All of Mr Jonathan Buckley’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
There is nothing like the approach of an election to make some populist parties pay attention. Surprise, surprise, bang on cue, up pops Mary Lou; she has woken up and smelled the coffee about Sinn Féin's disastrous, harmful approach to illegal and uncontrolled immigration. She said: "On ... immigration, we have ...…
Uncertain: weak signalImmigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers
Let us serve a reality check. Michelle O'Neill is not meeting with Welsh and Scottish separatists today as the First Minister but as Mary Lou's deputy. The intention is clear: it is a gathering of people plotting the destruction of the United Kingdom. It is a tale as old as time when it comes to Sinn Féin, given its…
FlaggedConstitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereigntyCriteria met: Identity framing, Sectarian or communal antagonism, Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
Extension of Committee Stage: Harbours Bill (NIA 37/22-27) That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 15 January 2027, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Harbours Bill.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will provide clarity to people in County Antrim and County Londonderry in relation to the Causeway Hospital and confirm when a final decision on its future will be made.
This summer, the farming community completely lost confidence in the Alliance Agriculture Minister, Andrew Muir. His catalogue of failures has annoyed so many, but that frustration tipped into anger and disgust following his Department's open-field shooting of 51 healthy cattle in Fivemiletown, leaving many healthy…
Uncertain: close callSectarianism, hate crime and community relationsCriteria met: Identity framing, Dog-whistle messaging.
No Confidence in the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs That this Assembly believes the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has lost the confidence of farmers, rural communities and the wider public; and calls on the Minister to resign.
I apologise for not having heard the Member's initial compliment. I certainly did not hear it in the second bit of his contribution. I ask him to forgive me for not listening to his entire contribution because I was explaining to Mrs Dodds some of the inconsistencies in the language used. I cannot speak for all of…
I thank the Member for giving way. I look forward to working with him on the Committee. I suppose that the Member's question about the intention of the Bill is directed towards me as I asked why there was a need for the legislation. I posed that question because there is existing legislation. The Member will accept…
I thank the Member for giving way. He may come on to this, or maybe he is concluding his remarks, but does he have any opinion at all on the subjective nature of some of the words contained in the Bill, particularly in clause 1, and how that may lead to an inconsistency from the Department when determining whether to…
I thank the Member for giving way. We can probably find common ground in the lack of consistency from Departments and the PSNI in dealing with the issue. That is an issue of enforcement rather than the legislation, as I have mentioned. On his previous point — I respect that it is his experience — that it is the…
I thank the Member for giving way. That is exactly the point that I have been trying to make. Do we not need to understand better what weight and significance the Department will place on responses to the portal? We have heard that it will be voluntary, but we have had no explanation in any detail regarding the weight…
I thank the Member for her thoughtful intervention, and I do not disagree. Dialogue has to be the way forward, if we are all to be serious about the issue. Imposing the Bill will do nothing to improve community dialogue or community relations when dealing with the issue. A number of Members want to intervene, but I…
I thank the Member for his intervention. That goes to one of the core problems with the legislation. It is reliant on a code of practice to inform the Department's opinion. It is reliant on a voluntary online portal to inform the Department's opinion. Those will all be subjective opinions and will be based on…
I thank the Member as ever for her thoughtful contribution. I enjoy debating with her across the Chamber, but she has actually made my point for me. She is absolutely right. People in Northern Ireland, particularly those of traditionally different communities, will have different experiences associated with flags that…
I thank the Deputy Speaker for his ruling, albeit I find it bizarre, and I respect the position of the Chair. Perhaps he will ask the Speaker's Office to clarify those points. I do not feel that I have been personal at any point during this debate. I do not feel that I have not stayed within the remit of the Bill at…
Uncertain: close callFlags, emblems, symbols, names and memorialsCriteria met: Cultural grievance politics.
I thank the Member for her thoughtful intervention. I will say clearly — it is perhaps an issue that Mr Burrows mentioned in his intervention — that there is a legitimate question about what the police are doing, especially when we talk about the flags of proscribed organisations and how they impact on local…
I am confused, to say the least. First, I invited the Member to make an intervention. Secondly, it is not the place for the Minister to intervene with the Member who was asked to make an intervention. Maybe it is just me who is confused, but what confuses me most and what should perhaps concern everyone in the Chamber…
Uncertain: weak signalFlags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials
Just let me progress, if you will. I think that we are now on level terms with interventions, but there is perhaps another one to come before my contribution is over. Members, ask yourselves this: why do we need another layer of legislation? Why do we need a new online portal for reporting? We are told that…