pieces of research have been done over the years, but none of us needs those to understand and recognise that, without question, such participation is beneficial. It gets more people more active more often and improves wider health and societal outcomes. That is why I am so keen to make sure that we…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Your School Your Club: Criteria Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Your School Your Club: Criteria
In the past couple of weeks, I also had a very good meeting with Ulster Hockey, at which some of the concerns that the Member raised in her question were expressed. I am committed to developing sporting facilities in Northern Ireland, and that is why I established the Olympic legacy fund, which allows organisations to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Your School Your Club: Criteria Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Your School Your Club: Criteria
Absolutely. I am a strong supporter of the programme because I have seen the change that it can make, not just in schools but in the communities that they serve. That is why I increased its budget from £500,000 to £3 million this year, which is why so many projects have gone ahead. The programme is also a good example…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Your School Your Club: Criteria Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Your School Your Club: Criteria
I advise the Member not to come to the Chamber with any insinuation or unfounded allegation. I have just set out the process by which money was allocated, including the use of the Northern Ireland multiple deprivation score. The allocations have been made fairly and transparently. Sport NI was asked to make them on…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Your School Your Club: Criteria Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Your School Your Club: Criteria
The Your School Your Club programme is delivered on behalf of my Department by Sport NI. Its chief executive officer has advised me that a two-stage application process was used to identify and select projects. Stage-1 applicants were required to provide evidence of four mandatory criteria: managing authority support,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Your School Your Club: Criteria Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Your School Your Club: Criteria
I reassure the Member that we do not have any stadiums currently under construction. No funding agreements are in place, either. On that basis, perhaps the Member will reconsider his position.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Casement Park: Non-GAA Events Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Casement Park: Non-GAA Events
Will the Member give way?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Casement Park: Non-GAA Events Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Casement Park: Non-GAA Events
Thank you very much, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I thank all Members for their contributions, and I welcome the opportunity to respond to the debate and the amendment. As the Minister with responsibility for the long-established regional stadia programme, I recognise the issues that Members have raised about the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Casement Park: Non-GAA Events Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Casement Park: Non-GAA Events
Legislative Consent Motion: Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill That this Assembly agrees, in line with section 87 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, to the principle of the extension to Northern Ireland of the provisions of the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill relating to the removal…
Assessment details for Motion or amendment: Legislative Consent Motion: Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Official Assembly record for Motion or amendment: Legislative Consent Motion: Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
In the leisure centre? That is a lie.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ministerial Code of Conduct Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ministerial Code of Conduct
Where?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ministerial Code of Conduct Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ministerial Code of Conduct
You have not.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ministerial Code of Conduct Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ministerial Code of Conduct
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