All of Ms Sinéad McLaughlin’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. As many in the Chamber have said, there should be absolutely no place in our society for racism, sectarianism or intimidation, yet the rise in that type of behaviour is now commonplace. Language and rhetoric that we once thought to be confined to the darker corners of the internet are now…
Thank you, Minister. The investment that you mentioned was made predominantly by the private sector. That was not good enough for Kieran Kennedy, a man who has dedicated himself to seeing economic fairness delivered for the north-west region. How do you expect that to be good enough for the people of Derry? Is it good…
There is no regional balance for the north-west, and I do not know how to make that loud and clear. Last week in Belfast, a thousand jobs were announced, and we are getting the crumbs with the job announcements for Derry. That aside, you talked about the need for regional balance. Can you spell out exactly what that…
Minister, you must agree that RHI has done untold damage to people and to businesses right across the North who entered into the scheme in good faith. The Assembly previously voted down a proposal from your predecessor to uplift RHI tariffs. Will you confirm what the new tariffs are and how much you intend to uprate…
The British Government's decision to recognise the state of Palestine was long overdue. After months of bombardment, the starvation of the entire population and the deliberate destruction of civilian life, the recognition is not a triumph; it is the bare minimum owed to a people whose very existence is under threat.…
Ms McLaughlin asked the Minister for the Economy, in light of the Lyons review of Invest NI, which highlighted the need for greater public accountability, whether Kieran Kennedy was wrong to resign from the board of Invest NI, citing discrimination against the north-west and a lack of commitment to regional balance.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline when she intends to introduce the necessary legislation for the Renewable Electricity Price Guarantee to the Assembly.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for an update on the steps her Department is taking to support local business, impacted by changes to legal migration rules for family and work visas in December 2024.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline what assessment has been made of any risk to the necessary legislation for the Renewable Electricity Price Guarantee, not being passed within the 2022-27 Assembly mandate.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether an assessment has been made of the impact, the delay of the first auction of the Renewable Electricity Price Guarantee, will have on the Executive's ability to meet its climate change targets.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline the rationale for the delay in launching the first Renewable Electricity Price Guarantee auction, which is set to take place in the first quarter of 2027, when it was previously meant to take place in late 2026.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs when he will present his proposals for an Independent Environmental Protection Agency to the Executive.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any action her Department is taking to improve (i) productivity; and (ii) export intensity, in light of the findings of the Ulster University Economic Policy Centre report, Delivering Balanced Regional Economic Growth in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of staff in each Invest NI office (i) in Northern Ireland; and (ii) globally, broken down by staff grade.
I thank the signatories to the motion for tabling it. Like many across the Chamber have done, I have witnessed with horror the rise of sectarian and racist attacks, not just here but across these islands. We are witnessing a very disturbing trend. Anti-immigrant rhetoric and parties that amplify it — once thought to…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the steps she is taking to ensure Invest NI will meet its target of delivering 65 per cent of its investments outside the Belfast Metropolitan area by the end of 2026-27.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will make public the papers he received for consideration during the decision making process for the awarding of stadia funding from the Northern Ireland Football Fund.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the timeline of when he decided which applications would receive stadia funding from the Northern Ireland Football Fund.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) to detail any factors, in addition to the published application scoring system, which were applied in determining which clubs progressed through the Northern Ireland Football Fund process for stadia funding; and (ii) to publish (a) the scoring breakdown; (b) any additional…
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. Derry City football fans are disappointed but not surprised, given that, two days before the announcement was made, your party leader actually suggested or threatened that projects in Derry should be withheld. The correlation has been made by your colleague Phillip Brett. In…