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I beg to move Thank you, Deputy Speaker. I wish to address a pressing issue affecting the over 300,000 individuals in Northern Ireland who rely on the private rented sector for their housing needs. The motion highlights the critical challenges of unaffordable rents, insufficient long-term security and inadequate…
On a point of order, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. Standing Order 69(5) states, fairly clearly, I think, that, when a Member has a "financial interest in any matter" or a "relevant interest" in that matter, they: "must declare that interest before taking part in any proceedings of the Assembly relating to that…
I will make a few comments in my winding-up speech on the prayer of annulment. The Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 are nothing short of a devious move to implement further EU law in Northern Ireland. Therefore, it is no surprise in the House…
The Minister is keen to defend his officials, which is fine. Our job is to ensure the accountability of officials and Ministers, and we should make no apology for that. He mentioned the past three or four years of, apparently, looking at the legalities, but have his officials looked at any potential legal liability…
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. It is concerning and, to be honest, frankly ludicrous that we are considering the prayer of annulment. This is perhaps one of the most irresponsible legislative motions to have been tabled in this mandate. Many wax lyrical about their support for the agri-food industry, but…
I appreciate the Member giving way. He said that the protocol — or Windsor framework, if he prefers — had nothing to do with Brexit. Would there have been a protocol or Windsor framework if Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK had still been in the EU?
The latest ruling by our colonial masters that our livestock can no longer bear UK ear tags but must, because of the protocol, have ear tags with EU designation XI, is yet another working of foreign rule in Northern Ireland. The root of the matter is that Northern Ireland, uniquely in the UK, is subject to the EU's…
Thank you for raising that, my friend and colleague. I have to record my clear thanks to the Minister who was in situ at that time, Charlie McConalogue, for working actively and vigorously not just with us but with representatives of the meat and farming industry in the North.
My colleague Patsy McGlone has ably put on record the issues with this, frankly, absurd prayer of annulment, but I will make a couple of additional points. We have here a situation where, I am afraid, the in-denial meet the incompetent. The DUP has tabled a prayer of annulment on, effectively, the continuation of core…
Like my colleague, I oppose the prayer of annulment, because it is not in the best interests of any farmer, food producer or rural community in Northern Ireland, including the rural community that I represent in North Antrim. This is not about sovereignty or ideology but about food safety, consumer confidence and…
Patsy, thanks for allowing me an intervention. The Member mentioned exports to the rest of the island: does he agree that food is processed island-wide, particularly dairy products?
Go raibh míle maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The SDLP stands in line with common sense to oppose the prayer of annulment on the identification, records, movement and enforcement regulations. To do otherwise and to support the prayer of annulment would be crazy. Members have already referred to…
As a member of the Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee and as Alliance spokesperson on these matters, I express my strong opposition to the prayer of annulment tabled by the DUP. The motion seeks to challenge vital measures that are necessary for the effective operation of the system of…
I oppose the prayer of annulment against this essential statutory rule, which makes necessary and technical amendments to the North's livestock IRM regulations. The changes are not about policy shifts, nor do they introduce new burdens on farmers; rather, they ensure the continued operability of our livestock…
I thank the Member for that. I am sure that the Minister will give him the Department's absolute position, but there is no doubt that there has been some legal uncertainty on this. I think that that has caused some nervousness in the Department, and that is probably why there is such a need to see this legislation…
I appreciate the Chairman's giving way. I speak as someone who is not on the Committee. To clarify for the House, is he saying that there has been some kind of legal lacuna since 2021? I am not entirely clear about that from Miss McIlveen's remarks, but it would be helpful if the Chair were to explain to us what…
I beg to move: Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. The Democratic Unionist Party has a mandate to continue the fight to fully restore Northern Ireland's place within the United Kingdom, including removing the application of EU law in our country and the internal Irish Sea border that it creates. By implementing…
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Further to my Member's statement, in my role as leader of the Opposition, I have a particular concern around Ministers' failure to bring oral statements to the House. The Finance Minister is in the Chamber now, but we have now had two monitoring rounds and a draft Budget that should…
The bodies of 34-year-old Shiri Bibas and her children — four-year-old Ariel and six-month old Kfir Bibas — who were kidnapped on 7 October 2023, were supposed to be handed over during a sickening ceremony on Thursday. On Friday, it emerged that the body of Shiri Bibas had not been returned as promised, and…
As has been said, this week marks the 20th anniversary — we are just a few days short — of the disappearance of Lisa Dorrian, aged just 25 years old, from a caravan park in Ballyhalbert in County Down on 28 February 2005. Lisa is irreplaceable. Her disappearance has left a hole in the lives of her loving family and…
Recent events in Coleraine have once again highlighted the issue of women and girls' safety in Northern Ireland, the threat to which is pervasive. The discovery of a bag containing suspicious items near a family home has understandably caused distress in our community. Although the police indicated that the incident…
In August 2016, the 'Belfast Telegraph' led with a story that was headlined: "Why the victims killed in the Bayardo Bar massacre also deserve to be remembered". Following the public commentary that has disgracefully emanated from the party on the Benches opposite this weekend following the death of IRA man Brendan…