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Mr Maurice Bradley: Assembly records
All of Mr Maurice Bradley’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
I thank the Minister for his detailed answer. Does he agree that, along with any reconfiguration, there needs to be reform of the five health trusts and a delve down into whether they reflect the wider system pressures and whether their use of funding, strategies and staffing have created the problems that we are now…
I recognise the frustration behind the motion. Patients are waiting, staff are under pressure and people across Northern Ireland know that our health service needs reform. However, I cannot support a motion that speaks about transformation without confronting the central questions. Where is the money? Where is the…
I thank the Minister for that answer. Given the rural nature of my constituency of East Londonderry and the distance that some children have to travel to reach specialist provision, will the Minister provide an update on the outstanding SEN taxi contracts?
Does the Minister not agree that we have had a masterclass in evasiveness? She has not answered any questions. Does she not accept that what she did at Garvaghy Road has set the scene for discord, disharmony, segregation and divisiveness in the community? The biggest opposition to a united Ireland sits opposite me.
Given the announcement of £9·3 million in funding for Ulster University, which is made up of £7 million, £1·5 million and £800,000 for projects associated with the university, can the Minister clarify how much of that funding her Department has earmarked for Magee and how much, if any, it has earmarked for Coleraine?…
I ask the Minister to set out the safeguards that the Department has in place to ensure that smaller voluntary and community organisations are not disproportionately disadvantaged.
Article 7 of the ECHR requires: "Criminal laws be sufficiently clear and foreseeable". That particular law falls into disrepute in clause 6, as well as in clauses 7, 8 and 9. I wonder whether the Bill sponsor has looked at that.
The Member has highlighted a point about the Bill. The Bill is ambiguous and open to interpretation, and there is nothing definitive about it. What is "offensive"? Can someone define "offensive" for me?
I will try to address the Bill in a common-sense way. The intention may be worthwhile. Nobody should have to live under the shadow of a terrorist organisation. I certainly do not defend the display of flags or emblems belonging to proscribed organisations where they are being used to threaten or intimidate. However,…
I thank the Member for giving way. I want to put the emphasis on community engagement. Every year, without fail, I get a telephone call from the organiser of a major competition in my area to engage with people who put flags up about taking them down for the tournament. Every year, I go to a councillor; every year,…
I also acknowledge the well-meaning intent of the sponsor of the Housing (Amendment) Bill. The Bill is short and straightforward. It seeks to extend the period during which a person can be considered to be "threatened with homelessness" from 28 days to 60 days. Those additional 32 days would be extremely valuable when…
I thank the Minister for his answer. He has answered another question, which relates to the fact that the centralisation of our health service in Belfast is not a feasible answer either. However, before the end of the mandate, could he look at the saving that could be accrued from reducing the five health trusts to,…
Mr Buckley partly raised the question that I was going to ask. I thank the Minister for coming before the House. Before I say anything else, I share my concerns for the Kelly family. It must be traumatising for them to relive this. Will the Minister explain her policy governing who may accompany prisoners on…
Thank you very much, Mr Durkan. I would like to point out one thing. Every DUP Member who has spoken in the debate has done so in support of the Bill. I do not know why Mr Delargy is getting on his political high horse. It is bash-the-DUP day. Fortunately, I do not get into, "He said, she said" nonsense, but I can…
I thank the Bill sponsor, Sinéad, for all the hard work that she has put into bringing the Bill this far. I give it tacit support at this stage and wish her well for its passage to Committee Stage. Regional balance must be more than a phrase in a departmental strategy. It must mean that where someone lives does not…
We have heard from Sinn Féin Members in the House about the need to tackle poverty in all its forms. Therefore, does the Minister agree that it is completely hypocritical for the Sinn Féin Minister not even to mention the warm healthy homes fund in his draft Budget?
I pay tribute to the previous Health Minister, Mr Nesbitt, for all his hard work during his tenure. I welcome the new Health Minister to his place and wish him all the best for the future. To ensure transparency and scrutiny, especially in relation to the lack of investment at Causeway Hospital, and given the…
I will speak as a DUP member of the Justice Committee on the Second Stage of the Victims and Witnesses of Crime Bill. For me, the Bill is not simply about creating another office or changing another piece of legislation; it is about people. As MLAs, every one of us has sat across a desk from constituents whose lives…
Minister, you have partially answered my question, but it was really about the fact that, when services are centralised in the greater Belfast area, services are denied to those elsewhere in the Province. There has been a continued reduction in services across Northern Ireland because of their centralisation in…
I thank the Minister for that intervention; it has cleared up quite a bit. Accreditation should mean more than adding names to a register. It must provide genuine assurance of competence, professionalism and accountability. Restorative justice can play an important role in rehabilitation, but public confidence depends…
I will address the group 7 amendments, with particular focus on amendment No 87 and the proposed accreditation framework for restorative justice practitioners. Whilst I support restorative justice where it is delivered professionally, consistently and with the confidence of victims and the wider public, I am not…
I thank the Minister for her answer, but she will appreciate my concern that anybody in the House, when talking about the north-west, means Londonderry and Strabane. The north and the north-east, which run from Greysteel to Cushendun and Cushendall and cover the hinterlands of Kilrea and Garvagh, are often forgotten…