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Mr Robbie Butler: Assembly records
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I thank the Minister for his answer. It is probably one of the most difficult issues for the Minister to find the right answer to. The Minister is right to say that schools with the proper resources are the best place for those pupils. Will he give a guarantee today that pupils will go to the school that is best…
I thank the Minister for his answer. Although we welcome the initiative, a relatively small number of students will be affected. Will the Minister outline the obstacles to his implementation of something that would have provided fairness across that cohort of student teachers and those subjects?
Mr Butler asked the Minister of Education, in light of the statement by the independent Autism Reviewer for Northern Ireland, Ema Cubitt, in January that "a significant number of families" faced "pending appeals" and "placement breakdowns", as a result of their children perhaps not attending the school that they…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline any additional resource that has been allocated to improve flood and drainage management since recent flooding incidents across Northern Ireland.
Like the Member for South Antrim, I say, "Well done" to the Minister for getting the percentage up. We have to look at the raw statistics, however, as percentages can sometimes skew the real figures. How many farm support payment applications were made in that year as against the year before?
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any circumstances under which DFI Rivers designates storm drains or watercourses as abandoned, under the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973; and (ii) any immediate steps her Department will take to protect residents in non-designated or unadopted heritage…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any engagement that has taken place between her Department and the Northern Ireland Drainage Council , regarding the designation and maintenance of drainage assets in the Lisburn, Castlereagh and Dromore area; and (ii) whether a review of non-designated or abandoned…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) whether her Department has considered establishing a targeted Legacy Adoption Fund, to bring historic unadopted streets up to adoptable standard; and (ii) to detail any mechanisms that are available to residents in older terraces, experiencing infrastructure failure.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) to detail how maintenance and capital investment priorities are determined for trunk roads, including the A1 dual carriageway; and (ii) for an update on any planned (a) resurfacing; (b) lighting repairs; and (c) safety improvements, along the A1 corridor in the Lisburn,…
To ask the Minister of Education whether there are any plans to offer financial support for PGCE and BEd students at Stranmillis University College and St Mary's University College who will be training alongside bursary compliant students from September 2026.
Madam Principal Deputy Speaker, I forgot about the three-minute rule, so I will read through this quickly. Pin your ears back. At the outset, it is worth acknowledging an uncomfortable truth for us in the Chamber. Many of us, if we were to log into our own daily screen time and honestly reflect on that, would see that…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any interim engineering or traffic-management measures, including alterations to central reservation islands, sightlines, or turning movements, that are being actively considered by her Department to reduce risk at high-collision A1 junctions, while longer-term capital…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) whether capital funding, previously indicated as available for A1 improvements, remains earmarked, reprofiled, or lost; and (ii) to detail any engagement her Department has had with the Department of Finance to secure phased funding for individual junction upgrades.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any consideration her Department has given to the frequency of non-fatal and unreported collisions at A1 junctions, when assessing road safety risk; and (ii) whether community evidence from local residents and road users is factored into departmental safety…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether (i) her Department has undertaken, or will undertake, a junction-by-junction risk prioritisation exercise along the A1, specifically at Mullans Corner; and (ii) the most dangerous junction could be progressed as a stand-alone safety intervention, ahead of the full…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for an update on the current status of the A1 junction improvements, between Dromore and Banbridge; and (ii) to detail which elements of the scheme, including grade-separated crossings, remain technically and financially shovel ready.
I thank the Minister for her answer and for affirming that there will be an extension to the scheme. Can the Minister outline what the comms strategy looks like for that to ensure that shoppers are aware of that in Lisburn and Newry? Can she offer some clarity around how we will better protect people from getting…
Will the Member accept that all schools segregate children based on ability, whether it is a high school or grammar school, because the children are streamed as soon as they go into year 8, so there is streaming and segregation anyway?
As a former long-term member of the Education Committee, at which this topic raised its head on numerous occasions, I am delighted to take part in the debate today. I say that for a reason, to which I will come back in a minute or two. I also declare a number of interests. Like Mr Baker, I did the 11-plus — I do not…
I thank the deputy First Minister for her answer. I am not sure whether that was a yes, you have done some work with the Infrastructure Minister on that. It would be a capital project. Deputy First Minister, if you travel to the US for St Patrick's Day, will you give a commitment to engage the US president on…
I appreciate your indulgence, Mr Speaker. Mental health disability and learning disability community and voluntary organisations are not facing a funding gap: they face a funding cliff edge, and it is people's mental health and workplace inclusion that will bear the cost. The transition from the UK Shared Prosperity…
Mr Butler asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline any help that the Executive Office has given on the detailed consultation that the Infrastructure Minister has put out on the reopening of the Knockmore line — something that the deputy First Minister will be aware of, since it is in her…