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.
The Minister will be aware of some of the changes in views on bovine TB that have been coming from DEFRA. Has the Minister been involved in any conversations on that? That is related to the answer that you just gave me on where we are with bovine TB. Will we adopt an approach similar to that adopted by DEFRA?
The Ulster Unionist Party will support the motion and the amendment. The question for many of us is where we sit with the idea of relative need. Any of us who were on the Finance Committee will have listened to the Fiscal Council give the Committee its report and talk about where we sit. One question that we have to…
I thank the Minister for his remarks so far. Minister, in your modelling within the Department, have you worked out the number of people likely to be affected by this, and, with the impact of the particular fuel strategies that we have coming forward, how we are going to deal with that issue?
Dr Aiken asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs when he proposes to publish the Strategic Investment Board's report into the TB Strategic Partnership Group, which was commissioned well over a year ago.
Thank you, Mr Speaker, for your indulgence in letting me speak. I apologise for not being in the Chamber for the beginning of the statement. I thank the great Larne Swimming Club and, in particular, Danielle Hill and Daniel Wiffen for the impact that they have made in their communities, particularly in swimming and…
Dr Aiken asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether the Brussels office has sufficient resources to deal with the tsunami of European rules and regulations that is coming in our direction.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Budgetary Pressures”
Budgetary Pressures - Amendment 1 Insert after the first ‘relative need;’: ‘accepts that the budget agreed by the majority in the Executive is below need and unworkable;’
Great Britain to Northern Ireland Trade That this Assembly recognises that the role of road hauliers is critical to successful trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland; notes the concerns raised by the Road Haulage Association regarding impacts on business-to-business deliveries, particularly around the…
I rise to add my party's support to the motion and the amendment. Yesterday, I saw two very clear examples of the challenges that our society faces and of how our very valued migrants are involved. I spent several hours yesterday in Antrim Area Hospital's A&E with one of my children. Throughout the hospital,…
Thanks very much indeed, Minister. The question that I was trying to get at was how you can have that degree of certainty from the Treasury. Do we have any correspondence or written guidance from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury that states, "These are assumptions that you can work to"?
I do not wish to put words in the Minister's mouth, but I assure you that, had the Minister the funding to continue those initiatives, he would look favourably on doing so. Working effectively together is not just an "all-island" health strategy; it is an "all-islands" health strategy.
Members who have been here for a bit longer and have been scrutinising our finances for some time as part of the Finance Committee will look at the motions before us with interest. One of the most interesting things is that we are talking about the Northern Ireland Main Estimates and the Excess Votes from 2016-17 on.…
The Northern Ireland Government invested around £520 million in what was then Bombardier. What guarantees do we have from Airbus that the manufacturing, the intellectual property and the R&D facilities will remain in Belfast, and will that be written into any agreement with Airbus?
I thank the Member for giving way. The Member has brought up an interesting point about the black box. I am glad to see that that has reduced significantly from the £1 billion that it used to be to a much lower figure. However, I remind the Minister and, indeed, everybody else on the Finance Committee that the figure…
I thank the Minister for her statement. The allocation of an additional £122 million to the Department of Health is very welcome and demonstrates that the Ulster Unionist Party was entirely correct in its stance that the allocation for this year was well below what was required. Unfortunately, however, although the…
The member of the Assembly Commission will be aware that many of our staff have expressed a large degree of disquiet, particularly with the recent briefings. I make a declaration of interest: my office has been threatened by paramilitaries. We have had the PSNI come to our office. It has made recommendations similar…
Obviously, the Minister has been doing a lot of detailed work on the closure of the RHI scheme. What quantum of funds is likely to be required for the closure of the scheme?
I declare an interest: of course, I sit on the Finance Committee, so I am fully aware of what is available in our departmental expenditure limit and the capital that is due to come through. Minister, time is running out for the allocation of those funds to vital public services. What will your combined office do to…
I welcome two outstanding results for people in my constituency and the wider Antrim area. First, I congratulate Fairview Primary School in Ballyclare for being awarded for its work on promoting mental health, particularly in a primary school setting. It has been recognised as the best school across the entire United…
Dr Aiken asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister when, given that £370 million will supposedly be available, the June monitoring round will be released and tabled with the Executive.