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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail how many constituents in Belfast South and Mid Down are currently waiting for (i) a Disabled Facilities Grant application decision; and (ii) a planning approval for a household adaptation related to disability.
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline any costs related to the rebuild of the wall which collapsed at Mount Vernon Park during Storm Darragh, borne by either (i) the Department for Communities; (ii) the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE), or (iii) any organisation funded by the Department for…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any action he is taking to ensure that rent levels in Housing Association properties are affordable, particularly given the financial pressures that renters are facing.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the total funding allocated for the Disabled Facilities Grants; and (ii) the number of cases where the allocated grant fell short of estimated construction costs, for each of the last three years per local council area.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail what advice his Department has published in respect of the impact of the UK Government’s welfare changes.
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline what sporting facilities are being proposed by his Department for consideration to access Shared Island Funding, in the next five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of (i) permanent; (ii) temporary; and (iii) agency, staff working in his Department at the end of March 2025.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any action he will take to toughen anti-social behaviour policies and powers available to the Housing Executive and other Housing Associations to remove problem tenants.
To ask the Minister for Communities if his Department will offer support to the Northern Ireland Federation of Sea Anglers in seeking to secure (i) recognition of Northern Ireland by Angling's International Sport Governing Body, the Confédération Internationale de la Pêche Sportive (CIPS); and (ii) membership of the…
I will not detain the Assembly too long. People have probably heard enough of me today speaking about various things, but, on this important subject, I hope that Members will have seen that the Committee very much wants to process, scrutinise and, I anticipate, do our work as a Committee and refer the Bill back to the…
I support the motion and the extension date of 1 October 2025. It is important that we have a consultation period and a period of scrutiny, not least because the Bill has not had a normal lead-in consultation period. That is simply because it is establishing what is already a norm in the registration of deaths and…
As the Chair has outlined, this is a compromise date. I do not feel that the proposed extension to the Committee Stage for the Bill is necessary, and my colleague Deirdre Hargey and I outlined that view at the Finance Committee. Repeatedly, in recent months, there has been a strong desire from Members across the…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. The Committee very much welcomes the Bill. That is a unanimous view of the Committee. Often, when we are debating, including today, there is dissent, but the publication of the Bill has been unanimously welcomed. It is the culmination of significant engagement between the Committee and…
Thank you very much, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I thank everyone for the constructive comments. From my officials' feedback, I know that engagement on the Farming with Nature scheme at the Balmoral show was extremely positive, and people are looking forward to taking part in it. I thank the officials, who did a…
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I support the draft Farming with Nature Regulations announced last week by the AERA Minister at the Balmoral show, a timely occasion for such an announcement. Indeed, the Balmoral show highlighted the pivotal role that agriculture plays in the daily lives of individuals and…
The Democratic Unionist Party fully supports the design of a Farming with Nature policy that provides fair and attractive outcome-based payments. With about 78% of land in Northern Ireland being managed by farmers, it is crucial that agrienvironment schemes are capable of meeting demand and that they are practical,…
I thank the Minister for coming to the Chamber on the matter of the SR on the Farming with Nature scheme. As Robbie said, we have considered this in Committee and had written and oral briefings on it. Sinn Féin supports its objective of increasing the extent of habitats on farmland through schemes such as increasing…
Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The SDLP welcomes the statutory rule for the Farming with Nature regulations. The regulations mark a significant step forward in addressing the twin crises of biodiversity loss and environmental degradation. The Farming with Nature regulations are necessary,…
The Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs first considered the SL1 for these draft regulations at its meeting on 10 April 2025. The Committee heard from the officials that DAERA intended to make a statutory rule to introduce the Farming with Nature Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 to provide the…
I beg to move Thank you very much, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I am grateful for the opportunity to propose a motion on what is almost the last item of Assembly business for today. Hopefully, the tone of this debate will be a bit more conciliatory than that of the previous debate. The Farming with Nature…
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. May I ask the Speaker's Office, for a number of reasons, to reflect on the treatment of the official Opposition in today's debate? I appreciate that you gave guidance on the use of what you called a "prop", which is your right, but the leader of the Opposition was limited to…