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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Will the Member give way?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Custodial Facilities: Protection of Rights and Safety Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Custodial Facilities: Protection of Rights and Safety
I thank the First Minister for her further confirmation of the Executive Office's ambition on this. The inauguration of President Trump at 12.00 noon today offers a new dispensation with the American Government. We had some great performance from Joe Kennedy as the former Northern Ireland trade envoy. Will the First…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: USA Travel: Pre-clearance Process Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: USA Travel: Pre-clearance Process
Thank you, Principal Deputy Speaker. The winding-up speech will be just like me — short. I thank the Deputy Chair and the Minister for his response. To pick up on a point that he raised: the Committee will absolutely give a commitment that if we can come to a position on the Bill in the shortest time possible, we…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Agriculture Bill: Extension of Committee Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Agriculture Bill: Extension of Committee Stage
Thank you, Principal Deputy Speaker. On behalf of the AERA Committee, I request an extension to the Committee Stage of the Agriculture Bill to 23 May 2025. The motion was agreed after discussions in Committee on 12 December 2024. The Committee first heard of the proposed content of the Bill on 20 June, when officials…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Agriculture Bill: Extension of Committee Stage Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Agriculture Bill: Extension of Committee Stage
Members, today, I ask you to join me in helping to flip Blue Monday on its head by working with the Samaritans to rebrand it Brew Monday, a day not for misery but for mugs, chats and connecting over a good old-fashioned cup of tea, however you drink it. I know that many will rightly ask this question: "Can a cup of…
Assessment details for Member's statement: Samaritans: Brew Monday 2025 Official Assembly record for Member's statement: Samaritans: Brew Monday 2025
Prayer of Annulment: The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 That the Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (SR 2024/211) be annulled.
Assessment details for Motion or amendment: Prayer of Annulment: The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 Official Assembly record for Motion or amendment: Prayer of Annulment: The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the Minister for a very detailed answer. He will be aware that politicians can make false promises. That leads me to the Labour Government, particularly in regard to farming and agriculture. Our farming families and agriculture sector were hit with a double whammy of unfulfilled promises…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Just Transition Commission Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Just Transition Commission
I thank the Minister for her answer and for breaking it down into a percentage. The Minister will be aware that the disabled community makes up around 25% of the population of Northern Ireland and that that community is woefully under-represented in all workplaces, not just in our Departments and the Civil Service. Is…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: DOJ: Employees with Disabilities Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: DOJ: Employees with Disabilities
I commend the Minister for again making sure that SEN is to the fore of his change agenda. In your statement, Minister, you used the formal GCSE qualification as a metric for bringing about change, yet the independent review of education suggests that GCSEs are not a useful terminal exam. Are we not in danger of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Transforming Education for Children with Special Educational Needs Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Transforming Education for Children with Special Educational Needs
Hopefully, someone has wished you a happy new year, Mr Speaker. If they have not done so, I will. Our newsfeeds are filled with the unfolding international tragedy of the wildfires in Los Angeles that, we have been told today, have claimed 24 lives. Tragically, that count may still escalate. The count of 24 deaths…
Assessment details for Member's statement: Los Angeles: Wildfires Official Assembly record for Member's statement: Los Angeles: Wildfires
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs,given the Executive's climate change commitments and the ongoing environmental crises in Northern Ireland, to detail his plans to review and update the 2006 Forestry Strategy to address these challenges.
Assessment details for Written question AQW 20399/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 20399/22-27
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail his current commitment for the Forests for our Future programme, including (i) progress achieved to date; and (ii) future plans to ensure the 9,000 hectare ambition is met.
Assessment details for Written question AQW 20398/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 20398/22-27
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, further to the deputy First Minister’s comments during Question Time on 9 September 2024, to outline any discussions they have had with the UK and US Governments in relation to the extension of a pre-clearance process for passengers travelling to the United States…
Assessment details for Oral question AQO 1364/22-27 Official Assembly record for Oral question AQO 1364/22-27
Protection of Rights and Safety in Custodial Facilities That this Assembly commits to providing continuous support for the LGBTQ+ and other minority communities throughout Northern Ireland, while ensuring there is no diminution of societal rights, particularly the rights of women; agrees that our justice system must…
Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues Criteria met: Identity framing, Dog-whistle messaging.
Assessment details for Motion or amendment: Protection of Rights and Safety in Custodial Facilities Official Assembly record for Motion or amendment: Protection of Rights and Safety in Custodial Facilities
To ask the Minister of Justice how many employees in her Department are registered as disabled.
Assessment details for Oral question AQO 1321/22-27 Official Assembly record for Oral question AQO 1321/22-27
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on any work towards developing a Just Transition Commission.
Assessment details for Oral question AQO 1337/22-27 Official Assembly record for Oral question AQO 1337/22-27
Extension of Committee Stage: Agriculture Bill (NIA Bill 08/22-27) That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 23 May 2025, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Agriculture Bill.
Assessment details for Motion or amendment: Extension of Committee Stage: Agriculture Bill (NIA Bill 08/22-27) Official Assembly record for Motion or amendment: Extension of Committee Stage: Agriculture Bill (NIA Bill 08/22-27)
I thank the Minister for giving way again. This is a really important point. We met the rural support groups. If there is any financial impact on the farming and agriculture sector, just transition will need to kick in. A just transition can be created only if we travel that route. Will the green jobs be distributed…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: The draft Climate Change (Carbon Budgets 2023-2037) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: The draft Climate Change (Carbon Budgets 2023-2037) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
I thank the Minister for letting me in again. Will the Minister put on record whether there was any dissension in the Executive about tabling this piece? Obviously, it has been put through with the Executive's approval.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: The draft Climate Change (Carbon Budgets 2023-2037) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: The draft Climate Change (Carbon Budgets 2023-2037) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
The point that I would like to get to, because you have referenced it a number of times, is that the CCC set the targets a number of months ago, and I am sure that the Committee will agree with me that that is absolutely a given point. However, our job is to scrutinise the Department's work and decisions and what you…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: The draft Climate Change (Carbon Budgets 2023-2037) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: The draft Climate Change (Carbon Budgets 2023-2037) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
I thank the Minister for giving way. I have waited for quite a while.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: The draft Climate Change (Carbon Budgets 2023-2037) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: The draft Climate Change (Carbon Budgets 2023-2037) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 17696/22-27, whether gambling harm is addressed through teaching on gambling, gaming and financial capability across several areas of the curriculum in (i) all primary schools; and (ii) all post-primary schools.
Assessment details for Written question AQW 19611/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 19611/22-27
The Minister is well aware that mental health is a cross-departmental priority that is underpinned by New Decade, New Approach. Therefore, is he able to outline any specific bids that he has made to his Executive partners for investment in the mental health workforce?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Mental Health Services: Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Mental Health Services: Funding
I commend the Member. His ears would have been burning last week as Kellie Armstrong and I talked about him. I say, "Well done" in his battle against cancer. We are much better off for having him in the Chamber. Before I move on to my statement, I pay tribute to Seán Fitzsimons, as, I know, the leader of the…
Assessment details for Member's statement: Syria: Assad Regime Official Assembly record for Member's statement: Syria: Assad Regime
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any analysis carried out by his Department on the impact that a date of 1 April 2025 for the start of the Suckler Cow Scheme would have on beef farmers and their ability to manage the calving calendar effectively.
Assessment details for Written question AQW 19462/22-27 Official Assembly record for Written question AQW 19462/22-27
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