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Mr Robbie Butler: Assembly records
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.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs why the start date for the new Suckler Cow Scheme does not mirror the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the anticipated environmental impact that the delay of the Suckler Cow Scheme until 1 April 2025 will have.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the steps being taken to liaise and consult with farmers affected by the change in start date for the Suckler Cow Scheme.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the consultation to date with agri-stakeholders in relation to the new Suckler Cow Scheme.
I thank the Member for his answer. I am a bit perplexed as to why we would only clean the east and west ends. We are the custodians of this Building and the Commission is charged with that. Is the Commission not being penny wise and pound foolish in that regard? In a number of years, will one of the lines on the tour…
I thank the Minister for her answer, and I am sorry if I missed the answer to a previous question. Does the Minister agree that we get it right when we set things up to ensure that people are not discriminated against rather than when we use some form of positive action? We should set targets and parameters for…
I thank the Member for giving way. This is a piece that has intrigued me. I know that the Member was at the briefing last week. There seemed to be a smaller uptake of the legacy aid scheme than was envisaged. I am sure that the Member will agree that to maximise participation in any new scheme is an ambition not just…
What date is it? It is 3 December. May I wish you a happy Christmas, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker? I am a Christmassy type of person, but I often have to catch myself on when December starts and I play my Christmas music and get really happy, because the reality for many people across the world is that they have…
Mr Butler asked the Minister of Finance, given that today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities and that we have seen the Civil Service fail to set ambitious targets for employment of people with disabilities, with the figure staying stagnant at around 5%, whether she is happy with that position or has…
I thank the Minister for his work in that regard. If we do not have time to legislate or if legislation is not possible, what substantive measures are available to the Minister, maybe working collaboratively with the Education Minister and the Health Minister, to affect and change the lives of those young people, who…
I thank the Member for South Down for securing this important Adjournment debate. I will start with some slightly different words. I am sure that Members can think of childhood memories. I will recall one of mine, because it provides important context as to why I want to speak on this issue. In 1982, I was in P7. My…
I thank the Minister for his answer. I want to give the Minister, maybe, a part of the solution. Some of the sports have been removed because it is now a compacted arrangement. Hockey is, unfortunately, missing out. Northern Ireland has some fantastic hockey pitches and facilities, particularly in my constituency of…
Mr Butler asked the Minister for Communities to outline to the House his ambition for Northern Ireland's participation in the Commonwealth Games and his willingness to engage with the Scottish Parliament.
Prison Service Staff That this Assembly acknowledges the exceptional work of the Northern Ireland Prison Service; understands that members of the Prison Service are regarded as members of the Northern Ireland Civil Service; recognises that the Northern Ireland Civil Service Staff Handbook does not take into account…
I thank the Member for giving way. I really do not want to see this useful debate descending. Obviously, I am pro-life, like you. Does the Member recognise that, as recently as the past couple of months, the committee has reported on deficiencies in the protections for unborn children with disabilities? The…
I support the motion and the amendments, and I welcome the chance to debate this really important motion, albeit that, in a way, our motions are toothless. I agree with the leader of the Opposition in that regard: we need to move at pace and see these things materialise. As has been pointed out, 25% of our population…
It is good to respond to the motion and the amendment, both of which are worthy of support, stimulate the conversation and exclude nobody. It is important that we highlight the critical role of the sheep sector in Northern Ireland's agri-food industry. As many of you will know from meeting those farmers, it is not…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the Access to Work budget in each of the last five years; and (ii) the modelling used to determine the budget requirements.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any support requests by Access to Work participants that were rejected in each of the last five years, broken down by reason.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department has considered expanding Access to Work eligibility to those working fewer than 16 hours per week.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether there are any plans to extend the Access to Work program to include communication support, such as British Sign Language and Irish Sign Language interpreters, speech-to-text reporters or notetakers for individuals participating in work experience or work trials.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether any consideration has been given to increasing the Access to Work budget to improve support for individuals with hearing loss.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of individuals that the Access to Work program has supported in each of the last five years, broken down by recognised disability.