All of Mr Robbie Butler’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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To ask the Minister for the Economy, in light of the warnings in Northern Ireland Audit Office's report on Northern Ireland Energy Strategy, regarding high-risk and high-cost technologies, such as (i) bioenergy with carbon capture and storage; and (ii) carbon capture, utilisation and storage, to detail how her…
Assessment details for Written question AQW 34312/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 34312/22-27
Cervical Screening Scandal Inquiry - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘Assembly; and insert: ‘recognises the importance of the public retaining confidence in our life-saving population-based cervical screening programme in Northern Ireland; further recognises the steps taken by the Department of Health and the Southern…
Assessment details for Motion or amendment: Cervical Screening Scandal Inquiry - Amendment 2 Official Assembly record for Motion or amendment: Cervical Screening Scandal Inquiry - Amendment 2
To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of whether a police officer who has been assaulted should have the right to not accept a fine notice for the perpetrator.
Assessment details for Oral question AQO 2668/22-27 Official Assembly record for Oral question AQO 2668/22-27
Irregularities and inconsistencies to do with HMOs and planning, as the Minister pointed out, have long occurred across councils. Minister, you have rightly pointed out the powers that councils have. Will you outline what powers you have or steps you might take if councils do not react to your letter?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Houses in Multiple Occupation: Regulation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Houses in Multiple Occupation: Regulation
On-street Parking Charges in Lisburn
Assessment details for Other tabled business: On-street Parking Charges in Lisburn Official Assembly record for Other tabled business: On-street Parking Charges in Lisburn
Does the Member agree that one of the disappointing parts of the debate was the disagreement about the fact that you can have ambition for climate measures and assurance on the energy supply? Does he agree that you can do both at the same time?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Storm Resilience and Infrastructure Preparedness Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Storm Resilience and Infrastructure Preparedness
Will the Member give way?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Storm Resilience and Infrastructure Preparedness Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Storm Resilience and Infrastructure Preparedness
Will the Member give way?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Storm Resilience and Infrastructure Preparedness Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Storm Resilience and Infrastructure Preparedness
The Member is right, but there are things that we can do to future-proof it. We are all engaged in the ambition to plant more trees, for instance, but where we plant them is important. For instance, if we do not plant them at the edge of roads, they will not fall across the road. There are steps that we can take to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Storm Resilience and Infrastructure Preparedness Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Storm Resilience and Infrastructure Preparedness
Will the Member give way?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Storm Resilience and Infrastructure Preparedness Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Storm Resilience and Infrastructure Preparedness
I thank the Member for giving way. Notwithstanding the fact that some good work happened when the Ministers were in place, does the Member agree that some of the things that we are doing are not working and that we need to think slightly differently? Someone from Newcastle commented this morning that some of the flood…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Storm Resilience and Infrastructure Preparedness Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Storm Resilience and Infrastructure Preparedness
The Minister will be aware that the Asian hornet is not the only threat to bees. Earlier in the year, there was a series of questions asked about there being no chief bee inspector. Can the Minister give us an update on how the Department is furnished for bee inspection?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Asian Hornets Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Asian Hornets
I beg to move Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. It is a matter of fact that, this year, Northern Ireland has been subject to a series of increasingly severe storms. Those storms have left a trail of damage and destruction that is both physical and deeply human. Families, farmers and entire communities have faced fallen…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Storm Resilience and Infrastructure Preparedness Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Storm Resilience and Infrastructure Preparedness
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in regard to the D1 category of driver licensing, to detail any work her Department has taken to revoke or to replace the regulation preventing holders of the D1 category from taking paid driving opportunities.
Assessment details for Written question AQW 33781/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 33781/22-27
To ask the Minister of Health to outline the benefits delivered by the new Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Learning and Development College at Desertcreat.
Assessment details for Oral question AQO 2614/22-27 Official Assembly record for Oral question AQO 2614/22-27
To ask the Minister of Finance, in relation to the recently launched 2026-27 Northern Ireland Civil Service Student Placement Scheme, to outline the steps he will take to ensure that students with a disability have equitable opportunity to be successful.
Assessment details for Oral question AQO 2629/22-27 Official Assembly record for Oral question AQO 2629/22-27
The Assembly needs no reminder that child poverty in Northern Ireland needs to be tackled. We have had many debates on the issue. The 'Northern Ireland Poverty and Income Inequality Report, 2023/24' showed that one in five of our children are living in absolute poverty and one in four are living in relative poverty.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Child Poverty Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Child Poverty
I thank the Member for giving way on that point, which is really important. Should the Government and Departments not deliver on the legislation and the test that that has produced to lead the way on net zero and the climate contribution? In this instance, it certainly seems, particularly on the A5, that the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland
Like the party of the Member to speak previously, the Ulster Unionist Party agrees with aspects of the motion, in particular the recognition of the fact that Northern Ireland needs a clear, updated investment strategy. There is no pushback from us on that whatsoever. As I stated last night, we face stovepiped plenary…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland
I obviously cannot speak for the Minister in my capacity as Chair, but given the truncated timescales that we have left, it is very unlikely that something of that significance will see the light of day. However, I am sure that all those things are up for discussion in the Chamber. The present Agriculture Act dates…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Legislation Programme 2025-26 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Legislation Programme 2025-26
Yes.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Legislation Programme 2025-26 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Legislation Programme 2025-26
Following Friday's announcement on the cross-border initiative, will the Minister be more explicit about the target zone for the pilots? Will there be a regional assessment, or will it be in the border regions?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Bovine TB Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Bovine TB
I beg to move
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4): Suspension Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Standing Orders 10(2) to 10(4): Suspension
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any discussions she has had with the Minister for Infrastructure regarding the need for affordable, integrated student travel options, to ensure that transport costs do not become a barrier to participation in higher education.
Assessment details for Written question AQW 33375/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 33375/22-27
To ask the Minister for the Economy, given that the Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill The Way Forward, confirmed neonatal leave and pay as a proposed area for inclusion, (i) to outline the expected timetable for the Bill’s first reading; and (ii) whether the legislation will deliver parity for parents whose babies…
Assessment details for Written question AQW 33372/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 33372/22-27
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