All of Mrs Sinéad Ennis’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Extension of Sitting on Monday 28 April 2025 under Standing order 10(3A) That, in accordance with Standing Order 10(3A), the sitting on Monday 28 April 2025 be extended to no later than 10.00pm.
I appreciate that the Member has been generous with his time. Mr Kingston posed the question: who will pay the price? Does the Member agree that communities in the Mournes have had to deal with not only this wildfire but previous incidents in 2004, 2011 and 2021? People are still dealing with the impact of the floods.…
Go raibh maith agat. I appreciate the Member's giving way. I find it bizarre that the DUP and the Member are encouraging a race to the bottom. Does the Member not agree that investing in climate action is a bargain but waiting for climate collapse definitely is not?
Voting Rights for the Election of the President of Ireland That this Assembly notes that the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement recognises the birth right of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British, or both; recalls that, in November 2013, the Fifth Report of the…
I appreciate the Minister's being here to respond on this important matter. Will the Minister review the DAERA regulations on the burn period, which allow burning in the countryside up to 14 April, given that we are in bird-nesting season, with many birds nesting in the Mournes, and that the existing regulations,…
The Minister indicated that he thinks that it is a sensible approach by the Infrastructure Minister, so can we take it that he agrees with the Infrastructure Minister's approach to the issue?
In April 2021, we all watched in horror as fire tore through the Mournes. We were promised swift action then. We were promised a comprehensive fire prevention and management plan to ensure that such devastation could never happen again, but here we are: it has happened again. As I stand here, the mountains are ablaze.…
Fires in Mourne Mountains To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the status of the fire prevention management plan for the Mournes, announced after the fires in 2021.
Extension of Sitting on Monday 7 April 2025 under Standing Order 10(3A) That, in accordance with Standing Order 10(3A), the sitting on Monday 7 April 2025 be extended to no later than 8.00pm.
I thank the Member for her question. The Assembly Commission's special lighting policy seeks to ensure that the lighting of Parliament Buildings is done in a balanced way. Clearly, VE Day is an important anniversary that will be recognised across Europe. As I have indicated, the Speaker is making arrangements for the…
I thank the Member for her question. As was the case for the 80th anniversary of D-Day last year, it will be part of the Speaker's representational responsibilities to determine the arrangements for the Assembly to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War at Parliament Buildings. I understand that…
There are no plans to extend the provision of free sanitary products in Parliament Buildings. While the current provision is focused on locations that can be accessed by the public, the facilities are accessible to all Building users.
I thank the Member for his question. The Assembly Commission assessed the feasibility of the free provision of sanitary products on a pilot basis in February 2020. From March 2020, a range of free sanitary products were made available in facilities that are accessible to the public and all Building users. To date,…