Debate contribution: Assembly Business
Debate contribution by Mr Phillip Brett on .
- MLA
- Mr Phillip Brett
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 18 February 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Assembly Business
- Heading
- Assembly Business
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4806150
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On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Last year, your ruling on Ministers refusing to answer questions from Members was clear. That is why I was so surprised when I received a written answer from the Minister of Justice yesterday to my question about how much public money had been spent by the Police Ombudsman in her court case against the Northern Ireland Retired Police Officers Association. The Justice Minister's response to me read:
"This is an operational matter for the Office of the Police Ombudsman. You may wish to contact them directly."
That is public money that comes out of the Department of Justice's budget.
We are told day and daily by the Justice Minister that she does not have the funds that she needs, but she seems uninterested in how much public money has been wasted on that court case by the Police Ombudsman. Mr Speaker, can you give me guidance on how I can get answers for my constituents and the people of Northern Ireland, who deserve to know how much money has been wasted by the Police Ombudsman?
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