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.
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I assure the Member that that is one of the issues that we have raised continually from day 1, and we will continue to do so. Giving us that flexibility would allow us to reach and even exceed our housebuilding target. We have raised the matter directly, and I know that all parties have probably raised it with the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Budget Discussions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Budget Discussions
As I said, we are determined to get to a point where we have a multi-year Budget. That is exactly where we all need to get to, and I want us to get there. However, I am not shocked. The Member asserts that we should just accept our lot and move on: I will not do that. I have far more ambition for the people here. We…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Budget Discussions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Budget Discussions
The people here have been failed. That is why we collectively make the case for a proper and adequate funding model. We are asking for fairness. The people here pay their taxes, and they are entitled to good public services. The Fiscal Council backs up our assertion that, comparatively speaking with regard to Scotland…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Budget Discussions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Budget Discussions
While we welcome the prospect of a multi-year Budget, current funding simply does not match the scale of the challenges facing our public services. We wrote to the Prime Minister on 17 April outlining the scale of the financial pressures and seeking further engagement. The Secretary of State responded on 28 April on…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Budget Discussions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Budget Discussions
Again, it comes back to the underlying point that, if we are going to be successful, we have to ensure that everybody is included in the strategy, particularly women in rural areas. In partnership with the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, we commissioned a community-led review of rural women and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Violence against Women and Girls: Katie Simpson Review Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Violence against Women and Girls: Katie Simpson Review
Nobody in the Chamber would disagree with that. We need to have a justice system that responds to women, particularly in those times of crisis. The review highlights the depth and extent of the work that needs to be done across all the different avenues, and that it needs to be undertaken at pace. I, therefore,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Violence against Women and Girls: Katie Simpson Review Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Violence against Women and Girls: Katie Simpson Review
The murder of Katie Simpson was a profound tragedy, and our thoughts are very much with her family, who continue to bear the impact of that loss. The review underscores the work that all of us — as the Executive, as wider society and as individuals — are required to do collectively to end violence against women and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Violence against Women and Girls: Katie Simpson Review Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Violence against Women and Girls: Katie Simpson Review
That is not even the case. Those projects come from the communities organically. The programme is designed in such a way that we work with communities, identify their needs and deliver on those needs. You can see that through some of the examples that I have cited. The scale and the breadth of all the projects has…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Urban Villages Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Urban Villages
I do not have the detail in front of me of where the school of music redevelopment currently sits. However, I know that a lot of good work was done there to try to progress that even further, so I will not misspeak on exactly where we are. I will ensure that you get that information. As for capacity-building, it is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Urban Villages Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Urban Villages
Yes. It really was a pleasure to visit the Ardoyne Youth Enterprise site to see that work being developed on the Crumlin Road, where that state-of-the-art building will be an addition for the local community as part of our Urban Villages work. That hub will really transform the physical landscape, and it will also…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Urban Villages Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Urban Villages
We can all agree, having seen it at first hand, how beneficial many of those projects have been to our communities. It is something that has worked really well and can be built upon in the time ahead. You have asked about Westland, in particular, on a number of occasions. Obviously, the planning application that was…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Urban Villages Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Urban Villages
The Executive Office's Urban Villages initiative has had a transformative impact in local communities in Belfast and Derry. To date, a total of £83 million has been invested in Urban Villages areas. Of that, £65·4 million has been invested in the capital programme, with 61 schemes completed, and £17·6 million in…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Urban Villages Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Urban Villages
You see, there is a sensitivity to all of this, and I am very mindful of not playing your game. I am very mindful of not playing your game. There was much suffering — Mr Speaker? There was much suffering and trauma, and much suffering and trauma still persists as a direct result of conflict. I regret every single loss…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Paramilitary Attacks: Condemnation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Paramilitary Attacks: Condemnation
I absolutely concur with that. It would be a healthy and measured step forward if that were to be resolved and be one aspect of the reform proposals that deliver something tangible. The days of "no nationalist need apply" are long gone and are not to return. Twenty-eight years on from the signing of the Good Friday…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Assembly and Executive Reform Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Assembly and Executive Reform
Yes, I do, and that is why I made the point about window dressing. Window dressing does not cut it. We need to see reform that actually helps politics to deliver better and that helps us to make a difference to people's lives. Despite the challenges of this place and the fact that it is a difficult arrangement, my…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Assembly and Executive Reform Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Assembly and Executive Reform
Yes. The one thing for sure that the public want from us is that we work collectively and get a properly funded Budget that allows us to invest in our public services, whether in health or education or to help people with childcare or to help them get through the cost-of-living crisis. The reality is that the Budget,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Independence: Devolved Cooperation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Independence: Devolved Cooperation
Again, the Member will not be surprised to know that there is not a shared view of independence in the Executive Office. However, I did see the comments from John Swinney, the First Minister. Scotland will go to the polls in the next number of weeks. It looks as though the SNP will be returned to the First Minister…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Independence: Devolved Cooperation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Independence: Devolved Cooperation
Genuinely, a lot of that work is happening. It may be piecemeal: I am not too sure how consistent it is across the board, but I am happy to ask those questions to get a better understanding. For example, when it came to reviewing health and social care and how we support people who need home care packages, that was…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ageing Population Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ageing Population
We have had debates in the past around the commitment to older people. I can say to the Member that we absolutely are taking action. We have an ageing population, and we have to plan for that across our health service and every other public service. Last week, in particular, at our Executive meeting, when we were…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ageing Population Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ageing Population
I am keen that we try to do something about that and to steer insurance companies in the right direction. Many Members have spoken about it in the House. The Infrastructure Minister, Liz Kimmins, and I have been working together to try to take on some of those high insurance premiums. We have spoken directly to the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Car Insurance Premiums Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Car Insurance Premiums
I absolutely do. I am sure that everybody in the House has spoken to a young constituent who, after getting their licence and being really excited about getting out on the road, has purchased a car, only to find that the cost of insurance may be triple the cost of the car. I have spoken before about speaking to young…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Car Insurance Premiums Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Car Insurance Premiums
It is unfortunate that your party has decided to try to make some noise out of something that was such a harrowing event for the people of Dunmurry on Saturday night. Those people went through a horrific ordeal, as did the person whose car was hijacked and who was made to drive to the station. My thoughts are very…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Car Bomb at Dunmurry Police Station Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Car Bomb at Dunmurry Police Station
I think that all of us condemn the attack on the PSNI station in Dunmurry at the weekend. Earlier today, the deputy First Minister, the Chief Constable, the chair of the Policing Board and I stood shoulder to shoulder to say that the people who engage in such activity have no support out there in society and no vision…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Car Bomb at Dunmurry Police Station Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Car Bomb at Dunmurry Police Station
I follow with interest some of the work that is happening on the Assembly and Executive Review Committee. It is very clear that the people who have come before the Committee are not interested in window dressing, and some of your suggestions amount to window dressing. It has to be about how politics can work better.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Stormont Institutions: Reform Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Stormont Institutions: Reform
There is no agreement in the Executive Office on the issue of reform, so, when I spoke at the weekend, I did so in my capacity as vice president of Sinn Féin about our proposals for reform. We will speak about those proposals over the next couple of weeks. It is not a matter for the Executive Office.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Stormont Institutions: Reform Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Stormont Institutions: Reform
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