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Ms Michelle O'Neill: Assembly records
All of Ms Michelle O'Neill’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Again, given that there was a criminal investigation, we took appropriate action. I think that that is absolutely correct, and I am very confident to stand over the action that we took at that time. I am not getting into some of the commentary made by many others about an individual. It was the role of the PPS to do…
There have been a number of inaccurate comments and claims made in relation to the events at Belfast City Hall on 19 October 2024, including at the Executive Office Committee last week. The junior Minister said at that Committee meeting that she attended the event as a West Belfast constituency MLA and, equally, as a…
Mr Speaker, I am sure that we are not going to start dissecting the outworkings of all decisions taken by the PPS in all cases. It has made its view known. I have nothing to add to it.
The matter that the Member refers to is for the PPS to decide. I discharged my duties as responsibly as I always should. That was an issue for the PPS. It has made its final view known. You may not like the outcome, but the outcome is the outcome.
Yes. Everything that I do every day is about trying to make people's lives better. There is a much brighter and better future ahead for us all if we can only grasp that opportunity together. We have so much untapped potential across the island that can best be unlocked through constitutional change. Of course, I see…
Yes, I will. Again, there probably is not an agreed position on that in our office, but, from my perspective, I absolutely agree with the initiative that was taken. There is no escaping the reality that Brexit has been disastrous for us. All that we have faced from that time has been uncertainty, economic challenge,…
We have to wait until our three-year Budget is set later this year. Then we will know what departmental budget we are playing with. Yes, we have identified the need for an AI strategy, and that is being actively developed. I concur with you on the role of our new Chief Scientific and Technology Adviser, Helen…
I am sorry: I cannot. I am happy to talk to officials in case there has been official-level engagement on that, but it has not been brought to our attention. Given the enhanced role of AI in everything that we do in life, we need to have the right protections and the right regulatory framework around it, so we would…
Yes, I do. Instead of criminalising workers, including teachers, as mentioned in the previous question, we need to do all that we can to support them to do the incredible job that they do. That is why I very much welcome the protection for workers' rights that the Economy Minister will introduce shortly in legislation…
Yes, I do. I, too, have been contacted by those teachers. I absolutely will work with you and other Members who are opposed to criminalising our teachers just for taking industrial action. We need to strengthen workers' rights, not take away from them. I give an unwavering commitment to every teacher that I will not…
I am not sure that I understand the question, but I can tell the Member that I have made my views known on any damage that I caused to public health messaging and have taken every opportunity to do so. I led us the whole way through that pandemic, and I continue to lead us. Faced with it again tomorrow, I would do…
The Member will, of course, be aware that I have addressed that question in the House on numerous occasions, as well as in the public inquiry. Through my actions, I never set out to deliberately further hurt families who had lost loved ones throughout the pandemic. I have also made that clear directly to the families.
You do not seem to be able to hear me when I tell you each time you ask me the same question that I am up for the issue of reform being dealt with. The place on which to have that conversation is at the AERC, of which you are a member. I absolutely embrace the issue of reform, and I tell you that time after time.…
First, as I said last week, I very much recognise that the report is another difficult moment on the recovery journey for all the families that the pandemic impacted on. We need to be mindful of them. From my experience of engaging with all those families, I believe that they want us to learn lessons, and that is very…
Yes, a fair funding model is in place, and I wish the commissioners and the director the very best. Their role covers inclusion, mutual respect, creating a better society and respect for cultural difference. That is crucial. The remit of the three new offices can be really pivotal in shaping the narrative in our…
Yes. As I said, I very much welcome the fact that the Irish Language Commissioner is in post and that the other commissioner and director are also in post. The appointment is an extremely important milestone for us. It is a step forward in building a society that is respectful and inclusive, and it is a real sign of…
The director of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression, the Irish Language Commissioner and the Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British Tradition took up their posts on 13 November. Those appointments are a significant step forward as we continue to build a shared, inclusive and respectful…
Anybody who commits a crime should be dealt with accordingly. That is common sense and should be the norm in any society. However, it is back to the previous commentary about the importance of language and how we describe things: it is very easy to characterise all sexual crimes against women as being committed by…
I agree: some of the rhetoric is so toxic. It also puts people from a black and minority ethnic community in particular in a position in which they do not feel safe to walk the street. I know people working in our hospitals who are afraid to go to their workplace. How anybody thinks that that is an acceptable position…
Thank you for that question. We must work together. This is about our home, our society, good relations, social cohesion and integration. We all have a role to play in tackling racism and calling it out where we see it. We should not have any acceptable level of tolerance for racism when we see it. The PSNI data that…
The question that you ask relates to what is being proposed in Britain. I have set out very clearly our role in immigration: we do not control migration flows. What I can say about your initial question is that what was published by the Labour Government last week provides us only with a high-level overview; we still…
Immigration is an excepted matter, and the Executive have no decision-making powers in respect of the movement of people and migration flows. We believe that the asylum system should be fair and balanced and offer protection to people who are in genuine need. We recognise the positive contribution of migration to our…