Topical question AQT 2624/22-27
Topical question by Mr Gerry Carroll on .
- MLA
- Mr Gerry Carroll
- Party at the time
- People Before Profit Alliance
- Date
- 28 September 2026
- Type
- Topical question
- Assembly reference
- AQT 2624/22-27
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5762175
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Text
Mr Carroll asked the Minister of Justice, after noting that, having been proud to stand with the residents of Garvaghy Road at the weekend, he did not think that the Minister's insulting comparison of their protest to far right protests was fair or accurate, whether it would be a good use of court time for thousands of people attending a peaceful protest to be dragged before the courts.
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Follow-ups by the same MLA in the Chamber
These were assessed together with this record:
- 28 September 2026 – Thank you, Minister. I heard you — if you did not say it, I will take it back — compare a legal protest about racism to…
- 28 September 2026 – OK. I will withdraw it. That is what I would have said if you had let me finish.
- 28 September 2026 – Minister, is it important to defend the principle of the right to peaceful protest, including that of people on the…
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