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Mr Gordon Lyons: Assembly records

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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  2. Debate contribution: Ministerial Code of Conduct

    • Opposition Business
    • As a minister

    We may want to see change in that, but we also disagree with some of the other insinuations and accusations that are made about me. There is also the fact that the Irish Government have no role in the process and should not be involved in it. Yes, we will against it for those reasons.

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  3. Debate contribution: Ministerial Code of Conduct

    • Opposition Business
    • As a minister

    Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. The motion proposed by the leader of the Opposition is nothing more than a charade dressed up as a debate on standards in public life. Let me be clear: the report from the former standards commissioner was an attempt to denigrate my standing and it was straight from the…

    Flagged Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers Criteria met: Dog-whistle messaging.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  4. Debate contribution: Benefit Fraud and Error: Task and Finish Report

    • Ministerial Statements
    • As a minister

    I am determined to tackle errors in my Department as well as fraud. Official error represents 0·4%; customer error represents 0·8%; and customer fraud represents 2·5%. Therefore, official error is not the most significant challenge that we face, but, at a cost of £42·5 million, it is still significant. That is why…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  5. Debate contribution: Benefit Fraud and Error: Task and Finish Report

    • Ministerial Statements
    • As a minister

    My mission is clear: to deliver a welfare system that is fair, transparent and focused on those who need it most. In February last year, I stood in the Chamber, and I was categorical then in saying that welfare fraud is not just a financial issue; it is a moral one. That remains true today. Fraud is not a victimless…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  6. Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Language Body

    • Ministerial Statement
    • As a minister

    It is not an issue that has been brought to my attention, and it was not raised at the North/South meeting. I am more than happy to find out for him whether the issue has been raised and whether the agencies are doing anything on it. However, I suspect that it would fall into the remit of the Department for the…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  7. Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Language Body

    • Ministerial Statement
    • As a minister

    Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. With your permission, and in compliance with section 52 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, I will make a statement on the North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) language body meeting that was held at the Monaghan Peace Campus on 3 December. The Executive were represented by me and by…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  8. Debate contribution: Sports Museum

    • Private Members' Business
    • As a minister

    Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the proposer of the motion and everybody who contributed to the debate. Members will know that I am a very strong advocate for sport in Northern Ireland. During my time as Minister, I think that I have engaged with almost every single sport in Northern Ireland at some…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  9. Debate contribution: Pension Schemes Bill: Legislative Consent Motion

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    I thank the Members who contributed to the debate. I thank the Chairperson of the Committee for Communities for the broad welcome that he and the Committee have given to the moves. I recognise the fact that the Committee did not have proper time to scrutinise the legislative consent memorandum. I assure the…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  10. Debate contribution: Pension Schemes Bill: Legislative Consent Motion

    • Executive Committee Business
    • As a minister

    I beg to move Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Following the introduction of additional measures to the Pension Schemes Bill, I seek approval of a subsequent legislative consent motion (LCM) to include provision for two of those amendment measures. The timeline for progressing the Bill through Westminster presents…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  11. Debate contribution: Committee for Standards and Privileges Report: Ministerial Response

    • Questions for Urgent Oral Answer
    • As a minister

    Yes, it was. The Member is now taking it on himself to decide what I was or was not intending to do. That is what I was intending to do. The fact is that I called for people to be peaceful. The fact is that I was establishing information to make sure that it was in the public domain so that it could have been of…

    Not flagged Decided on a second assessment.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  13. Debate contribution: Committee for Standards and Privileges Report: Ministerial Response

    • Questions for Urgent Oral Answer
    • As a minister

    I had not considered that. It is fascinating, but not all that surprising, that the commissioner did not seek to interview you. She made a number of presumptions about what people on the ground may have thought that night, but she did not speak to anybody. She said that my actions "may have" had a consequence but gave…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  14. Debate contribution: Committee for Standards and Privileges Report: Ministerial Response

    • Questions for Urgent Oral Answer
    • As a minister

    Entirely predictably, Mr O'Toole has got it wrong again. Let me be clear: he states that today is the first time that I have shown any compassion for those who were caught up in the events of June last year. That is an absolutely outrageous thing to say. Before those events, I stood against previous race rioting and…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  15. Debate contribution: Committee for Standards and Privileges Report: Ministerial Response

    • Questions for Urgent Oral Answer
    • As a minister

    I am grateful to the Member for asking the question and giving me the opportunity to respond to the findings of the report. I welcome the fact that the report has confirmed what I said in the immediate aftermath of the events of that day. Her investigation has confirmed that, first, the PSNI asked me to put out a…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  16. Debate contribution: Limavady Town Centre: Redevelopment

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    My Department is committed to town centre regeneration and has recently invested £150,000 in the Limavady revitalisation scheme. That investment has benefited 35 properties in Catherine Street and Irish Green Street, allowing businesses to repair and replace signage, repaint frontages and install new windows, doors,…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  17. Debate contribution: Ballymena Disorder: Responsible Leadership

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    No, I do not accept that I did not show any empathy. I believe that that is wrong. I hope that she will hold her Ministers to the same standards, because, during the Bobby Storey funeral — the disgrace that was that event — I did not hear her comment once about the actions of the Sinn Féin Ministers and MLAs who took…

    Not flagged Decided on a second assessment.

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  20. Debate contribution: Department for Communities Strategies

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    My first response is this: what did she do when she was Minister? She did not publicise that strategy. She wants to know what I am doing on the LGBT strategy. I recently met some of those who are involved in the working group, and I have asked officials to bring options to me in order to see whether such a strategy…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  21. Debate contribution: Department for Communities Strategies

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    They can have confidence in me, because I brought forward an anti-poverty strategy that is realistic and deals with the core issues that contribute to poverty. I very much look forward to releasing the results of the consultation, because I think that some people will be surprised at the extent of the support for the…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  22. Debate contribution: Drumtara and Queen Street, Ballymena

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    Whom they should contact will depend on what the issue is. If the Member has any specific thoughts or is fielding queries as an elected representative and would like to know whom to contact, I am happy to answer on his behalf. As always, I encourage people, if they do not know where else to go, to contact their local…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  23. Debate contribution: Drumtara and Queen Street, Ballymena

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I am happy to do that. The Member will be aware that, because of the Department's significant breadth, I receive many, many invites. I am certainly happy to visit the area with him, and I hope that a visit can be pencilled in as soon as possible. I have no objection whatsoever to doing so, and I will get back to the…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  24. Debate contribution: Newtownards Library

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    It is absolutely a project that I want to progress. The Member will be aware of the considerable work that needs to be done. It is complex work, and there are interactions to be had with the council and with those responsible for the facility in which the library will be built and expanded. Issues need to be overcome.…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

  25. Debate contribution: Newtownards Library

    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    Newtownards library is a priority for the Department. I was very pleased to have Michelle McIlveen invite me out there. I continue to have some questions about the library's redevelopment. I want to see progress made and to make sure the budget is allocated for it, but there are processes that need to be gone through.…

    Not flagged

    Assessment details Official Assembly record

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