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As I say on every occasion that I am asked those questions, when parties like yours want to look back, there were many tragedies and injustices in our past. The duty of political leaders in 2026 is to try to heal the wounds of the past, try to look towards the future and try to build a better society. I do not play…
Here we have it: the First Minister of "no alternative" attends the terror fest that is the national hunger strike commemoration, which glorifies 10 terrorists who chose to starve themselves. Ms O'Neill, you stand here and pontificate about ending violence against women and girls. Geoffrey, Yvonne Dunlop's son, says,…
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I regret the way in which you have brought that question forward. Tackling the problem that we have with violence against women in girls is a subject on which we should all be united. The collective effort that we have around the Chamber on the issue is important, so I encourage you not to point score. I also…
The First Minister frequently speaks of being a First Minister for all and has, rightly, championed efforts to end violence against women and girls. Given that commitment, will she explain how her attendance at an event commemorating Thomas McElwee, who was convicted in connection with a firebomb attack that led to…
Thanks. To build on what I have just said, a considerable amount of work is going on in this area. Last week, myself, the deputy First Minister, the Justice Minister and the Chief Constable of the PSNI came together to launch our Power to Change campaign. That is very much a collective effort, building on the first…
What strategies or initiatives, other than the Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes campaign on tackling violence against women and girls and identifying coercion and control, can you bring forward to tackle the issue?
The Member and I agree about RSE and what is needed in our schools. We have to get it right. It is where pupils' minds are open to taking on board what can be the complex area of understanding what a healthy relationship looks like. All Departments are represented on the cross-departmental body, and that is part of…
Thank you for your answer, First Minister. Coercive control can happen to anyone at any age, and many teenagers may not know that they are experiencing it, owing to a lack of efficient relationships and sexuality education (RSE) in our schools. What level of engagement have you and your Department had with the…
First, I assure the Member that we are doing everything that we can to get an agreed Budget. Your party is one of the four parties that, collectively as an Executive, agree a Budget. It is important that we get the right Budget, that it is fit for purpose and that it creates a baseline for our funding so that we do…
Thank you for your response, First Minister. As we all know, the Executive have not agreed a Budget for this year. What assurances can you give your delivery partners for ending violence against women and girls, which are community groups and women's organisations that are tackling the issue head-on on the ground,…
A Cheann Comhairle , with your permission, I will answer questions 1 and 13 together. Ending violence against women and girls (EVAWG) remains a key Executive and Programme for Government (PFG) priority. Our second delivery plan, which runs until 2028, builds on the success of our first delivery plan and is focused on…
As Chairperson of the Committee for Justice, I welcome the opportunity to speak to this motion and set out the Committee's position in seeking this extension, which is until 22 January 2027. As I have done previously, I begin by placing on record the Committee's thanks to the Minister and her officials for their…
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. As Chairperson of the Committee for Infrastructure, I welcome the opportunity to set out the Committee's reasons for seeking an extension of the Committee Stage of the Harbours Bill until 15 January. As Members are aware, the Committee has commenced its scrutiny of the Bill,…
Minister, the issue goes far deeper than Gary Anderson. I can cite multiple similar failings, not just in this case, that are due to individual elements of our criminal justice system not engaging with one another. That is, in large part, because our Criminal Justice Board still does not have a shared vision or shared…
That was a major structural failing. Can you confirm whether anyone in your Department saw or read that judgement before you came to the House last Tuesday, 15 September?
— that the Prison Service refused, it says, to reconsider the grounds for its objection to compassionate temporary release. That was why the judge felt that they had to uphold the judicial review.
Minister, tone matters. A family is traumatised by what has happened, and a murderer is at large. Whatever the tone of Members opposite, you are the responsible and accountable Minister, so your tone matters too. Let me remind you of that, Minister. I will ask a question specifically on the judgement. You answered a…
There is a question. Why was it, when you got the judgement on Friday, as I did, that you waited until after we put out a press release to clarify the details for the public. That is not transparent. Why did you not update the public on what was happening until Saturday afternoon?
It is tone deaf of the Justice Minister to choose this day to start talking about the rights and dignity of prisoners. We have a dangerous prisoner on the run. The public are frightened, and the victim's family have been re-traumatised. The duty of the justice system is to protect the public, but, on the Minister's…
My thoughts remain with the Kelly family, as they have done throughout this terrible ordeal. First, Minister, do you acknowledge the fear and anxiety that is being experienced in my constituency of Foyle at the moment? Secondly, do you agree that there should never be a no-go area when it comes to law and order in our…