Debate contribution: First Minister: Abolition of Northern Ireland

Debate contribution by Mr Stephen Dunne on 11 May 2026.

MLA: Mr Stephen Dunne
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 11 May 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: First Minister: Abolition of Northern Ireland
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5523861

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Thank you for that, deputy First Minister. Despite significantly more votes for pro-Union parties than separatists in Scotland and Wales, nationalists are pretending that the Union is somehow under strain. Can the deputy First Minister confirm that, given the joint nature of the office, the First Minister will not be able to use the Executive Office to advance such an ideology?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2317/22-27.

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