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In the Minister's previous role, he often and correctly championed public transport and spoke of the need to incentivise its use by reducing fares etc. Given that a key component of his predecessor's Budget sustainability plan includes increasing Translink fares, has the Minister had a chance to reconsider that?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising
My predecessor, Dr Archibald, commissioned Ulster University to look at the cost of doing business. I look forward to receiving the report and examining the evidence base in it. It is important that, as my predecessor did, we gather evidence and move forward on that basis. We have to collect data and be data-driven.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising
Minister, as councils start to strike their rates, local businesses, particularly independent retailers, in city and town centres are seeing their rates go up and up. If we are truly serious about town centre, village and city centre regeneration, can we look at a package that rebalances commercial rates and takes the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising
I am not sure, but the funding is currently around £2,500, I think. I can supply the correct figure to the Member, but it is somewhere in that region. That money is given to Stonewall each year for services and advice to the Department. As with all advice, the Department does not have to take it on board, but we are a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising
When considering revenue raising, perhaps the Minister could look at wasteful spend in his Department. It has been revealed that the radical, discredited Stonewall charity is still being funded through the Department of Finance. That charity has been associated with radical gender policies for younger-age children and…
Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues Criteria met: Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising
The support for domestic ratepayers is wide-ranging. It includes housing benefit for non-working-age citizens; low-income rate relief for non-working-age citizens; lone pensioner allowance for those over the age of 70; farmhouse allowance; the exemption for a clergyperson; early payment discounts; landlords'…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising
Will the Minister tell us what support is available for domestic ratepayers?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising
The Member will be aware of the work of the Fiscal Commission. It is continuing its work to gather evidence on Barnett consequentials and how this place should be funded. I would like one of that body's next phases of work to be looking at how we devolve further taxation powers to the Executive. In doing so, we will…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising
Thank you, Minister, for your answer. Corporate profits are at record levels. What discussions have taken place in your new Department or at the Executive to move ahead with devolving corporation tax in order to raise it to take account of those record corporate profits?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising
Public consultation is one of the fundamental steps in ensuring that any proposed measures are fair and equitable. My Department is engaging in a process of consultation on domestic policy proposals, building upon last year’s work. That launched on 29 January and is accompanied by associated impact-screening work. The…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Revenue Raising
Members will be aware that, as a result of the work of my predecessor and others, the Executive have spending at the 124% needs-based factor, which is applied to the Barnett consequentials. The application of the 124% needs-based factor in the interim fiscal framework has resulted in an additional £431·4 million of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Budget Cycle Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Budget Cycle
How much additional funding has the interim fiscal framework secured for public services here?
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Instability in politics certainly does not help in delivering our public services or any cause. We should all be focused on honouring and delivering the agreements that we have signed up to and which created this place. That will give us the best course for stability.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Budget Cycle Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Budget Cycle
Does the Minister agree that repeated cycles of collapse of the Government have also prevented Northern Ireland from having multi-year Budgets?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Budget Cycle Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Budget Cycle
The Member will be aware that the Programme for Government will be set by the Executive. I look forward to the publication of that important document. However, that process does not prevent, and has never prevented, the Executive from publishing a multi-year Budget. We have to align with the Treasury spend. If…
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Does the Minister agree that the task of producing a multi-year Budget is made more difficult by the absence of a costed Programme for Government and that such a cycle of multi-year Budgets would assist in the delivery of long-term strategies, particularly in Health?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Budget Cycle Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Budget Cycle
The previous time that the Executive were in a position to set a multi-year Budget was for the 2011-15 Budget. The Executive can only set a Budget to reflect the period covered by the spending review announced by the Treasury. That is why there are single-year Budgets for 2024-25 and 2025-26. The next phase of the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Budget Cycle Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Budget Cycle
I thank the Member for his question. As we have said clearly in this place before, we must all stand united against the scourge of paramilitarism. There was never any justification for terrorism or paramilitarism. There is no role for it today, in 2025, just as there was no role for it here at any time over the past…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Anti-paramilitarism Billboard Campaign Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Anti-paramilitarism Billboard Campaign
I am pleased that the issue has been prioritised in the Programme for Government. We want to make it clear that it is a priority for us. Every single act of violence towards a woman or a girl, and every death of a woman or a girl as a result of that violence, is wrong and needs to stop. We want to do everything that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Strategic Framework Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Strategic Framework
I thank the deputy First Minister for her answer. Does she agree that, although the strategy is most definitely a positive first step, we must continue to make ending violence against women and girls a top priority?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Strategic Framework Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Strategic Framework
I thank the Member for her question. As the First Minister and I have indicated since we took up our respective posts just over a year ago, it is an area of key importance for us. We want to deliver not just the strategy but the framework, because that is where the action is. I am really pleased that the change funds…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Strategic Framework Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Strategic Framework
Absolutely. The Member will be aware that we have supported the call for evidence so that people can come forward and tell their personal story. It is an opportunity for people to tell of their lived experience. I have no doubt that it will be very difficult for some people to go through the process, but it is such an…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Truth Recovery Independent Panel Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Truth Recovery Independent Panel
I thank the deputy First Minister for her answer. Does she agree that it is important to ensure that experiences are heard and lessons learned?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Truth Recovery Independent Panel Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Truth Recovery Independent Panel
I thank the Member for his important question. He will be aware that work is ongoing in that area. I pay huge tribute to all those who have worked so hard to get it to this point. I know that, for some, it is a point of frustration, but, of course, there are many different elements that were recommended in the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Truth Recovery Independent Panel Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Truth Recovery Independent Panel
It is incredibly important not only that our public appointments are independent and based on merit but that there is a strong perception that they are; indeed, we have to have those discussions about whether the process for public appointments is fit for purpose. It takes a hugely long time for public appointments to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Commissioner for Public Appointments Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Commissioner for Public Appointments
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