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All of Mr John O'Dowd’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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Second Stage: Budget Bill (NIA Bill 25/22-27)
Assessment details for Motion or amendment: Second Stage: Budget Bill (NIA Bill 25/22-27) Official Assembly record for Motion or amendment: Second Stage: Budget Bill (NIA Bill 25/22-27)
In compliance with section 52 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, I wish to make the following statement on the twenty-fourth meeting of the North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) in special EU programmes sectoral format, which was held at Monaghan Peace Campus on 23 January 2026. As Minister of Finance, I represented…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Special EU Programmes Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Special EU Programmes
Supply Resolution for the Northern Ireland Spring Supplementary Estimates 2025-2026 That this Assembly approves that a sum, not exceeding £28,100,470,000, be granted out of the Consolidated Fund, for or towards defraying the charges for the Northern Ireland Departments, the Food Standards Agency, the Northern Ireland…
Assessment details for Motion or amendment: Supply Resolution for the Northern Ireland Spring Supplementary Estimates 2025-2026 Official Assembly record for Motion or amendment: Supply Resolution for the Northern Ireland Spring Supplementary Estimates 2025-2026
Supply Resolution for the Northern Ireland Estimates Vote on Account 2025-2026 That this Assembly approves that a sum, not exceeding £12,835,941,000 be granted out of the Consolidated Fund, for or towards defraying the charges for the Northern Ireland Departments, the Food Standards Agency, the Northern Ireland…
Assessment details for Motion or amendment: Supply Resolution for the Northern Ireland Estimates Vote on Account 2025-2026 Official Assembly record for Motion or amendment: Supply Resolution for the Northern Ireland Estimates Vote on Account 2025-2026
In my view, the reporting mechanism is to TEO. We can share the finer details of that with colleagues after the debate. There is also the danger of political interference, so you have to get the balance right in all of those things. I am more than happy to share afterwards any information in relation to accountability…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Reform Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Reform
One sec. I am content to play my part in that, but the people appointed to those roles often inherit mechanisms that sometimes makes their roles more difficult.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Reform Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Reform
In my view, the head of the Civil Service reports to TEO. There is not the same structure as you will see in other organisations. Review of that reporting mechanism is important, even, I am sure, for the people who work in the system. Taking the personality element out of it, whoever is head of the service will want a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Reform Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Reform
Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I welcome the opportunity to respond to the debate. I am grateful for the tone of the debate, which has been supportive of our Civil Service workers, who are doing their job in challenging circumstances. In that spirit, I begin by recognising the people behind the system.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Reform Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service: Reform
We have cut red tape on low-value procurement. Public bodies, including our schools, can now buy what they need quickly and locally, so long as it is under £50,000, or under £65,000 when it comes to utilities. There is no more jumping through hoops: they can simply get quotes by email, without having to use the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Procurement: Simplification Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Procurement: Simplification
The Executive have set out their priorities and direction of travel and are doing what matters most for people through the Programme for Government. When we agree a three-year Budget, Ministers will have to decide, based on the Programme for Government and their Budget allocations and priorities, what can move ahead.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public Services: Financial Sustainability Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public Services: Financial Sustainability
I am happy to provide the Member with a list of the efficiencies that my Department has made over the past number of years to ensure that public funds are used in an effective and efficient manner. The way in which the Executive are established means that I have only certain powers, which certain Ministers will be…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public Services: Financial Sustainability Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public Services: Financial Sustainability
I agree with the Member: it cannot be simply three one-year Budgets; it has to be a three-year programme of transformation and delivery. The draft Budget that I have published allows us to do that. As I said to one of his colleagues, we have had constructive engagement at a bilateral level with Ministers about moving…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Construction: Building for the Future Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Construction: Building for the Future
The best way forward for all sectors is for a three-year Budget to be agreed so that Departments have certainty about their allocations. Planning as far in advance as possible is key, particularly for capital programmes. We face challenges in delivering capital projects, a lot of which are not unique to here; you have…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Construction: Building for the Future Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Construction: Building for the Future
We have seen the expansion of the small business rate relief scheme. We have seen the continuation of the vacant properties rate relief scheme, which brings businesses into properties that have been vacant for over a year. We have seen the continued rate relief on stand-alone ATMs, which is particularly important for…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Small Business Rate Relief Scheme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Small Business Rate Relief Scheme
The consultation closed last week, and my officials are analysing the responses. An initial view is that those responses broadly welcome the proposals that I set out. I hope to make further statements to the Assembly about the next steps in the near future.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Small Business Rate Relief Scheme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Small Business Rate Relief Scheme
I mentioned the achievements of Dr Archibald and me on the additional £1·4 billion in public funds, and we have not stopped yet — engagement with the Treasury and the British Government continues. There is the Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Bill, which is a credit not only to my Department but to the Assembly. A…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Executive Progress Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Executive Progress
I thank the Member for his question. I share his concerns about some of the commentary about the Executive and the Assembly, not only on the role of this institution in delivering and supporting public services but on its wider role of being a framework for the delivery of change that this society requires and so much…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Executive Progress Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Executive Progress
As I set out during my statement yesterday, I was aware of the revaluation implications from October. I believe in open and transparent government, and I believe that that information should have been published. I had already set aside about £10 million in the draft Budget to work with and support small to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Reval2026 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Reval2026
Thank you very much. The Member is now questioning whether he should have called for the stopping of the revaluation process. Is that down to the fact that other sectors are now raising concerns about its implications or to the fact that he had not fully analysed the outworkings of the petition that he launched, of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Reval2026 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Reval2026
I thought that the Member might have started off topical questions by welcoming the anniversary of our working together. The leader of the Opposition and I have now been duelling at the Dispatch Box for a full year. I thought that he might have noted that, but he did not.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Reval2026 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Reval2026
I have to admire the Member for jumping from rates bills to rating. If he has constituents who are concerned about the level of their rates bill, I encourage them to engage with their local valuer to see whether there is any exercise that LPS can do to assist them or to ensure that they are receiving all the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rates: Online Service Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rates: Online Service
Yes. LPS has plans in place and is taking a coordinated approach to increasing awareness of the new Rates Online service. Those plans include engagement with key stakeholders and representative bodies in order to promote the service and gather feedback to ensure that it meets customer needs.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rates: Online Service Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rates: Online Service
The new Rates Online service, which was launched on 13 January 2026, represents an important step forward in how we provide services to the public. For the first time, ratepayers can create an online account to view and update their rates information, notify Land and Property Services (LPS) of any changes that affect…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rates: Online Service Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rates: Online Service
The Bill has its origins in the Hillsborough law, which was advocated for by campaigners after it was found by the Hillsborough Independent Panel that police officers lied and changed witness statements in order to protect reputations and that investigations were undermined by a lack of duty of candour. The Bill…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public Office (Accountability) Bill Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public Office (Accountability) Bill
The Ceann Comhairle has, helpfully, responded to you. We are not. We were working to time frames, and, throughout that period, I was scrutinising what was happening at Westminster and deliberating on the Bill here. That LCM has now been removed from the Order Paper.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public Office (Accountability) Bill Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public Office (Accountability) Bill
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