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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 qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what plans his Department has to improve street lighting at the Ahoghill Road bus station, adjacent to Coolsythe Road, Randalstown, following safety issues being raised by local residents.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether there are plans to move the gullies on Tildarg Road, Ballyclare, following drainage issues identified by local residents.
I rise to speak as the Chair of the all-party group on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to congratulate Dr Rosemary Coogan on being selected for the final stage of her astronaut programme and being awarded her astronaut wings yesterday. It is a remarkable achievement for someone from Northern…
I thank the Minister for his very fulsome reply. Obviously, the significant issue will be our linkage with the UK emissions trading scheme. Have his officials had much contact yet with the UK Government on these significant issues? Has he had any indication of what the carbon pricing infrastructure is likely to be…
I think that I thank the Minister for her comments. She will be fully aware of her earlier comments when we were talking about the important issue of prison officers' mental health and, particularly, how difficulties with that are due to their dealing with some of the significant problems that they have had around…
I thank the Minister for her remarks. One of the significant things that we on the Finance Committee recently heard from NICS HR was about the reform of the occupational health service (OHS), particularly for prison officers. The Minister will be aware that a considerable number of prison officers have had their…
First of all, I thank everybody in the Assembly who passed on their condolences to my family on the recent death of my father-in-law. I thank everybody for that and for their good wishes. I want to talk about what may sound like two rather arcane regulations: (EU) 2024/573 and (EU) 2024/590. Both regulations were laid…
Dr Aiken asked the Minister of Justice to outline who has ultimate responsibility for the Prison Service of Northern Ireland and who has ministerial responsibility, given that she will be aware that, last Friday, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council held a series of events in recognition of the outstanding service…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the financial cost to date of the Coagh Inquests; and (ii) an estimated final financial cost of the Coagh Inquests.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the financial cost to date of Operation Kenova; and (ii) an estimated final financial cost of Operation Kenova.
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) what discussions he has had with the Home Office over the forthcoming introduction of the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA); and (ii) whether his officials have made an assessment of the impact the ETA will have on tourism spend.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline what proposals he has for mitigating the impact of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on the economy.
To ask the Minister of Justice when she proposes that the Police Service of Northern Ireland will achieve pay parity with their colleagues in England and Wales, outside of the Metropolitan Police.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what progress has been made in addressing rising nitrate levels in Lough Neagh and the watercourses feeding into it.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) whether he has noted the ministerial direction to temporarily suspend future domestic waste incineration proposals in England and the intention to reduce waste incineration by 50 per cent; and (ii) whether he has instructed his officials to…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the measures they have in place to ensure that appropriate scrutiny of all EU legislation and regulations can be carried out in a timely manner.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail their plans to table an applicability motion on Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 on geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products within the time period set out in legislation.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they have directed the Head of the Civil Service to carry out an audit of the legislative remits of each department to identify matters that might fall to more than one department.
I must apologise: like the Finance Minister, I am rather croaky today. As my spluttering continues, I shall keep my remarks blissfully short. First, I declare an interest. I am a proud member of Unite the Union, and I fully support what it is trying to do, particularly when dealing with the challenges of zero-hours…
I thank the Minister for being here and Members for their contributions to the debate so far. Some of my constituents have been employed at the vehicle testing centre in Larne and have raised concerns about the safety standards of the equipment, the health and safety issues that they have faced and the fact that, with…