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You are being quite insulting to your constituent who needs a hospital appointment. You would be better advised to fight to get them access to the health service. You would be better advised to tell your constituent that you championed an unwanted Orange march down the Garvaghy Road. We are here to try to make a…
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Yes, I am happy to do so. As I said, I will talk to departmental officials and bring up the point that you have raised. All those matters have to be considered. We need to listen to the experiences of women who find themselves in situations in which they feel quite frightened. We need to learn lessons and apply them…
I thank the First Minister for that. It is something that came to light as we talked about violence against women and girls. It is a topical issue on which the Government can work together. Will the First Minister commit to keeping everybody updated on the matter and, in particular, to engaging with the Commissioner…
I am happy to take that question on board and ask it. In the whole area of ending violence against women and girls, we are very lucky to have such cross-party and cross-departmental efforts being made. Where practical measures can be put in place to make women safer, particularly in taxis, we should explore them. I am…
Yes, I absolutely agree with that. The DUP announced its review almost four months ago, and we still have not seen it. We need to know when the findings will be published. There are very serious questions that need to be answered. We have heard about the warning signs — that may be an understatement — of inappropriate…
Further to the point that the First Minister made about protecting victims and calling out violence against women and girls, does she agree with calls for the DUP and the UUP to publish their reviews of Jeffrey Donaldson in full?
Yes. In continuation of my response to the previous question, I say that tackling violence against women and girls right across our society is an area that the Executive have rightly focused on. In answer to the Member's question, first, I express my solidarity with the victims of Jeffrey Donaldson. We are all in awe…
That is a fair assessment. The work in this phase has been to do with young boys, but the Member has made a very valid point. We cannot, on the one hand, say that it is a whole-of-society problem without having a whole-of-society response. Therefore, everybody has to play their part in that. I am very happy to take…
I thank the First Minister for her answer. As she said, the research focuses on young boys, particularly those aged between 16 and 24. However, as we have seen in recent court cases, it is not just young boys who are violent in making sexual advances towards young women. Will she commit to carry out work that looks at…
Both junior Ministers attended that event. We have only received the report, so I do not have a fulsome response for you. The purpose of the report is to inform our work. As the Member knows, the second phase of our ending violence against women and girls strategy is focused on young boys and our working with them,…
I will say this: my responsibility is to try to get the right Budget, which is what I am actively engaged in. We had numerous meetings last week, and we will have more this week. We understand that we need to get the Budget agreed. We cannot, however, agree to a Budget that does not cut it and does not allow us to…
At a time when public-sector workers and everybody else are having to fill up their cars and heat their homes while paying crushing energy prices, they need clarity. As the Opposition, we agree that the Executive should get the maximum funding from the British Government — we have never quibbled with that — but it is…
Absolutely, our public-sector workers deserve better. They deserve better in terms of the funding envelope from which we give them their pay rise, and they deserve to get that in a timely way. I regret very much the fact that our healthcare workers are again in a situation where they are having to consider strike…
Since the publication of the Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC) strategy in 2013, TEO has led on its implementation and delivered a range of good relations programmes aimed at building good relations and understanding across communities, including in areas that have had contested parades. For example, a…
Yes, I agree with you: we have to bank the progress that we have made but realise that there is much more to do. The focus on early intervention and prevention in the Programme for Government marked a change in approach. We all know — it is common sense — that the earlier we can intervene and do the prevention work,…
I thank the First Minister for her answer. Prevention and early intervention need to be at the heart of everything that we do. Does the First Minister accept that, while we have made progress in some areas, there is much work to be done in other areas to ensure that that is the primary focus?
The draft Programme for Government is centred on improving well-being and outcomes for people and communities with a strong emphasis on early intervention and preventative approaches across a range of policy areas. Through the Programme for Government framework, Departments are encouraged to work collaboratively to…
Given that we heard the judgement only in the past week or so, analysis will have to be done on it, but the outcome of the case is the right one. It is great to see the green light being given to the A5 project. It also shows us that the understanding of the climate change legislation is as we had all considered it to…
What will the recent Court of Appeal judgement on the A5 mean for infrastructure projects generally, including those related to the functions of the Executive Office?
Commiserations to Rossa, but at least your team got to the final. As I said, it is absolutely a flagship project, and it must be delivered. We need to continue to work with the GAA, because we want to see today's generation have the chance to play at that ground. Gaels in Antrim have grown up without that chance — it…
I was at the final yesterday: it was a great, tight game that just did not go our way. The sentiment of the GAA community in west Belfast is this: they believe that Casement Park is essential, and they know that it will be delivered. Does the Minister agree that it is a positive development not just for the GAA but…
As I said, I am absolutely committed to working with the GAA to get that flagship project delivered; that is why it is in the Programme for Government. We have seen momentum on the site in recent months, which is positive, and that needs to continue. The funding that we have secured thus far, whether it is from the…
Minister , just yesterday, St Brigid's, in its first final appearance, won the senior football Antrim club title with a narrow 0-21 to 1-16 win over O'Donovan Rossa at Corrigan Park. That match could and should have been played in a newly built Casement Park. What happened to "Casement Park will be built"?