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On that basis, Minister, have you encouraged the Department for Infrastructure to update Northern Ireland Water's priorities to include housebuilding in order to meet the needs of the growing number of people living in homelessness across Northern Ireland?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Housing Associations: Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Housing Associations: Funding
That is under review. I look forward to making a further announcement on it soon.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Housing Associations: Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Housing Associations: Funding
We want to make sure that we have a clear plan for that. I will be bringing forward a wider disability strategy, which will mean that we have in place the support to ensure that the public sector and others know the actions that are required of them, so that those with a disability are fully included in our society…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: High-rise Buildings: Safety of Disabled Residents Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: High-rise Buildings: Safety of Disabled Residents
I welcome the introduction of the Sign Language Bill today. What engagement has the Minister had on a range of disabilities to ensure everyone's safety?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: High-rise Buildings: Safety of Disabled Residents Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: High-rise Buildings: Safety of Disabled Residents
That is an area of concern. The Member will be aware of the work that my Department has carried out on the overall safety of high-rise buildings and, specifically, with regard to making sure that those with a disability have access. If there are particular issues that he wants me to address, I will be happy to do that.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: High-rise Buildings: Safety of Disabled Residents Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: High-rise Buildings: Safety of Disabled Residents
We live in times of unprecedented housing stress. That means that we must do things differently. The Housing Executive has a task and finish working group, which has started to curb the trend of spend on temporary accommodation. However, we need to do much more. For that reason, I will be making a significant…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Temporary Accommodation: Cost Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Temporary Accommodation: Cost
Minister, at a time of budgetary constraint and housing crisis in Northern Ireland, those figures will be concerning to anyone who hears them. What measures is the Minister taking to counteract that cost?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Temporary Accommodation: Cost Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Temporary Accommodation: Cost
For each of the past five years, the total non-COVID expenditure on temporary accommodation was £12·6 million, £13·7 million, £14·8 million, £26·4 million and £33·2 million. The provisional cost for 2024-25 is £35·4 million.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Temporary Accommodation: Cost Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Temporary Accommodation: Cost
I certainly hope that any information that is required is passed on. If it is not, I will always make sure that it is. Let me make one thing very clear: there should be no role whatsoever for paramilitaries in any housing issue. If there is, it should absolutely come to an end. Housing should be allocated based on…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Housing Associations: Impact of Paramilitarism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Housing Associations: Impact of Paramilitarism
I thank the Minister for his answer. The Minister will be aware of certain housing schemes where the influence of paramilitarism is really significant, such as Weavers Grange in Newtownards. Clanmil Housing has long been dealing with ongoing issues and managing the influence of paramilitarism there. Will the Minister…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Housing Associations: Impact of Paramilitarism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Housing Associations: Impact of Paramilitarism
The Member will know that we have been working on that issue lately. I do not know whether the Member is referring to financial support. I can certainly provide that information. Through the Housing Executive and housing associations, there are a number of programmes in place to deal with that. I can get him the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Housing Associations: Impact of Paramilitarism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Housing Associations: Impact of Paramilitarism
I completely agree with the Member. Following a meeting with Sport NI and officials from the sports branch in my Department, I have made clear the urgent need to progress that work and make sure that the report's recommendations are implemented. I am also considering what implications that may have for current and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Boxing: Discrimination Against Protestants Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Boxing: Discrimination Against Protestants
Amateur boxing is vital to my constituency of North Belfast, but I speak to representatives of the clubs daily, and their confidence in the leadership of those organisations is completely shot. Once again, we have a case concerning religious discrimination against a Protestant. What proactive steps will you take,…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Boxing: Discrimination Against Protestants Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Boxing: Discrimination Against Protestants
My thoughts are with John's family and friends and all those in the boxing world who knew and loved him. It was a tragic event. I commend the medical team at the Ulster Hall and all staff at the Royal Victoria Hospital for their work. I thank Mr Brett for raising this issue. I noted with interest the recent case that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Boxing: Discrimination Against Protestants Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Boxing: Discrimination Against Protestants
First, Mr Speaker, I hope that you will let me record my sympathies and, I am sure, those of the House on the passing of John Cooney.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Boxing: Discrimination Against Protestants Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Boxing: Discrimination Against Protestants
I want to find new ways to support the arts and maximise the contribution that it can make by driving equality of access and opportunity across socio-economic groupings, age, geography and so on. I want to encourage greater participation, particularly from people and communities that might feel that the arts are not…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Regional Balance Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Regional Balance
I thank the Minister for that answer and the importance that he places on the issue. Minister, I am sure that you will be forgiven for believing, like me, that the arts seem to focus only on a very small number of places. What can you do to assure all those other groups that deserve equal funding and balance that what…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Regional Balance Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Regional Balance
I am grateful to the Member for raising that question, because it is really important. We must have regional balance when it comes to funding for the arts. Everyone deserves to have access to the arts, and that will be a central theme of the work that I am undertaking to develop a new arts policy, which I announced in…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Regional Balance Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Regional Balance
I have made my position on that very clear. Libraries NI should offer a safe place. Parents should and must have confidence in the books that are available, and we need to make sure that we do everything that we can to protect children. I have made my views clear to the board of Libraries NI — to the chairman and the…
Decided on a second assessment. Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues Criteria met: Controversy escalation.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Women's Sport Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Women's Sport
I thank the Minister for his answer. Those same woke ideologies are being advanced and made available through Libraries NI to underage children. What will the Minister do to ensure that children are safeguarded and protected from inappropriate and dangerous content?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Women's Sport Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Women's Sport
There are two reasons for that. First, fairness, and secondly, safety. Sport is inherently physical. The physiology of the sexes matters. Everyone should be getting behind the notion that women's sports are reserved for women. Most people will agree with that. In fact, it is regressive to think anything else.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Women's Sport Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Women's Sport
Let me make this very clear: I do not believe that there is any room for men in women's sport.
Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups Criteria met: Identity framing, Sectarian or communal antagonism.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Women's Sport Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Women's Sport
I am happy to look at any proposal that comes from the organisation that the Member mentioned. If appropriate, I will be more than happy to write to the Health Minister to see what can be done jointly, if the objectives that it outlines align with the Programme for Government.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Men's Sheds Association Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Men's Sheds Association
I thank the Minister for the answer. I also welcome the fact that he will meet the Men's Sheds Association, should it seek a meeting. In fact, it would be great if he could see its representatives today, briefly, as they are in the Building. As I am sure the Minister will understand, it will take a small amount to…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Men's Sheds Association Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Men's Sheds Association
The Member will be aware of the very tight budgetary conditions in which we find ourselves and the significant cost savings that I have had to make in the past 12 months in order to deliver a balanced budget. However, I am always willing to meet those who are making requests of the Government, especially if they are…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Men's Sheds Association Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Men's Sheds Association
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