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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.
I beg to move Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. We may have set a world record with the length of the motion. That is not by luck but by design, because this is a really important topic that we must grasp. It is an opportunity for Northern Ireland, because Northern Ireland is tied up. It is being held up not…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Tackling Antisocial Scrambler and e-Scooter Use”
Tackling Antisocial Scrambler and e-Scooter Use - Amendment 3 At end insert: ‘further calls on the Minister, working in partnership with district councils and relevant Executive Departments, to introduce measures to prohibit the use of scramblers and e-scooters on council and government-owned land where such use is…
To ask the Minister of Education, regarding complaints received by the School Admissions Team on post-primary school admissions, to detail the number of decisions made (i) in support of the pupil; and (ii) in support of the post-primary school, including reasons given by schools as to why they could not admit the…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of complaints received by the School Admissions Team regarding post-primary school admissions in (i) 2020; (ii) 2021; (iii) 2022; (iv) 2023; (v) 2024; and (vi) 2025.
Extension of Committee Stage: Areas with Natural Constraints (Payments) Bill (NIA Bill 24/22-27) That, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the period referred to in Standing Order 33(2) be extended to 22 January 2027, in relation to the Committee Stage of the Areas with Natural Constraints (Payments) Bill.
I thank the Member for giving way. The Member referenced the absolute need for the export market, particularly for our beef and lamb meat products, which make up about 80% of what is produced here. Most of that goes to supermarkets, which demand that the stamp on the product states that it is environmentally ethically…
I thank the Member for giving way. Let us not beat about the bush. You are removing the ambition by asking the Minister to remove — illegally, by the way — something that is in statute. It would have been better if you had seen sense and talked sense by revising the figures. That is common sense. Your party prides…
There is no doubt that the motion contains elements that are worthy of discussion. It raises legitimate concerns about infrastructure delivery, particularly the A5; pressures on ratepayers; and the real frustration that communities feel when long-promised projects are delayed. It also, entirely reasonably, asks that…
I will not. Sorry, I do not have enough time. The recent crisis around summer schemes in special schools is not a one-off failure. It is a clear example of what the Autism Reviewer describes as a "recurring system pattern", where delivery depends on coordinated action but that coordinated action is not secured in…
Thank you, Mr Speaker. At times, though, I regret to say, not exclusively, the debate has focused not simply on what regrettably happened last week but on what it revealed about how our system operates and when Departments should work together but fail, sometimes, to hit that mark. Last week was an example of such a…
I thank the Member for giving way. You are two minutes and 30 seconds into your speech and have not once mentioned the kids with special educational needs. All you have done is attack —
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Cancellation of Summer Schemes in Special Schools”
Cancellation of Summer Schemes in Special Schools - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘their parents;’ and insert: ‘welcomes the intervention of the Minister of Health and the Minister of Education in resolving this issue; notes that the Minister of Education’s Executive paper on capital funding for special educational…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any analysis that has been carried out to assess the impact of forest to bog in relation to deforestation.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the amount of hectares of forest land to bog land that has been completed, in the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the amount of storm wind-blown conifer trees on Forest Service land that have been harvested since Storm Éowyn.
I rise to speak on the group 2 amendments on consultation, conferral of functions, reporting and Assembly control. These amendments are really about how the Bill will operate in practice, how decisions will be made, how people will be engaged with and, crucially, how the Assembly will hold that process to account.…
The Ulster Unionist Party places on record its thanks to the Communities Committee staff and all those who have contributed to the work on the Bill, including the Minister and departmental staff. In particular, we recognise the valuable input from stakeholders and especially the many members of the deaf community who…
I thank the Minister for giving way and for his indulgence on the issue. I am interested in the topic, and I have been liaising with my party colleague Andy Allen on it. We very much welcome the Bill and the changes that will be adopted. However, it occurs to me that the Bill's success will change how we communicate…