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The violent incidents that created victims this summer were disgraceful. Where they occurred in my constituency, I spent many hours door-knocking, speaking to victims, speaking to other residents and engaging with community groups, the PSNI, the Housing Executive, housing associations, other elected reps, local…
Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom mo thacaíocht, mo dhlúthpháirtíocht agus mo bhuíochas a chur in iúl do na teaghlaigh agus na daoine sin a thaistil go hÉirinn chun cur lenár sochaí agus iadsan a chuireann fúthu anseo. Níl an ciníochas ná an seicteachas inleithscéil agus níl aon chúis leo inár sochaí. Leithscéal ná cúis…
I thank the Member for giving way. Does the Member agree that part of the strategy will be for the judiciary, so that those found guilty of some of the worst, most obnoxious hate crimes and racist crimes are given increased sentences? That is a key part of all of that to send out a clear message from society.
I am pleased to debate the motion, and I hope that, unlike in the previous debate, we can maintain some degree of equanimity. I do not think that equanimity needs to mean perfect agreement or, necessarily, that calmness or consensus is always evidence of progress. There are issues where we need to be respectful but…
I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion. At the heart of it lies an unacceptable reality: in 2025, people in Northern Ireland are still being intimidated and targeted in their homes. Whether the attacks are sectarian or racist, they are criminal acts and a direct assault on the values of respect, tolerance…
I thank Kellie Armstrong, the Member from Alliance who moved the motion. I listened intently to her speech. I must say that I agreed with the vast majority of it. I thank her for the tone in which she opened the debate, because this is an opportunity for us to unite as an Assembly to condemn violence, specifically the…
It is absolutely disgraceful to imply in any way that I have not condemned all the violence that has taken place. I have done that on multiple occasions in the House and in the media. It is outrageous for the Member to say what he just said. At a time when we should come together and take the opportunity to unite as…
I thank the Member for giving way, and I join in his condemnation of the disgraceful events in north Belfast and elsewhere. Does he agree that those unfortunate and disgraceful attacks and intimidation should focus the Minister's mind on his disgraceful decision to remove intimidation points from people who are on the…
Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank the Members who tabled the motion on such an important issue. In June this year, racist intimidation took place on the streets of Ballymena, Larne and other places in some of the worst racially motivated riots that the North has ever seen. In the months since,…
I beg to move Mr Deputy Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to propose this very serious motion. I urge every Member present to consider not just what is said in the Chamber but what it means outside this place, in the homes, on the streets and in the lives of people who feel unsafe simply because of who they are…
Sorry, Diane. Does the Member recognise that any sort of regulation on this — I do not think that it is workable — has to have the support of the communities? Does she understand that the experience of working-class unionist communities, in particular, of the Parades Commission means that they do not have confidence…
The Member asked for a unified voice. There has been a unified voice from this side of the Chamber that the Moygashel bonfire, with migrants in a dinghy, was wrong, should not have happened and should be condemned. Will she join that unified voice and say that shouting "Ooh aah, up the 'RA" at republican festivals is…
FlaggedDecided on a second assessment.Parades, bonfires and commemorationsCriteria met: Identity framing.
Thanks very much. Thank you to everybody who spoke on today's motion. I listened intently, even to those with whom I may not directly agree. We will have differing opinions and views. Do you know what? That is OK. That is what a political Chamber is for. Once the summer months are over, we often forget about and move…
The Member paints himself and his party's members as spokespeople for the working class on both sides of the community, yet he seems to be denigrating people. Large crowds attend those bonfires, but they all seem to be being painted as paramilitaries. As someone who paints himself in that regard, do you engage with…
Since the Member lives so close to the bonfire site, when did he first start to raise concerns about it? Now that 12 July has passed, do those concerns still exist? What has he done about it since then?
I have just started. Maybe if you wait a second. Illegal and unregulated bonfires are annual reminders that the threat of loyalist violence and intimidation is still, unfortunately, with us. Every summer, like clockwork, sectarian tensions are heightened. For all the talk about peace and reconciliation, loyalist…
The victim mentality of the unionist parties has gone to a different level in the debate, and not for the first time this evening. Illegal and unregulated —.
FlaggedSectarianism, hate crime and community relationsCriteria met: Identity framing, Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
I thank the Member for giving way. As you all know, I represent Strangford, and my office is in Newtownards. I will say clearly that Alliance is made up of unionists, nationalists and people who do not have a constitutional preference. When I am in Newtownards, I serve everyone. The majority of people who come to my…