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Dr Steve Aiken OBE: Assembly records
All of Dr Steve Aiken OBE’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, in relation to the North South Interconnector, to detail (i) whether extra land will be vested to ensure space is made available for the extra 12 cables and trenches required, against overhead installation; (ii) the subsidy mechanism she is considering, given undergrounding costs…
Minister, why are you breaching your obligations under annex 2 of the Ireland/Northern Ireland protocol, which your party chairman, Declan Kearney, was praising earlier this afternoon, on the Euro-Mediterranean agreement on trade between the EU, the single market and Israel?
I declare an interest, both as a member of the Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee and as someone opposed to then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's official recommendations, which evolved into the so-called Stormont brake. It is just a pity that Rishi Sunak and the Prime Minister after him did not listen to the…
I thank the First Minister for her remarks so far. When addressing emergency planning preparedness — paragraph 23 of her statement — she talked about the ongoing engagement between the system operators, particularly when it comes to the all-island single electricity market and dealing with emergencies. Obviously, one…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister how they propose to implement the recommendations outlined in the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework by the Rt Hon Lord Murphy.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 33821/22-27, to detail (i) the rationale for her direction to Invest NI when, our nation, which retains competency in accordance with the Northern Ireland Act 1998 for foreign policy, defence and international trade, has concluded that Israel is not committing…
To ask the Minister for the Economy, following her Written Ministerial Statement on the Invest NI Review of Investments on 16 October 2025, (i) to detail the rationale for instructing her Department to break (a) Annex 2 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, namely Regulation (EU) 2015/479; Regulation (EU) 2015/936;…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) whether she will engage with Translink Senior Management regarding the consultations Translink had with Ballyclare High School leadership and the PSNI Road Policing Unit, in respect of its new bus arrangements, that have led to 300 pupils, having to walk along narrow…
First, I declare an interest as a parent governor at Ballyclare High School. We are, unfortunately, all used to our public utility companies making changes that often defy logic and exacerbate rather than solve problems. Anyone who lives in Ballyclare or has children at any of the excellent schools in our town will…
Minister, thank you very much indeed for agreeing with the Health Minister to look at this and to move those funds across. As you are aware, however, that is about 1·2% of the Health budget. Looking ahead at the next three years, is there an intent to profile and prioritise public-sector pay to begin with, as you…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any notification they have received from the Office of the Northern Ireland Executive in Brussels with respect to the Windsor Framework, regarding (i) current dental amalgam supply issues; and (ii) the potential impact of the forthcoming Conference of the…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any actions they are taking to resolve issues surrounding the Windsor Framework, in light of Lord Murphy's recent report on the Windsor Framework, and the House of Lords report on the Windsor Framework and the Northern Ireland Protocol.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any steps he is taking to ensure that any additional Barnett consequential funding from the forthcoming budget is allocated to the pay award for health and social care staff.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether an assessment has been made on the effects to the agriculture sector in the event of no agreement on the provisions of veterinary medicines between the EU and UK.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any engagement between her Department or Invest NI and UK or US Officials regarding (i) foreign; (ii) defence; or (iii) international trade, in respect of (a) aerospace; and (b) defence, manufacturing, since her Written Ministerial Statement and direction on the Invest NI…
Thank you very much. I was not going to intervene, but I have a question. Of the people from Northern Ireland who are currently in the British armed forces, approximately 40% come from what we would describe as a "nationalist" or "republican" background. They have joined the armed forces because they want to serve…
Minister, you will be aware that, this morning, the Chancellor of the Exchequer made an unprecedented speech, basically signalling that she will put up taxes and that she will prioritise health and other areas of public service. Bearing in mind that, if that goes through, additional consequentials are likely to come…
The Bill has to be dealt with in very compassionate terms, and I made my points clear when I was in the Committee, particularly when we were talking with those bereaved people who were dealing with the issue. This is a deeply sensitive and very touching issue to many, many people. It is important that we get this…