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Mr Robbie Butler: Assembly records
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Mr Deputy Speaker, I thank you for your indulgence in allowing me to speak in the Adjournment debate. As someone from Lagan Valley, I am somewhat of an interloper in matters regarding South Down, but, obviously, as changes have been made, I might be in for a few more AERA Adjournment debates, as long as tomorrow…
I thank the Member for saying that he will support our amendment. It is right to get into the technicalities. The Department of Health is still facing pressures of around £200 million, however. Although £1·8 million may not sound like a lot, if you are already £200 million in the red, it does not matter if you are…
I thank the Member for giving way. I do not know whether he has been in the Chamber when the Education Minister has, on multiple occasions, been challenged on the transformation needed for special educational needs. Every response that he has given has been, "Give me the money, and I will make the changes". Does it…
Before I go into the main thrust of what I want to say, I want to speak to the Opposition across the Chamber to let them know why it was so important that we got to propose what I would call a significant, technical amendment to the motion. It is incumbent on us all to recognise the pressures that the Department of…
I thank the Minister for his answer. I hope that he will forgive me as I pay tribute to two people who died on the road. One was a former Fire and Rescue Service colleague and one a friend with whom I grew up. I know that the Minister is wedded to delivery. The Minister outlined the time frame for the completion of…
The very important motion and amendment, call on us to face the stark and distressing reality of mental health service provision and how people across Northern Ireland are suffering. As already outlined, regrettably, we find ourselves in a situation where more people have tragically lost their lives to suicide than to…
Some may be aware that today is National Nonspeaking/Non-verbal Awareness Day. I make the House aware of a vision called Love Needs No Words NI Hub. Its mission is clear: to create meaningful connections and to provide vital services for individuals who are nonspeaking and non-verbal, regardless of their disability,…
Committee Membership That Mr Colin Crawford replace Mr Robbie Butler as a member of the Committee for Education; that Ms Diana Armstrong replace Mr Colin Crawford as a member of the Committee for the Economy; that Mr Andy Allen replace Mr Robbie Butler as a member of the Business Committee; and that Mr John Stewart be…
Support for Deaf Children That this Assembly recognises the negative impact that the lack of specialist Teachers of the Deaf and other essential specialist educational support professionals has on deaf children and their families; and calls on the Minister of Education to bring forward plans to ensure that every deaf…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they have undertaken an assessment of the impact that having no Programme for Government since 2016 has had on the transformation of public services and the wider health and well-being of local citizens.
I thank Nuala McAllister for securing the Adjournment debate. It is a really important topic. I will speak not from notes but genuinely from my heart on this issue because poverty is an issue that we have debated in this Chamber since I started in 2016. When you think that we live in, perhaps, the fifth biggest…
Members, today we will debate a matter that could, in a very positive way, copper-fasten our ambition and secure Northern Ireland's democracy for generations. The voices of our young people, particularly those aged 16 to 17, are growing louder. Our young people are more informed and passionate than they have ever…
Many times, when we come to the Chamber, we talk about negative stories, negative impacts on people's lives and the difficulties that pertain for most people in even accessing services, but there are examples of really good practice. I bring to Members' attention that, yesterday, Dr Chris Hall of Hillsborough Medical…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Reinstatement of Community and Voluntary Funding”
Reinstatement of Community and Voluntary Funding - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘and calls on’ and insert: ‘the Minister of Finance to identify funding, as a matter of urgency, to allow the Minister of Health to reinstate this funding.’
I echo the frustrations felt by the many disabled people, including my colleague Andy Allen MLA, who bravely continue to speak out against the inequalities that persist in our society. It is outrageous that, in 2024, basic rights and access that most of us take for granted are still denied to disabled individuals. It…
Will the Minister outline what steps he is taking to ensure that pupils with a learning disability or a physical disability receive the same curriculum support and content and other support measures to develop healthy and respectful relationships?
The Minister may be aware that legislation is passing through Westminster on the issue. Is she aware — this is local to me in Lagan Valley — that, in complex arrangements where there are commercial and residential leasehold properties, the properties are not only impacted on by the management fees, which are…
Will the Minister outline the expected revenue from the proposals to remove the exemption provided by industrial derating? Has she considered — I think that she has already spoken to this — the impacts on the manufacturing sector in Northern Ireland?
I thank the Minister for his answer, which was given with brevity. Two hundred and forty nine thousand is an incredible number; it is almost a quarter of a million. Will the Minister detail the concerns that he has raised about the disproportionate effect that it will have on pensioners in Northern Ireland, given that…