Debate contribution: Commonwealth Games 2026

Debate contribution by Mr Robbie Butler on 26 November 2024.

MLA: Mr Robbie Butler
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 26 November 2024
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Commonwealth Games 2026
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4677623

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I thank the Minister for his answer. I want to give the Minister, maybe, a part of the solution. Some of the sports have been removed because it is now a compacted arrangement. Hockey is, unfortunately, missing out. Northern Ireland has some fantastic hockey pitches and facilities, particularly in my constituency of Lagan Valley with Lisnagarvey, South Antrim and Banbridge hockey clubs, to name just a few. Will the Minister give a commitment to offer that to the Commonwealth Games group and maybe bring hockey as part of the Commonwealth Games in 2026 to Northern Ireland?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 807/22-27.

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