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Today of all days, the Minister will be well aware of the needs and asks from around the Chamber and from Departments. In recent weeks, I have engaged with local police, who, it is clear, are stretched, and we are all aware of the pressure on our housing stock. Today, however, particularly in advance of the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Spending Review 2025 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Spending Review 2025
With your permission, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle , I will answer questions 1 and 12 together. The spending review is an opportunity to invest in public services and support a shared ambition for economic growth. With my devolved Government counterparts, I discussed the upcoming spending review with the Chief Secretary to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Spending Review 2025 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Spending Review 2025
I need to be very careful in my response to the Member. She will be aware of the budgetary situation in which we find ourselves. We are, of course, happy to explore all options. If we are unable to provide funding ourselves, we may be able to signpost her in the right direction.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Riverside Theatre Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Riverside Theatre
Thank you, Minister. I appreciate that response. Does that include potentially looking at having a new facility on the Causeway coast? Obviously, that would have to come with capital funding.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Riverside Theatre Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Riverside Theatre
I am sorry to hear that, if it is the case. You are aware that it is not a direct responsibility of the Department for Communities. However, after the Adjournment debate in this place, I wrote to the university on that. My officials and I will be willing to help in any way we can to ensure that the arts can continue…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Riverside Theatre Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Riverside Theatre
In the last year for which figures are available, 25% of children in Northern Ireland were in poverty. In the whole of the UK, that figure was 31%. It is not acceptable that one in four children in Northern Ireland lives in poverty, and I am determined to change that by making sure that, as an Executive, we focus on…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy: Executive Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy: Executive Support
Will the Minister detail the child poverty statistics and explain how the strategy will help us to drive down those figures?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy: Executive Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy: Executive Support
In response to the Member's first comment, I am pleased that she commends me for the delivery of the strategy She is more than welcome to do so. The important point is that this is not a DFC strategy but a cross-departmental one. The issues that we need to deal with are found in education, health, disability, debt,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy: Executive Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy: Executive Support
I do not know the exact number of people who are working on that strategy. I believe that it is sufficient, given that we are going out to other Departments for them to analyse and assess the costs and deliverability of some of the recommendations that have been made. The work has been handed over to those…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy
How many people are working on the Irish language strategy in your Department? Is that number sufficient?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy
Last week, the Executive agreed the next stage in the process, which is to take all the work from the expert advisory panels, examine it in Departments and look at what its impact will be on the Irish language and Ulster-Scots language heritage and culture working groups. We will look at that and consider the next…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Irish Language Strategy
Work is being taken forward. There are still a few changes to be made to it and a little more work to be done, because we want to make sure that it is effective and fit for purpose. It is another strategy that we will bring forward in the coming weeks, and, importantly, it will make a real difference. The arts sector…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tyrone Fleadh Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tyrone Fleadh
I thank the Minister for his response. Will the Minister give an update on the heritage, culture and creativity programme?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tyrone Fleadh Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tyrone Fleadh
Absolutely. As I said in my earlier answer, I welcome any opportunity to highlight our rich cultural and musical heritage. I am not familiar with exactly what is going on in the Member's area, but I am familiar with next year's event because I have been briefed by the organisers. Certainly, I welcome any opportunity…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tyrone Fleadh Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tyrone Fleadh
Those strategies and all the strategies that we talk about will not be fixed in stone. They need to adapt to the times we are living in, and the changes announced by the UK Government highlight how important it is that we are able to respond and help in whatever ways we can. Again, there will be responsibilities for…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Disability Strategy and Disability in Work Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Disability Strategy and Disability in Work Strategy
I thank the Minister for that. Given the changes in disability benefits that have been imposed by the British Government, we urgently need to see the delivery of both disability strategies. What measures is his Department considering to support disabled people into employment?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Disability Strategy and Disability in Work Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Disability Strategy and Disability in Work Strategy
I hope it will be in the coming weeks, but I do not have a firm timetable. I hope it will be very soon, because they are important issues and a significant part of the economic inactivity challenges that I highlighted previously. I look forward to making sure that we get the Executive's approval and move forward with…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Disability Strategy and Disability in Work Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Disability Strategy and Disability in Work Strategy
Of course I will. There is not much point in having a consultation, if you are not prepared to listen to what people say. I am committed to making sure that we hear the different views, and, if groups, individuals or political parties have ideas about what they would like to be included in the strategy, they have the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy
The Minister will be aware that there is a high degree of scepticism in the anti-poverty sector about whether the strategy is ambitious enough. Will the Minister commit to listening to the sector as part of the public consultation process? Will he invite or has he invited any of the co-design groups to any briefings…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy
As I said in my previous answer, I intend to engage with the sector in the coming days before publication.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy
We are looking at that, and there has been some success with other schemes, such as the Vacant to Vibrant scheme in Belfast and elsewhere. The return on the investment has been incredible, and that should indicate where I will place resources in the coming years.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: North Antrim: Regeneration Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: North Antrim: Regeneration
I thank the Minister for his answer. Will you confirm, Minister, whether any additional funding or targeted schemes be made available for small businesses that are looking to revitalise vacant properties in towns such as Ballymena and Ballymoney?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: North Antrim: Regeneration Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: North Antrim: Regeneration
The Department is taking many actions to deal with those issues. I do not have the specifics of the investment in North Antrim, but I am happy to provide that information to the Member. It is key that we invest in our towns and cities, seek regeneration and reuse derelict buildings in particular for social and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: North Antrim: Regeneration Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: North Antrim: Regeneration
It is not going to sit on a shelf and do nothing. That is why I wanted to make sure that we publicise something that will be deliverable and make a change. It is going to be very difficult for us to ring-fence a budget for all the measures that are in the anti-poverty strategy because they are all-encompassing.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy
Minister, I could be forgiven for asking this question: why did you hold a press conference and, at the same time, say that the strategy was going to consultation? Surely that is pre-empting the consultation to some degree. Most people who contributed to the process will be deeply annoyed by that. Has your Department…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Anti-poverty Strategy
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