All of Ms Paula Bradshaw’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
I thank the Member for giving way. I do not want to keep going over old ground, but the Minister has laid out the policy intent. I imagine that all members of the Justice Committee have researchers who can look into the potential implications of the changes in law. The fact that the wording is not yet in the Bill is…
I thank the Member for giving way. As my colleague the Justice Minister has outlined, it is not unprecedented and has been the case for previous justice Bills. When the Committee Chair, your colleague who is sitting beside you, and members go out with their call for evidence, they can ask for an extended period. If…
I thank the Member for giving way. I want to highlight again that we would have been in a different position had we not had two years of political impasse in this place and that the Minister and her officials would have been able to progress this more slowly. It should be welcomed that she is bringing this forward…
I thank the Minister for his statement. I very much concur with some of the frustration in the Chamber. We have would appreciated a wee bit more substance. It was my understanding that the co-chaired work streams, looking at the four types of hospitals, were looking at defining what was going where. My question picks…
Thank you for your statement, Minister. I will pick up on my South Belfast colleague's point. We know that Belfast Met and the universities play a pivotal role as economic drivers for Belfast city. Will you speak to the role of the universities and further education institutions in delivering the subregional balance?
On International Day of Older Persons, I rise to make a statement on the importance of tackling ageism, and I do so after attending an excellent event at Stormont last week run by Age NI where it talked about the results from its lived experience survey. The World Health Organization notes that ageism can have harmful…
Peace and Peacebuilding Mission in Programme for Government That this Assembly welcomes the publication of the draft Programme for Government; recognises that the finalised Programme for Government should include a stand-alone Mission on Peace and Peacebuilding; further recognises that peacebuilding, reconciliation,…
Shared Island Youth Forum That this Assembly endorses the Shared Island Youth Forum's vision and values for a Shared Future on the island of Ireland; acknowledges the importance of the visions for sustainability, opportunity, wellbeing, culture and equality set out in the Forum's Outcome Statement; notes the Forum’s…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the steps he is taking, including a timescale, to (i) speed up the removal of posters expressing racial hatred placed on departmental property; and (ii) improve engagement with the PSNI on this issue.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of recent developments on City Deal funding, for an update on the North Belfast to South Belfast Glider route proposal.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the nature of the clear and unequivocal advice that enabled him, alongside the First Minister and deputy First Minister, to support an extension on the ban on puberty blockers, including (i) the source of the advice; and (iii) whether the advice will be published.
This follows on from my colleague Sian Mulholland's question. In the summer, I had the great fortune of visiting the Ulster-Scots Agency and hearing about the exhibition at PRONI. Was the 250th anniversary of the signing of the US Declaration of Independence discussed, and is the tourism potential of that something…
To ask the Minister for the Economy how the Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill, as currently planned, will address gaps in holiday pay and sick leave for substitute teachers.
As the chairperson of the all-party group on stroke, I am delighted to present this petition calling for 24/7 access to thrombectomy services. The petition was organised by the Stroke Association and has been signed by 3,567 people, including stroke survivors who have benefited from a thrombectomy. I am delighted to…
As we mark the beginning of Good Relations Week 2024, I make the case for including a mission on "Peace" and peacebuilding in the Executive's Programme for Government (PFG). Like many in the Chamber, I welcomed last week's launch of the draft Programme for Government for consultation. My party's Ministers have been…
Extension of Sitting on Monday 16 September 2024 under Standing Order 10(3A) That, in accordance with Standing Order 10(3A), the sitting on Monday 16 September 2024 be extended to no later than 8.30pm.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any discussions he has had with the Minister for the Economy in relation to the impact of the forthcoming Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill on (i) the teaching profession in general; and (ii) substitute teachers.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any discussions he has had with the Minister for the Economy in relation to the inclusion of substitute teachers, and other substitute staff working in schools, in the forthcoming Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill.