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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.
There are some in political unionism — I say "some" — who want it to be yesterday, and that is not available to them. They want the days of domination and the days of the Orange state. That is not available to them. What we need to do is build on the progress of the past 28 years, keep our eyes focused on the future…
I absolutely agree with the Member. For almost 30 years, the people of the Garvaghy Road lived in relative peace. They had spent years picking up the pieces after the trauma that was inflicted on them 28 years ago. They had spent all those years making progress and building good, strong community relations. Then,…
The hypocrisy hanging out of the DUP is incredible. There is hypocrisy all day long. I have said that I own my decision to stand with the Garvaghy Road residents. I am proud to have done so, and I will continue to do so. I will deal with whatever processes come my way, but you are not my judge or my jury. You do not…
You are being quite insulting to your constituent who needs a hospital appointment. You would be better advised to fight to get them access to the health service. You would be better advised to tell your constituent that you championed an unwanted Orange march down the Garvaghy Road. We are here to try to make a…
Yes, I am happy to do so. As I said, I will talk to departmental officials and bring up the point that you have raised. All those matters have to be considered. We need to listen to the experiences of women who find themselves in situations in which they feel quite frightened. We need to learn lessons and apply them…
I am happy to take that question on board and ask it. In the whole area of ending violence against women and girls, we are very lucky to have such cross-party and cross-departmental efforts being made. Where practical measures can be put in place to make women safer, particularly in taxis, we should explore them. I am…
Yes, I absolutely agree with that. The DUP announced its review almost four months ago, and we still have not seen it. We need to know when the findings will be published. There are very serious questions that need to be answered. We have heard about the warning signs — that may be an understatement — of inappropriate…
Yes. In continuation of my response to the previous question, I say that tackling violence against women and girls right across our society is an area that the Executive have rightly focused on. In answer to the Member's question, first, I express my solidarity with the victims of Jeffrey Donaldson. We are all in awe…
That is a fair assessment. The work in this phase has been to do with young boys, but the Member has made a very valid point. We cannot, on the one hand, say that it is a whole-of-society problem without having a whole-of-society response. Therefore, everybody has to play their part in that. I am very happy to take…
Both junior Ministers attended that event. We have only received the report, so I do not have a fulsome response for you. The purpose of the report is to inform our work. As the Member knows, the second phase of our ending violence against women and girls strategy is focused on young boys and our working with them,…
I will say this: my responsibility is to try to get the right Budget, which is what I am actively engaged in. We had numerous meetings last week, and we will have more this week. We understand that we need to get the Budget agreed. We cannot, however, agree to a Budget that does not cut it and does not allow us to…
Absolutely, our public-sector workers deserve better. They deserve better in terms of the funding envelope from which we give them their pay rise, and they deserve to get that in a timely way. I regret very much the fact that our healthcare workers are again in a situation where they are having to consider strike…
Since the publication of the Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC) strategy in 2013, TEO has led on its implementation and delivered a range of good relations programmes aimed at building good relations and understanding across communities, including in areas that have had contested parades. For example, a…
Yes, I agree with you: we have to bank the progress that we have made but realise that there is much more to do. The focus on early intervention and prevention in the Programme for Government marked a change in approach. We all know — it is common sense — that the earlier we can intervene and do the prevention work,…
The draft Programme for Government is centred on improving well-being and outcomes for people and communities with a strong emphasis on early intervention and preventative approaches across a range of policy areas. Through the Programme for Government framework, Departments are encouraged to work collaboratively to…
Given that we heard the judgement only in the past week or so, analysis will have to be done on it, but the outcome of the case is the right one. It is great to see the green light being given to the A5 project. It also shows us that the understanding of the climate change legislation is as we had all considered it to…
Commiserations to Rossa, but at least your team got to the final. As I said, it is absolutely a flagship project, and it must be delivered. We need to continue to work with the GAA, because we want to see today's generation have the chance to play at that ground. Gaels in Antrim have grown up without that chance — it…
As I said, I am absolutely committed to working with the GAA to get that flagship project delivered; that is why it is in the Programme for Government. We have seen momentum on the site in recent months, which is positive, and that needs to continue. The funding that we have secured thus far, whether it is from the…
The redevelopment of Casement Park remains an Executive flagship capital project. While responsibility for the redevelopment lies with the Minister for Communities, we have reiterated our commitment to making progress on the matter in the Programme for Government (PFG). Progress on the site has been made, and we need…
— with the need for the residents to have their progress protected. I commend them for that. Everybody standing up for the right thing is always the right thing to do. We are not going back to the days when there are going to be marches put down roads where they are not wanted. Residents expect much more; I expect…
I thank the Member for her question. I can say to you that, yes, I am fully committed to the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts and to the principles that underpin it: equality, respect and peace. My decision, which I own, to stand with the people of the Garvaghy Road was about standing with a community that made…
Again, more attempts to demonise the people of Garvaghy Road, both the residents and those who stood in solidarity with and support of a community that refused to live in fear and a community that refused to allow people to drag them backwards. I will take no lectures from you, and I remind you and your colleagues…
Thank you. No, I do not agree with you. I commend John O'Dowd for the fact that he has advanced things to the point where they are now. Are we there yet? No; we have more to do to push as far as we can in order to get what is only fair for all the people whom we represent, Stephen — you and I. Everybody in the Chamber…
Had we taken your party's advice, of course, we would be no further on today. As a matter of fact, we have advanced the envelope that we have to deal with those matters. I would say to anybody who is on a waiting list that we are fighting every day for them to have access to healthcare. We are fighting every day for…