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What precise steps have been taken to update the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Racial Equality Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Racial Equality
I thank the Member for his important question. This is a significant issue for many communities across Northern Ireland. The meeting dealt with two aspects: the first was legal migration and workforce requirements, and the second was illegal immigration. We know that there are businesses, many of them in Northern…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Racial Equality Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Racial Equality
Deputy First Minister, you are aware of the huge concern across the United Kingdom in particular with regard to illegal immigration, given the strain on social services, housing and hospitals. Were you reassured by the Government's response in their conversations about the White Paper that those issues will be…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Racial Equality Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Racial Equality
I am pleased to say that the refugee integration strategy has been published and is available online. We will continue to work with the sector and the relevant bodies to ensure the roll-out of the strategy. The Member will be aware that it is not a devolved issue, although we have had significant engagement on it with…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Racial Equality Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Racial Equality
Gabhaim buíochas leis an leasChéad-Aire as a freagra. Minister, will you provide an update on the refugee integration strategy and how it will be implemented and funded?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Racial Equality Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Racial Equality
Alongside the continued delivery of the current racial equality strategy, work is ongoing to develop a new approach to that important issue post 2025. This remains a key priority, and we continue to engage with stakeholders, including the racial equality subgroup and the wider sector, to inform our approach. We…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Racial Equality Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Racial Equality
I thank the Member for his question. As indicated, we anticipate all the interviews to be concluded by officials and the interview panels this month. At that point, a list of those deemed suitable for appointment for each post will be submitted to the First Minister and me for consideration. I share the Member's…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Language Commissioners: Appointment Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Language Commissioners: Appointment Update
To be more specific about the appointments process, do you have a timeline? There are many people, specifically in the Irish language community, like me and, I am sure, others who see a lot of delay in the process, which was anticipated to happen much earlier. A timeline or a time frame would be much appreciated by…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Language Commissioners: Appointment Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Language Commissioners: Appointment Update
I thank the Member for her question. The Member will be aware that we have progressed the business cases for all three bodies. Those have now been processed. Those were predicated on an initial £1 million for each commissioner office and about £1·6 million for the central Office of Identity and Cultural Expression. At…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Language Commissioners: Appointment Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Language Commissioners: Appointment Update
Go raibh maith agat, agus gabhaim buíochas leis an leasChéad-Aire as a fhreagra sin. I am glad that you were able to work it out from the document in front of you. Will you detail what work the Executive Office has done to progress those bodies?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Language Commissioners: Appointment Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Language Commissioners: Appointment Update
I presume that the Member is asking for oral question 4. I do not speak Irish, so I am assuming that that is what you are asking. We are committed to establishing an Office of Identity and Cultural Expression along with the Irish Language Commissioner and the Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Language Commissioners: Appointment Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Language Commissioners: Appointment Update
Ceist uimhir a ceathair, le do thoil.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Language Commissioners: Appointment Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Language Commissioners: Appointment Update
The Member is correct. The Castlereagh Foundation was set up in response to the significant number of North/South bodies and groups looking at better cooperation North and South. The foundation is a body designed to look at better cooperation across the UK, particularly east-west. That is in light of the huge amounts…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing
Further to the previous question, deputy First Minister, many members of the public watching us will not know what the Castlereagh Foundation is. It emerged in a private bilateral discussion between, I believe, your party and the then Tory Government. Perhaps you would like to put on the record what the Castlereagh…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing
I thank the Member for his important question. It is so important to protect our history and heritage because the stories of our past are part and parcel of who we are. They are important, too, in moving forward by educating us about the complexities and nuances of our past. These are incredible buildings in which…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing
Deputy First Minister, we often hear the line that political agreements need to be honoured. There was a clear commitment given by the UK Government to fund the work of the Castlereagh Foundation and, indeed, to restore Craigavon House. Does the deputy First Minister agree that they need to get on with doing so? Will…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing
I thank the Member for her question. The appointments process is well under way. As I understand it, the shortlist for interview has gone out, and those interviews will take place shortly. Those should be concluded throughout June, and, at that point, the First Minister and I will get a list of those who are deemed…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing
Can the deputy First Minister provide an update on the position for each competition?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing
I thank the Member for her question. As the Member will be aware from the legislation that was passed through Westminster, the OICE — the office that sits at the centre — does not have that specified as a statutory function. However, there is a discretion and a flexibility in the work that it does. There is a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing
Thank you, deputy First Minister. I welcome that update. Can you speak to the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition (FICT) report and the section in it on bonfires? You will know that there is a wide of range of legislation that touches on the outskirts of bonfires, but could you clarify whether the new…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing
We are committed to establishing the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression, the Irish Language Commissioner and the Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and Ulster British Tradition and to making the appointments as soon as possible. All three recruitment competitions are now at an advanced stage. Interviews are due…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Office of Identity and Cultural Expression: Staffing
I am pleased to announce that we have selected a person to be the new Commissioner for Victims and Survivors. That person has accepted that position, and they are undergoing the final stages of the statutory checks that I referred to. With this one, we hope to be in a position to make that name public in the next…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland
Deputy First Minister, can you provide an update on the current Victims' Commissioner vacancy, please?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland
Yes, the approach to public appointments is set out in the legislation and the guidance. We operate many of those appointments in accordance with and in the spirit of that, as opposed to that being a regulated appointment of the commissioner's office. Of course, those people must be suitable for the role for which…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland
Does the deputy First Minister agree that all public appointments should be made on the basis of merit?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland
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