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To ask the Minister for Communities to publish the (i) outcomes; and (ii) benefits to his Department from each overseas trip taken since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any initiatives which are being implemented to educate the public about (i) safer alternatives to payday loans; and (ii) the risks associated with illegal money lenders.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail: (i) what reforms he is currently considering in the private rental sector; and (ii) what measures he intends to implement within this mandate to improve affordability, security, and standards for tenants.
To ask the Minister for Communities if he is aware of any ongoing difficulties within the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and housing associations in respect of the accurate filtering and matching of applications from ground floor or mobility-needs applicants accessing appropriate housing options.
To ask the Minister for Communities, further to his statement to the Assembly on 2 June 2025 in which he referred to £240.3 million lost due to customer fraud, customer error and official error in the welfare system in 2023, to detail a breakdown of the amount lost to his Department due to (i) customer fraud; (ii)…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the additional measures he plans to introduce to reduce losses due to (i) customer fraud; (ii) customer error; and (iii) official error in the welfare system.
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. May I ask the Speaker to make a ruling on the Chief Executive's disgraceful decision to deny four women who were wearing "Mothers Against Genocide" T-shirts access to the Building today? I sincerely hope that nobody in the Building finds opposing genocide controversial.
On that very point about public land, one of the major criticisms highlighted by housing associations is the affordability of that land. Will that be looked at as part of the conversation?
Minister, in yesterday's statement, you mentioned that it is not enough to simply ask for more money and said that we need to do things differently, which is why you will bring a proposal to the Executive shortly on how we can do more with the money that we have to build more homes. Will you give a broad outline of…
I thank the Member for securing the Adjournment debate. I welcome the opportunity to speak to the motion, and I thank her for her clear passion for East Belfast and its people. I have no doubt that, if she were ever to leave the House, there would certainly be a career for her as an estate agent because she talked so…
I thank Ms Bunting for securing the Adjournment debate. I do not live in East Belfast, although I will sort of claim that I lived there as a child because I spent so much time there visiting my Aunt Nuala and my Uncle Jimmy. Unfortunately, their street no longer exists. Mashona Street, beside Euston Street Primary…
I agree with lots of what has been said in the debate. As a constituency MLA who works in the south inner city, which is an area with significant social housing need and demand, I, like other MLAs, regularly deal with housing pressures and my office works hard with the Housing Executive and housing associations to try…
I thank Joanne for securing this important debate on housing, particularly in East Belfast. Sinn Féin believes that housing is a human right. Everyone in our society, no matter their background or where they come from, should have access to safe, secure and affordable housing. We know the role that housing plays in…
I thank my constituency and party colleague for securing this important Adjournment debate. The acute demand for housing in East Belfast is no surprise to anyone here. We understand, of course, that it is not an isolated issue but a reflection of some of the pressures that are faced across Northern Ireland. Perhaps…
I, too, thank my constituency colleague for securing this important Adjournment debate. It is not the first; it is one of many that we have had about all constituencies right across Northern Ireland. It is one of just a plethora of debates that we have had declaring a housing crisis — a housing emergency. We all…
I rise to speak on the importance of social and affordable housing in East Belfast. I thank Ms Bunting for securing the debate, the Communities Minister for being here to listen to us, and the Housing Executive and the many housing associations that operate in East Belfast for providing the basic human right to a safe…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss this topic in an Adjournment debate. It is a subject of great import in my constituency of East Belfast. I am grateful to the Minister for Communities for his attendance this afternoon and look forward to hearing what he has to say on the…