Debate contribution: Ballymena Disorder: Safe and Appropriate Rehousing

Debate contribution by Mr Maolíosa McHugh on 16 June 2025.

MLA: Mr Maolíosa McHugh
Party at the time: Sinn Féin
Date: 16 June 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Questions for Urgent Oral Answer
Heading: Ballymena Disorder: Safe and Appropriate Rehousing
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5010758

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Minister, at the time, I said that I was both shocked and surprised at the element of your statement in which you said:
"neither I nor my DUP Council colleagues were ... consulted".
There is a whole lot of difference between being informed and being consulted. Being consulted implies that you would have an opinion on whether that particular facility should be used as a refuge for people in dire straits. Minister, can you see the difference between "informed", which you think that every elected representative is entitled to be — I agree with you there — and "consulted"?

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