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Ms Joanne Bunting: Assembly records
All of Ms Joanne Bunting’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Mr Speaker, I express my condolences to Deputy Speaker Blair. I have been in that position, and it is very tragic and difficult to deal with, so I send him my very best wishes.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Justice and the Rule of Law”
Justice and the Rule of Law - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘Policing in Northern Ireland;’ and insert: ‘expresses regret that insufficient resourcing, coupled with the cost of unresolved legacy issues presents risks to public safety, tackling crime effectively and public confidence in the PSNI; notes the impact on…
To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on her plans to address the findings and recommendations contained in the Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland report, Transforming the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland - A Strategic Overview.
I am nearly finished, Eóin; I am sorry. Now is the time for wisdom, fiscal prudence, common sense and effective and efficient stewardship of the taxpayers' hard-earned funds.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss this topic in an Adjournment debate. It is a subject of great import in my constituency of East Belfast. I am grateful to the Minister for Communities for his attendance this afternoon and look forward to hearing what he has to say on the…
If I may, I would like to direct the Minister to discuss the domestic abuse space. We are getting significant complaints from victims of domestic abuse that the non-molestation orders (NMOs) are not as effective as they might be and that perpetrators are perpetually in breach of same. In light of the delay in…
I am grateful for progress on this issue. The Minister will know that there are areas in Belfast that lend themselves to schemes such as this. I think immediately of Pasadena Gardens, for example: bin lorries cannot travel down that street because of the parking, and Ballyhackamore is just a nightmare. What will be…
I am immensely grateful to the Minister for the announcement on Bloomfield Community Association. I have lobbied for it everywhere for many years, and this DUP Minister, following our recent visit, has recognised the value of the work that Karen and her team do there. The redevelopment will make a significant…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline any action she is taking to prevent further closures within the retail, hospitality and small business sectors.
The Executive programme on paramilitarism and organised crime (EPPOC) team did a piece of work that showed that the number of strategies relating to paramilitarism, for example, was 89. That did not cover all the Departments, nor is there a centrally held list of strategies. A recent report to the Justice Committee…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail all areas of cross-departmental work with her Department which are being delayed as a result of failure to identify an agreed lead.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail what (i) reassurances; and (ii) advice, she can give to those prison officers who remain concerned about their information having been potentially compromised, as a result of the break-in in Dundonald House in March 2025.
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the nature of any documentation remaining in Dundonald House relating to (i) her Department; and specifically (ii) the Northern Ireland Prison Service, at the time of the break-in in March 2025.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail all areas of cross-departmental work with her Department which are being delayed as a result of failure to identify an agreed lead.
The Minister mentioned the removal of intimidation points and the impact that that might have on those who find themselves in a domestic abuse situation. Can he outline exactly what the impact might be and how victims of violence and abuse in general, as well as domestic abuse, can be assisted by his proposal to…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline any consideration they will give to reduce the number of departmental strategies produced to avoid duplication and siloed department working and ensure a more focussed and efficient implementation of strategies.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail what discussions she has had with Belfast Metropolitan College regarding (i) the proposed closure; (ii) the consultation responses; and (iii) options to secure the campus' future.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for her assessment of whether the closure of Belfast Metropolitan's Castlereagh Campus is in alignment with her Department's strategic aims and vision for higher and further education in Northern Ireland.
I am really grateful to the Minister for that comprehensive answer, because, as he well knows, the current criteria are proving really detrimental to working families, who either struggle to get their child placed and end up paying for childcare or get their child placed far from home. I give credit to the Minister…