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.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to explain the discrepancy between the answers provided to AQW 12959/22-27 and AQW 8075/22-27, including (i) who is now responsible for taking forward the recommendations of the High Street Task Force; and (ii) what actions they are taking to progress these…
D-Day was an important turning point not just for the United Kingdom but for the world in defeating fascism. Indeed, many Irish people were involved in that turning point in many different ways. Does the First Minister agree that it was welcome that the Executive Office was represented by the deputy First Minister but…
Thank you, Health Minister. Last week, I spoke to a senior social worker in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust. She said that she feels under a lot of pressure and almost as though she is part of a second-class workforce. What short-term measures are you taking to better support and bolster the social work…
Deputy First Minister, you will recall from the Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry that Sir Anthony Hart, in advance of publication, indicated that he was going to recommend a redress scheme. The victims and survivors had to wait about four years from that indication until the redress scheme was set up. To what…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, given the absence of any published proposals, why officials stated during the Committee for the Executive Office meeting on 5 June 2024 that work on the implementation of the report of the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition was wrapped up.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any cuts they have made to the Central Good Relations Fund budget for the 2024-25 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Communities when community and voluntary sector organisations will receive an update on the Community Investment Fund for the 2024-25 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Communities when community and voluntary sector organisations will receive an update on the Womens Centres Childcare Fund for the 2024-25 financial year.
I thank the Member for giving way. The issue that we are discussing is the statutory aggravation model. From my point of view as a fellow South Belfast MLA, that will not be the panacea, in many ways. There is the work that has taken place in the Department for Communities and the work done on the race relations…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am happy to see the issue raised in the Chamber today. It is already clear that the key objective is legislating to ensure that hate and prejudice have no place in our society. Sinéad McLaughlin, the proposer of the motion, spoke powerfully about the importance of the issue,…
Thank you, Minister. Will you give us your assessment of whether the earmarked capital projects will be completed within the allocated budget and whether they will still represent value for money?
I thank the Finance Minister. That is very helpful information. It is useful to know that the Executive Office has plans in this financial year. The concern that I have, as Chair of the Executive Office Committee, is that we have no idea what that envelope will look like. We would appreciate receiving updates in the…
I thank the Member for giving way. Will the strong message not come from having the statutory aggravation model in legislation? It does not necessarily need to be in a stand-alone piece of legislation.
I congratulate the new mayors and deputy mayors who were sworn in in council chambers across Northern Ireland last night, and I extend my best wishes to those who will have council AGMs later this week. In particular, I note the historic appointment of my Alliance Party colleague and friend Councillor Micky Murray as…
Thank you, Health Minister. Welcome to your post. I appreciate the positive tone that you delivered, and I feel that you are being sincere. Minister, you talked about delivering reform and about the financial constraints that you are under. You will be aware that, last summer, the chief executives and others worked on…
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Independent Review of Northern Ireland’s Children’s Social Care Services.
Thank you, First Minister, for your answer. As you said, the world has moved on. Will the new strategy include a set of principles and human rights standards through which engagement with every nation in the world will be measured?
I totally agree — this is the first opportunity that the Department has taken to offer us that briefing — so thank you for that. I will make my remarks on the Executive Office budget. In her foreword to the Budget document, the Finance Minister says that demands on the Budget amount to £1·50 for every £1 that she has…