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I thank the Minister for his answer. Does what he has said mean that a further extension of the COVID regulations will be needed from March?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Baby Loss Certificate Scheme: Consultation Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Baby Loss Certificate Scheme: Consultation Update
It is not a deliberate attempt to row back. I would like to see the scheme delivered in this calendar year. There are a number of factors at play, and a lot of it lies in the hands of the Assembly. I note that the Committee has now completed its examination and report, and I thank the Committee for that. A lot of it…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Baby Loss Certificate Scheme: Consultation Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Baby Loss Certificate Scheme: Consultation Update
Yes. I will bring proposals to the Executive with regard to the work to date on those matters, and I hope to go out to consultation.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Strategic Rating Review 2025-26 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Strategic Rating Review 2025-26
Does the Minister still intend to go to out to public consultation on small business rate relief and the non-domestic vacant rating in October?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Strategic Rating Review 2025-26 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Strategic Rating Review 2025-26
I have a paper with the Executive on the cap and the discount for early payment that I am looking for the Executive to endorse. Over the summer, my officials worked closely with key stakeholders on business rates relief and other issues. They are now preparing a paper for me that I hope to bring to the Executive for…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Strategic Rating Review 2025-26 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Strategic Rating Review 2025-26
Using the simple equation of paying compensation or fixing the roads, yes, but, unfortunately, the Infrastructure Minister faces significant difficulties in making the budget go around, as did the previous Minister. Despite the increase in funding for road repairs that there has been, I think, in this financial year,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Repairs: DFI Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Repairs: DFI Budget
Last year, over £5 million, I believe, was paid out in compensation to motorists whose vehicles were damaged as a result of defects on our road surfaces. Do you agree that the rising spend in compensation would be better directed to road repairs?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Repairs: DFI Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Repairs: DFI Budget
The Minister for Infrastructure regularly engages with me — rightly so — as other Ministers do, lobbying me on their budgets so that they can invest in a wide range of areas, including repairs to the public highway network. I will continue to work with her to do what I can to ensure that investment is targeted in that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Repairs: DFI Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Repairs: DFI Budget
Yes. One reason why we are looking at our estate buildings is that some of them are outdated and to invest in them to make them energy-efficient would simply not be a good use of public funds. We are moving people out of some of those buildings for that reason and other reasons. We are attempting to invest in…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service Estate Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service Estate
I thank the Minister for that answer. How does his Department intend to make any retained estate more energy-efficient and modern? After any review or rationalisation, there will still be a considerable estate, so is there an action plan or a programme to do that?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service Estate Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service Estate
The Civil Service has been going through an extensive rationalisation of its estate and rightly so. We have an expansive estate. My Department has been working through a plan to look at the viability of each building, its energy efficiency and its usage. My Department has been planning that estate management process.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service Estate Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Civil Service Estate
I do not mind being challenged, but, if you are going to challenge me, leave the comments to me; do not expand them out. As Chair of the Finance Committee, you know that the Executive have to decide on the future use of any returned funds. Those funds will be returned in the October monitoring round, and the Executive…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: A5: Capital Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: A5: Capital Funding
I am challenging you. You are the Minister.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: A5: Capital Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: A5: Capital Funding
I am accountable, and I am not shirking my responsibilities. Do not dismiss people who work diligently for the community just because you want a headline or your 15 minutes of fame or whatever you get on this evening's news.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: A5: Capital Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: A5: Capital Funding
You are the Minister. You are accountable.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: A5: Capital Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: A5: Capital Funding
I reject your comment about the lack of careful scrutiny. In my experience of being a Minister in three different Departments, no project has received more careful scrutiny and examination than the A5 at ministerial and official level. I commend the officials who are involved in it. They are dedicated public servants…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: A5: Capital Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: A5: Capital Funding
Minister, you talk about careful scrutiny. There are people who wish that you, as Minister, and perhaps your officials had given more careful scrutiny to the planning application that went in. We and the people who want the A5 built would perhaps then not have been in this situation in the first place. Specifically on…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: A5: Capital Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: A5: Capital Funding
I am acutely aware of the fact that the A5 case is before the Court of Appeal and that there will be an appeal hearing on it. I look forward to the outcome of that appeal hearing, because the issues around the A5 deserve very careful scrutiny and require a legal determination by a court. I am more than satisfied that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: A5: Capital Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: A5: Capital Funding
As one of the largest employers here, the Civil Service is committed to building an inclusive workforce that is reflective of the society that it serves and to increasing the representation of young people in our workforce. My Department has introduced a range of measures to recruit more young people, including the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Civil Service Recruitment Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Civil Service Recruitment
The Health budget continues to take up a significant proportion of our overall Budget. It is sitting at around 47% of our overall spend. Undoubtedly, there is a growing demand due to healthcare needs as our population gets older, and, as new medicines and new treatments are introduced, we want to keep apace with…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Healthcare Staff: Contract Dispute Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Healthcare Staff: Contract Dispute
I completely welcome your last commentary, Minister, and the fact that you and the Health Minister are working together to, as you say, successfully resolve the issue for health workers. How have you, as Finance Minister, worked to ensure priority for the Health budget in the Executive?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Healthcare Staff: Contract Dispute Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Healthcare Staff: Contract Dispute
The Member clearly had his piece for camera worked out before I read out my answer, because I did not blame anybody and I did not point the finger at anybody. I listened very carefully to the Health Minister when he responded to the Member at previous Question Times, and he did not point the finger at anybody.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Healthcare Staff: Contract Dispute Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Healthcare Staff: Contract Dispute
I felt like going, "Blah, blah, blah" with that answer, as we simply blame everybody else for not taking responsibility. You said that our healthcare workers "deserve" this money. It was promised to them. It is their pay uplift. It was due on 1 April, and tomorrow is 1 October. The Health Minister says that it is not…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Healthcare Staff: Contract Dispute Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Healthcare Staff: Contract Dispute
We all want health workers to get the pay rise that they deserve. They should not be in the position of having to consider strike action to get the pay awards that they are entitled to. I am acutely aware of the demands that are placed on our health and social care system and the financial pressures that it faces.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Healthcare Staff: Contract Dispute Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Healthcare Staff: Contract Dispute
As further work begins on the issue, officials will liaise closely with a wide range of stakeholders, building on the initial engagement that took place as part of the scoping report. Homeowners, as well as other interested parties, will be able to engage with my Department, set out their concerns and raise relevant…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Shared Property Management Report: Publication Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Shared Property Management Report: Publication
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