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If it were not so serious, would the Minister find it laughable that a Sinn Féin Member has asked a question about homelessness, when the First Minister is blocking papers on that topic?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness: Emergency Accommodation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness: Emergency Accommodation
That is funded as it is required, and we ensure that that funding is in place.
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Has any allocation of funding been made for emergency accommodation during severe weather in advance of the coming winter?
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In the past year, on the figures that we have available, the cost has been in the region of £40 million, but I will confirm that for the Member as soon as I can.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness: Emergency Accommodation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness: Emergency Accommodation
What has been the cost in the past year, Minister?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness: Emergency Accommodation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness: Emergency Accommodation
The Housing Executive has advised that the net temporary accommodation expenditure from 1 June 2022 to 31 August 2026 was approximately £139·8 million. That reflects the cost incurred in providing temporary accommodation and the recoverable income through housing benefit and personal contributions.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Gambling Legislation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Gambling Legislation
I argue that both parties are playing a high-stakes game here, and there are obvious risks associated with that. Successive Sinn Féin and DUP Ministers have done nothing about introducing gambling legislation. That impacts on the ability of those of us in the North to enter RTÉ competitions, which is very frustrating.…
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Absolutely. I worked on the issue with the previous Minister of Health, and I look forward to doing the same with his successor. I recognise and understand the issues that the Member has raised; in fact, we wrote to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to request engagement on the Northern Ireland…
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Given the aforementioned increasing accessibility of online gambling, will the Minister ensure, as part of a scoping exercise, that any future legislation will take a public health approach, including stronger protections for children and young people, and that there is sustainable funding for gambling-related harm…
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The Member is absolutely right. That is not a trivial matter. Breaking the law is not a trivial matter. The First Minister and other Ministers in this place have broken the law, and they need to be held to account for that. Let me be clear that, when it comes to the law and the legislation that we pass in this place,…
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Does the Minister agree that Sinn Féin should stop gambling with the future of devolution through its refusal to accept the legal and just determination of the courts?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Gambling Legislation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Gambling Legislation
We will certainly not be starting from scratch, and I think that the Member has acknowledged that it would be impossible for us to get such legislation through in this mandate. It will probably be one of the largest pieces of legislation, if not the largest, that we will ever take through the House. I assure the…
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Minister, I accept the complexity of the issue and of dealing with it in a shortened mandate. It would, however, be good if you could give a commitment that your Department will go beyond just scoping so that you leave the next Minister with sufficiently developed policy proposals, including proposals on online…
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I concluded some time ago that it would not be possible in the current mandate to introduce a Bill of the scale and complexity necessary to achieve the comprehensive reform of gambling legislation that is required. Gambling is a complex and rapidly evolving area. The pace of technological change, particularly in…
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The small pockets of deprivation programme is particularly important to the Member's constituency. He will be aware that it is delivered under People and Place and administered by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE). In the meantime, the grant will be paid quarterly in advance, consistent with arrangements…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: People and Place Review Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: People and Place Review
I thank the Minister for his answer. Will he confirm that, when a Budget is finally agreed, he will ensure that the community and voluntary sector, funded through People and Place schemes such as the small pockets of deprivation programme — I have seen evidence of its good work in my constituency — will be assured of…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: People and Place Review Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: People and Place Review
I continue to see at first hand the excellent work delivered by community-sector partners through the neighbourhood renewal programme. In the past year, I have committed more than £21 million to the programme, and that is making a tangible difference to people living in our most deprived communities. That funding has…
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I have not had any direct conversations with the Minister for the Economy about that. However, she will be aware that a public consultation to explore how the liquor licensing regime can better support innovation and market diversity concluded on 23 June. That consultation is being analysed by officials, with plans to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Liquor Licensing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Liquor Licensing
Minister, you mentioned a local producers' review that is happening. Given the success of the fleadh and other events over the summer, have you had any conversations with the Minister for the Economy about food and drink tourism and how we can better establish our local producers?
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Yes, and that goes to the heart of why the actions of the First Minister and other Ministers are so serious. Lawmakers cannot be lawbreakers, and those who do that must be held to account.
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This is a very important topic. Does the Minister find it ironic that Ms Sheerin is demanding more laws while she and her party blatantly choose to break laws that we already have in place?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Liquor Licensing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Liquor Licensing
I am always happy to allow officials to engage with councils to see what role, if any, we can play in that regard. It is not solely a matter for my Department; there are ways in which the Department for Infrastructure and the Department for the Economy can work together. We saw that most recently in some of the work…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Liquor Licensing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Liquor Licensing
I was delighted that my party colleague on Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Councillor Conor Galbraith tabled a motion that resulted in the appointment of a night-time economy champion to help redevelop Downpatrick, which has been struggling to attract a night-time economy that would assist local businesses and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Liquor Licensing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Liquor Licensing
It is important to note that I did not, at any stage, commit to bringing forward legislation in my response to the report. However, I have continued to progress a number of commitments, including a public consultation to explore how the liquor licensing regime can better support innovation and market diversity. That…
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