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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 qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
A number of pieces of work are happening right now, looking at different scenarios and the situation in which we find ourselves. All of our energy and efforts right now, however, are on trying to secure additional funding. We will continue those conversations later this week; the Secretary of State will be here for…
Everything that we are doing right now is to get a Budget over the line. We have continued to make advances, but it is still not enough; it does not cut it. The challenges that we face, particularly in this financial year, are really acute and really stark. We all want to get enough funding on the table to allow us to…
Thank you for that question. You are absolutely right: I think that there is a collective will across the Executive to deliver on public-sector pay. Nurses, other Health and Social Care (HSC) staff, teachers and other public servants keep all our essential services running and should therefore not be left waiting for…
Someone said "Good luck on Thursday": thank you very much to whomever said that. There has been extensive engagement over recent months, including with the Secretary of State, most recently on 16 October. There have also been meetings with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. We have been clear that, although we…
I say to that student that everything that we are doing has to build on, secure and ensure the peace that has been built over the past 28 years. We have to continue to look to the future and build on the progress, despite moments like this. When there are huge setbacks in community relations, we have to work even…
Thank you for that. Yes, I absolutely agree. As I said, I was proud to stand with the residents of the Garvaghy Road. Again, I pay tribute to the people of the Garvaghy Road for the resilience and steadfastness that they have shown through everything that they have gone through and been put through. It has not been of…
The issue here is between right and wrong. You may live in the past, and your party may live in the past, but the rest of us are trying to move towards a better and brighter future. When we stood on the Garvaghy Road, we did so to protect those residents' right to live free from fear and intimidation, and we did so to…
I thank the Member for the question, but the reality does not change: there will not be political agreement on the issue. We have to be honest about that. I have said that from day one, and it remains my position. It will not change. It is for the British Government to take forward whatever actions they select for…
I know what our responsibility is when it comes to equality legislation, but there will not be a meeting of minds on the armed forces covenant. There will not be political agreement on how to proceed on that. My position is as I just stated: there cannot be special status or preferential treatment for British state…
I absolutely agree with the Member. As he knows, the British army's involvement here over decades was seen by many of our people as that of an occupying military force. Its actions and the failure to secure truth and accountability for those actions continue to cast a long shadow over all efforts to deal with the…
Chris Bryant's ban on an unwanted march going down the Garvaghy Road was the right and only decision, because the Garvaghy Road community has the right to live free from sectarian intimidation and harassment. That, folks, is the bottom line. Unfortunately, a section of political unionism is determined to attempt to…
If we are still having this conversation next year and the issue has not been resolved, we will all be in a very difficult spot. You make the point about the fleadh: the fleadh was the best example of how to do culture. The fleadh was inclusive and welcoming. It was about everybody. It was about standing together. It…
You might not have, but you are accusing me of something that someone else has said. Do not look so shocked. Public discourse needs to be measured across the board. It starts with you and your party.