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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With your permission, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle , I will answer questions 1 and 12 together. The spending review is an opportunity to invest in public services and support a shared ambition for economic growth. With my devolved Government counterparts, I discussed the upcoming spending review with the Chief Secretary to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Spending Review 2025 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Spending Review 2025
I beg to move As you know, I am a man of few words. I do not intend to make a very long introductory statement but, if provoked, I am prepared to use my time at the end. I previously made a statement to the House on the Budget but I welcome the opportunity to debate it more fully with Members. The agreement of the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Budget 2025-26 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Budget 2025-26
I beg to move
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4): Suspension Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4): Suspension
Budget 2025-26 That this Assembly approves the programme of expenditure proposals for 2025-26 as announced by the Minister of Finance on 3 April 2025 and set out in the Budget document laid before the Assembly on 12 May 2025.
Assessment details for Motion or amendment: Budget 2025-26 Official Assembly record for Motion or amendment: Budget 2025-26
Suspension of Standing Orders 10 (2) to 10 (4) That Standing Orders 10 (2) to 10 (4) be suspended for 19 May 2025.
Assessment details for Motion or amendment: Suspension of Standing Orders 10 (2) to 10 (4) Official Assembly record for Motion or amendment: Suspension of Standing Orders 10 (2) to 10 (4)
Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I welcome the work of the Committee and the Committee Chair on the matter and acknowledge the concerns that have been previously raised by the Committee about the delays in bringing forward the legislation. Mr Frew has managed to speak against an extension and in…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Registration of Deaths and Still-Births) (Extension) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Registration of Deaths and Still-Births) (Extension) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
I beg to move Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. As Members will be aware, the order seeks to expand powers that were introduced in the Coronavirus Act 2020 relating to the registration of deaths and stillbirths for a further six months until 24 September 2025. The specific powers that are included…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Registration of Deaths and Still-Births) (Extension) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Registration of Deaths and Still-Births) (Extension) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. In compliance with section 52 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, I wish to make the following statement on the twenty-third meeting of the North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) in Special EU Programmes sectoral format, which was held in the North/South Ministerial Council building,…
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
Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle I welcome the opportunity to participate in the debate on the Finance Committee and NI Fiscal Council's reports on the 2025-26 Budget. First, I thank the Committee and the Fiscal Council for the detailed work that they have carried out in developing their reports, and I thank Members…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Budget 2025-26: Reports Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Budget 2025-26: Reports
Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate on the impact of the Chancellor's autumn Budget statement, and I commend both Committees for the work that they have carried out. I share Members' concerns. My predecessor and I raised the impact of changes to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Autumn Statement 2024: Impact Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Autumn Statement 2024: Impact
The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Registration of Deaths and Still-Births) (Extension) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 That the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Registration of Deaths and Still-Births) (Extension) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 be approved.
Assessment details for Motion or amendment: The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Registration of Deaths and Still-Births) (Extension) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 Official Assembly record for Motion or amendment: The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Registration of Deaths and Still-Births) (Extension) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank Members for their contributions to the debate on the Bill. By and large, as the Deputy Speaker said, Members' contributions were very respectful and thoughtful. It is a very sensitive subject, and I have no doubt that it has an impact on many people in the Chamber and in the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Bill: Second Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Deaths, Still-Births and Baby Loss Bill: Second Stage
Professor Holtham, as one of the people who was involved in the review of the Wales formula, is very familiar with the process. He has a lot of casework and documentation to build on and learn from, so I am confident that he will be able to carry out the task and provide us with the independent oversight that is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Holtham Review: Needs-based Formula Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Holtham Review: Needs-based Formula
No. I have not received a copy yet.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Holtham Review: Needs-based Formula Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Holtham Review: Needs-based Formula
I do not think that we will see the significant Barnett consequentials that we witnessed last year, but I suspect that there will be a flow of Barnett consequentials from the spending review in June. It will be up to the Executive to decide where that funding goes. The Health Minister is bringing a plan to the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Budget 2025-26 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Budget 2025-26
As I announced this morning, we have ring-fenced a significant amount of the Department of Health's money to tackle waiting lists. We have added £50 million to tackle waiting lists to go with the £165 million of ring-fenced funding. We have increased skills spending by £7 million, bringing it up to £15 million. We…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Budget 2025-26 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Budget 2025-26
Again, it is being rolled out. The SEUPB is managing the project. Bids are being processed and hopefully funding will be issued. The PEACE programme, from its inception, has made a huge difference across all sectors and has proven to be invaluable in creating positive change across our society.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Update
I attended last week's NSMC meeting on the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) as the Minister of a sponsor Department. It was a very useful engagement with my Southern counterpart and with the SEUPB on the projects and work that it is doing, which are making real differences in communities and in people's lives,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: North/South Ministerial Council: Update
Again, the Economy Minister is leading on that. I will, of course, will work closely with her on any financial concerns or pressures that are placed on our businesses. I come back to this point: we are working in significantly constrained financial times. I cannot raise expectations beyond reality.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: US Tariffs Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: US Tariffs
I have not yet had the opportunity to have discussions with finance Ministers from the devolved institutions. I understand that the Economy Minister is taking forward discussions with the devolved institutions in relation to the impacts of tariffs.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: US Tariffs Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: US Tariffs
As I said earlier during my statement on the Budget, I am not going to set my spending priorities based on the latest headline or the most dramatic headline. If I follow that course, tomorrow somebody will have an even more dramatic headline than the one today, so I cannot simply disregard a business case. The…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Police Officer Numbers: Business Case Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Police Officer Numbers: Business Case
I did not hear the entire interview; I heard some of it. The Member will be aware that the Justice Minister has submitted a business case to my Department. For the record, that business case is not on my desk. It is being studied by departmental officials, as is the case for any business case that comes into the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Police Officer Numbers: Business Case Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Police Officer Numbers: Business Case
In this financial year, around £21 million has been allocated. As the Member will know, the transformation fund has been profiled over five years. We are engaging with the Treasury around how that profiling will work and how it will match the ambitions and strategies of the transformation board and the Executive. We…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Interim Public-sector Transformation Board: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Interim Public-sector Transformation Board: Update
This morning, I met Fleur Anderson, the Minister of State at the NIO, to discuss the next steps in relation to the interim public-sector transformation board. I hope to be able to go out to Executive colleagues in early summer to ask for further bids in relation to the remaining funds of around £102 million. In…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Interim Public-sector Transformation Board: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Interim Public-sector Transformation Board: Update
I find that what is lacking is an alternative from the Opposition. You cannot simply stand up any more and criticise — well, you can criticise what the Executive are doing. You should challenge what the Executive are doing, and you should question what the Executive are doing, but, it is a year in, and it is time to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Programme for Government: Finance for Priorities Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Programme for Government: Finance for Priorities
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