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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.
We are working on it as we speak. We have an Executive meeting this week, but I am not yet sure whether it will make it to that meeting. Needless to say, we intend to get it published ASAP. I hope that that will be in the coming weeks.
I believe in all families having justice and truth. That is why we have to find a way to properly deal with the past. We had that with the Stormont House Agreement, but, unfortunately, others walked away from it, mainly the British Government and yourselves. We have to acknowledge that we have so much hurt and pain…
There is no escaping the fact that we have had a very turbulent and difficult past. It is also very important that we remember that much trauma and suffering has been inflicted on so many people across our society. My job, as a political leader in 2025, is to try to heal the wounds of the past and allow a space for us…
Again, this is a personal view and not that of the Executive Office. My view has always been that the Assembly and Executive Review Committee is the place in which we should do that work, and my colleagues should participate accordingly.
As you know, there is not, perhaps, a collective view on reform in the Executive Office. My personal view and that of my party is that the Assembly and Executive Review Committee should do its work and that that is where we should have those conversations. I am absolutely committed to playing my part and that of the…
I do not have the exact details in front of me, but promotion of the scheme to ensure that people are alerted to it has been wide-ranging. It has been done in various ways, including online and in publications. A lot has been done. I do not believe that concerns have been flagged with us that we have not reached large…
We are going through the research. We will then have to make decisions based on the information that comes forward. We want the process to be inclusive. It is important that we ensure that all the voices that want to be heard are heard. I will take the question away. If you have identified particular issues, I would…
My personal view on Casement Park is well known and has been rehearsed over and over again in the House. I want the Communities Minister to move and work with the GAA to complete the project. The GAA community deserves nothing less. I want to invest in sport. Sport should be a big unifier, not something that divides…
I am absolutely committed to ensuring that Casement Park is built. It is one of the outstanding projects. It must be done, and I will ensure that we continue to raise it until the project is completed. I believe in investment in the west of the city. It will be an enormous booster for the economy and for sport. It is…
Money matters to being able to invest in our health service. On day 1, when we entered the Executive in February of last year, we collectively made it clear that the funding model that we had was not fit for purpose. We have made strides forward to change that. We have achieved hundreds of millions of pounds of…
I am here to do business. I am here to work with Executive colleagues, and I am glad that, as we approach the 1st anniversary of working together in the Executive, we have delivered tangible benefits for the wider public. I am committed to being here every day. I am committed to working with others, I am committed to…
Yes. We all know that there are no quick fixes, but we also know that the ingrained problems across health and social care have been there for a long time. We need a transformation plan on paper that people can understand. We need to talk to the public about how we will improve their health outcomes. That requires a…
We had a collective Executive discussion on that last week. We can all say that the situation facing patients right now is not acceptable. The situation facing our Health and Social Care workers is not acceptable. The winter comes every year, so we should be prepared and ready. I want to be helpful to the Health…
One of our key priorities as an Executive is the health and well-being of our people. We are committed to working together to deliver the transformation needed to deal with the pressures facing the health and social care system. Following a recent meeting of the Executive, we issued a statement on winter pressures. We…
I do not believe that our Department has had any direct discussions, but I am sure that there has been engagement across other Departments, such as the Department of Justice. I know that we are collaborating at official level, given that it is important that we pick up what works well elsewhere, learn from it and do…
Yes. The strategy was about how we can work collectively to end the scourge of violence against women and girls. Coordinating the delivery and success of the challenge funds that we are launching is about how we can work collaboratively with the people who are already on the ground and have the expertise and skills to…
No issues have been raised with or elevated to us, for sure. Officials have engaged with all 11 councils on the proposals for strand 1 and the local change fund itself. Applications opened in Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council on 6 January and will open across all the other councils between now and March, with…
The strategy aims to bring that joined-up coordinated approach, whether that is across councils or working with the Executive and all Departments on their responsibilities. The fund is consistent across all councils, so it is important that we are joined up. It is important that we support projects on the ground that…
Mr Speaker, with your permission, I will answer questions 5 and 12 together. The ending violence against women and girls first delivery plan was published last September. It sets out key actions to support collaboration across government and wider society. It focuses on prevention and early intervention over the next…
We have not engaged with Scotland or Wales on the issue. I think that Dublin is the only place in Europe that has pre-clearance at this stage. We will continue to make the case for connectivity. It is written in the draft Programme for Government that connectivity is so important to growing our economy. We should…
I have just said that it is. I just said that the deputy First Minister and I are committed to working with the Economy Minister to pursue it even further. We should take that advantage if we can get it. Ultimately, because of the cost of such infrastructure, it will come down to the airport itself, so we will engage…
Yes, very much so. I have just started to take a look through it. I very much welcome the fact that the report has been published by the Economic and Social Research Institute, because I think that it will contribute to a wider understanding of how our economy works. Our Executive colleague Conor Murphy is working to…
I think that there is a lot of grey area about what the intention of this new Administration will be, particularly when it comes to economic policy and protectionism policy. Therefore, we will have to work our way through that. He is only being inaugurated as we speak, and we can consider all these things in the round…
As the Member has noted, the inauguration is happening as we speak, I believe. Obviously, we will continue to work proactively to try to secure pre-clearance. That would be an enormous economic booster for us here. As we have done with previous Administrations, regardless of who is at the helm, we will work with those…
As civil aviation is a reserved matter, DFE officials have explored with the Department for Transport the possibility of extending pre-clearance services to Belfast International Airport. The Department for Transport has committed to entering into exploratory talks with the United States Administration on the options…