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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 to detail the impacts EU emission regulations have had on (i) short-term; (ii) medium-term; and (iii) long-term energy planning.
Yesterday, in the Northern Ireland Assembly, I joined others in meeting the Fine Gael Oireachtas team, led by Emer Currie and Frank Feighan. As is always the case with good friends and colleagues, we had a full and frank discussion, about everything from legacy and Ireland's lack of defence spending to the Windsor…
First of all, I wish the Speaker a speedy recovery, and I wish our many Jewish friends and colleagues a happy Rosh Hashana. On 21 September, the Prime Minister announced the recognition of the Palestinian state. He did so without preconditions, and his remarks have been severely criticised, not least by our Chief…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail whether the deputy First Minister had the opportunity to promote immigration and customs preclearance for the United States of America at Belfast International Airport in talks with US Officials, prior to her recent meeting with the President of the United…
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether she has directed Invest NI to promote Northern Ireland, as the part of this Island, that has the advantage of UK and US trade tariff advantage over the Republic of Ireland.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the work her Department is undertaking to grow the defence sector in Northern Ireland, following the DESI UK 2025 Conference in London.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the representation she has made to her officials, to ensure that her Department provides appropriate and correct consultee information at (a) public inquiries; and (b) in the courts; and (ii) whether any disciplinary action was taken against her officials for their…
The issue in Dublin that has been mentioned is that the Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) takes priority over the North/South Belfast to Dublin line. We cannot increase the speed or flexibility on that line until we take the DART off it. Even though a lot of investment has been put into that, it is not the right…
Thank you very much, Minister. You mentioned the magic word: budget. As you will be aware, you are looking for three-year Budgets and looking at future developments. There is a difference between city deals and the all-union interconnectivity deal — I think that that is what it is called — which is one of the things…
You talked about the all-island rail strategy. One of the big issues has to be that most of the rail link for Iarnród Éireann will have to be replaced anyhow. Considerable investment has to go into the ballast and all the bits and pieces that one puts the tracks on. The tracks will have to be improved to make them…
I thank John for securing the debate, and I apologise now, Minister, because I will be a bit "spotterish" about this. I talk quite a lot with the railway community and Translink, and I am a great supporter of the all-Ireland rail strategy, because, in my previous existences, I worked closely with the then Córas…
The president of the United States will arrive tomorrow for his historic second state visit to our nation. Not only should that be warmly welcomed but it comes as the Bank of America is setting up a centre of excellence for financial technology and security operations and Citibank continues to announce further…
Mr Speaker, I was not going to speak, but I have just had a message from Senator Wayne Harper, from the Utah State Senate. I said to him, "Senator, we woke to the terrible news of the death of Charlie Kirk. The use of violence to silence free speech is, regrettably, something that we in Northern Ireland are all too…
To ask the Minister of Justice, in light of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement on the use of the Treasury Reserve, to outline what contingencies she has made to pay for the PSNI (i) data breach compensation; and (ii) holiday pay issues.