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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.
To my knowledge, there is no specific role, but I have outlined some of the areas where we are engaging with young people on policy development. We thought it was particularly appropriate to have a child rights impact assessment for the Programme for Government and the Budget because those decisions will have an…
The Executive Office is committed to effective consultation and engagement with everyone across society, including children and young people. Officials use a variety of consultation methods and documents that can be made available in a range of formats to ensure that they are accessible. Recently, the Department took…
The language belongs to us all. Nobody has anything to fear from any language. We should all embrace it and create a better and inclusive society. Let us create fairness across our society, and let us not look over our shoulders at the other. Let us build a better society; that is what I am here for. I encourage you…
They are two separate strands of work, but of course they will have to speak to each other. That will naturally happen over time, but I hope that we can see the publication of the Irish language strategy and the other strategies as quickly as possible. When that process is aligned, next year, we will start to see a…
It is positive that we are making progress. I look forward to receiving the updated documentation, which will allow us to move to the next step. The Member knows that we have committed to adhering to CPANI's code of practice for the appointments. With that commitment, additional factors have to be taken into…
The appointment of the commissioners and members of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression is essential to the implementation of the provisions of the Identity and Language Act 2022 for which TEO is responsible. We are pleased to announce that panels have been established and that all three competition…
I do not have that detail. That is in the gift of the Department for the Economy; it makes those allocations. The breakdown of that funding does not come directly under our office.
Thanks for the question. I agree. The draft Programme for Government recognises the whole area of growing our economy as a priority and recognises regional balance as a key component of that and of growing a globally competitive and sustainable economy. Everybody needs to benefit from that. The prize is that everybody…
I can provide more detail to the Member. I think that the last action that we took was to write to every Department, each of which has different areas of work falling within its remit. We asked the Departments to correspond with us to let us know how they intend to take forward those actions. Perhaps there will be a…
Yes, we had direct engagement with SOLACE as we consulted on the Programme for Government. As the Member will know, that has concluded. We had significant engagement throughout the consultation process, for which we are grateful. We are working in earnest to agree the final Programme for Government and bring it back…
'Our Plan' is an ambitious agenda for change for everyone who lives here. In order to make that happen, we know that we need to work in partnership. As an Executive, we are committed to working in collaboration across government, the private sector, the wider public sector and the community and voluntary sector. That…
Thank you for your question. I have no doubt that, at home, Sé and Daíthí are very keen to know whether Santa is on track. How exciting that it is only 16 days until Christmas. I want you to tell Sé and Daíthí and all the other children out there that things are on track. The deputy First Minister and I have spoken to…
Therein lies the challenge with which we have to grapple. We have to come to terms with that, but when we collectively come at the new approach of having nine identified priority areas in the draft Programme for Government and monitor our progress as we go, we will have to correct how we will do the transformation…
The Committee did not reject any proposal. I am sure that the Member did not set out to be disingenuous. The Committee discussed the forward work programme, which did not have the complete information. All that members of the Committee did was to ask for a bit more time to put the programme together. Let us therefore…
That is not really linked to the substantive question, a Cheann Comhairle, but I will answer it, seeing as it has been put to me, if that is OK with you.
Yes. That topic comes up frequently. It even came up just last week when we were at the British-Irish Council (BIC) meeting. All jurisdictions talked about it, because everyone is grappling with the same challenges and problems. It is important that we learn lessons from examples of good practice, where they exist.…
Our public services are under severe pressure. Demand for services continues to rise, alongside growing complexity of need. Funding is constrained, and expectations for faster, digitally enabled, citizen-focused services are higher than ever. If we are to meet the needs of all people in our society, we cannot keep…
In compliance with section 52C of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, I wish to update the House on the thirteenth institutional meeting and twenty-eighth plenary meeting of the North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC). The meetings were held in Dublin Castle on 13 September 2024, and the deputy First Minister and I have…
Yesterday, I was asked about the age of the young person who was sent inappropriate text messages by a Sinn Féin representative. It was my understanding that the young person was 17 years of age, based on the information at application to join the party. That information was wrong. Over the weekend, the young person…
I am not aware whether we were invited. I look at every invitation favourably. As the Member will know, I spend my days, evenings and weekends out and about, engaging with excellent projects. I do not know whether we were invited. I do not remember declining an invitation to attend. As I said previously, we need to be…