All of Mr Robbie Butler’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 8804/22-27, whether the cross-departmental assessment of the Concluding Observations will be on the same scale as the response of other devolved administrations in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 8804/22-27, whether the cross-departmental assessment of the Concluding Observations will be published.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 8804/22-27, whether the cross-departmental assessment of the Concluding Observations will inform the Programme for Government.
To ask the Minister for Communities to provide (i) a detailed report of the thatched buildings; (ii) their current state of repair; and (iii) the date the report was made by the Department.
Veterinary Medicines That this Assembly notes the House of Lords Windsor Framework Sub-Committee’s inquiry into veterinary medicines and the Windsor Framework; acknowledges the deep concern of the agri-food industry that the number of veterinary products estimated to be at risk in Northern Ireland could be up to 51…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza”
Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘ongoing’ and insert: ‘war in Gaza that has left thousands of people dead; further condemns the actions of Hamas on October 7th which left 1,300 people dead and many families searching for loved ones; abhors the killing of international humanitarian aid…
I hope that you will indulge this question, Minister. We have a very special visitor in the Chamber who, hopefully, is listening up above. She is a pupil from St Genevieve's school in Belfast called Aurelia. Will the Minister commit even 10 minutes after Question Time and after he finishes the subsequent debate to…
I thank the Minister for his very welcome statement. From briefly reading through it, I have one or two concerns for the Minister to address. The first is to accept and welcome the impetus for SPiMS. Hopefully, there will be an impact in September that will see many of our pupils with special educational needs receive…
My question picks up on that last point, and perhaps it is difficult to answer. The risk is very much transferred to the road user. Whilst the statement is welcome, how robust will the guidance be on maintaining vehicles so that people understand fully what checks they should carry out to mitigate that risk as much as…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of whether local councils have the capacity to classify XL Bully type dogs on time to ensure dog owners comply with the legal timeframes.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, based on outcomes in Great Britain, how long, on average, does the exemption process for XL Bully type dogs take for owners.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in relation to reported pressure placed on the rehoming and veterinary sectors in England, Wales and Scotland, to detail the key lessons and adaptions he has considered to ensure the same does not happen in Northern Ireland in relation to the extension…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, given that rehoming organisations in Great Britain are not permitted to rehome XL Bully dogs after the deadlines set, whether this will be the same for rehoming centres in Northern Ireland.
I appreciate the Member giving way. I will say this as briefly as I can. It is a really important point that is niggling me. We know the importance of skin-to-skin contact, for instance, for mums and babies. As a society, and I am not targeting anybody, we have gone from these blinking things — mobile phones — and we…
I thank the Member for giving way. In the previous mandate, it was recognised in the Final Stage debate on the provision of period products that a cross-departmental strategy would sit much better with TEO, as it has oversight. Given the burden on Health, many have agreed that the loneliness strategy was similar in…
I thank the Member for giving way. He raises a really good point: we are an ageing population. We are also growing older with more comorbidities and greater difficulties, which build into the reality of developing issues such as loneliness.
I beg to move I do not usually start off on a negative, but I will have to on this one. It is a pleasure to bring the motion to the House today. However, the original motion was changed in the hope of getting a Minister from the Executive Office to come and hear the debate. Unfortunately, even the change to the motion…
We know that children who come from a special educational needs background, children with a disability and those from a socially disadvantaged area will, sadly, struggle to get a job in the same way as others. What conversations have you and the Education Minister had about redressing the balance?
I thank the First Minister for her answer and for her assurance about looking at the timescales. Another issue that is popping up, and of which the board will be aware, is that of unsuccessful applications. Is there any evidence for why applications are not successful? Can the First Minister point those who have been…