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  1. Debate contribution: Towards a Shared Island

    I mean this very respectfully: some members of the Alliance Party do hold constitutional views. In fact, the late Anna Lo was not shy about sharing hers. She was commended by Kate Nicholl, because she was seen as being very brave for having shared that.

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  2. Debate contribution: Towards a Shared Island

    Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. Five minutes is, of course, nowhere near long enough to cover the breadth of Members' contributions and the importance of the subject. It is important to say a couple of things at the start. Lots of Members talked about constitutional change. Indeed, as my two colleagues said,…

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  3. Debate contribution: Towards a Shared Island

    Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I am delighted to be here this evening to address the House in my new role as Minister of Finance. I thank my colleagues in the Department for Infrastructure for all their hard work and assistance over the past year. I pay tribute to my predecessor, Dr Caoimhe Archibald. I…

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  4. Debate contribution: Towards a Shared Island

    You took the words out of my mouth. It is, indeed, hypocritical. I turn to the North. We have our first nationalist First Minister, but there is still no mention of a shared island in the Executive's Programme for Government — hypocritical indeed. A thousand days have passed since the last Assembly election, and still…

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  5. Debate contribution: Towards a Shared Island

    I thank the Member for giving way. Does the Member find it strange, if not a tad hypocritical, that Executive parties here criticise the programme for government of the new Government of Ireland when, a year since getting this place back together and over 1,000 days since the last Assembly election, we have not seen a…

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  6. Debate contribution: Towards a Shared Island

    The motion highlights the stark reality that, despite the immense opportunities in effective cross-border cooperation, the North/South Ministerial Council has not lived up to its potential. The dividends of cooperation and working together are being squandered by political dysfunction. It is vital that we recognise…

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  7. Debate contribution: Towards a Shared Island

    First, I will state a fact and a truth, which is that we share this island. We absolutely share this island. The two states share this island. Many peoples share this island, and so it should be. That is the way that it is meant to be. That is the way that you would want to be treated by your neighbour in your…

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  8. Debate contribution: Towards a Shared Island

    The SDLP tabled the motion as an Opposition debate, but it is similar to the earlier motions in that, from my perspective and that of my party, it lacks a little detail in what it sets out. It is right to point to the North/South Ministerial Council and some of its failings. It has not met as it should have done, but,…

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  9. Debate contribution: Towards a Shared Island

    I also wish the Minister well in his new role. I have been at, I think, every Shared Island event and meeting that has happened in the South. Part of it comes from what reconciliation is and what it looks like in 2025. We are 27 years on from the Good Friday Agreement, so what does reconciliation look like in the next…

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  10. Debate contribution: Towards a Shared Island

    I congratulate the Minister on his new role as Finance Minister. The DUP supports practical, sensible and targeted cooperation between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. People on both sides of the border share close economic and social ties, and we are pleased that those ties have improved significantly…

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  11. Debate contribution: Towards a Shared Island

    The effective operation of the North/South Ministerial Council is central to our peace settlement. Sinn Féin has consistently argued for the strengthening of the NSMC and expanded areas of all-Ireland cooperation. In the past, unionist boycotts and other attempts to disrupt effective all-island cooperation have,…

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  12. Debate contribution: Towards a Shared Island

    Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Agus mé ag moladh an rúin, ba mhaith liom a dheimhniú don Tionól go gcreidim go fíor, agus go daingean in aontacht phobail na tíre go síochánta, le cóimheas agus le comhréiteach ar mhaithe linn uile. I believe in that passionately and have worked through many years to…

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  13. Debate contribution: First-time Buyers: Support

    Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank Members from across the House who have contributed to this important debate. Housing is a shared aim of us all. I recognise that it has been a good opportunity to promote and provoke a discussion on housing in our communities. I will reiterate the experience of many across the…

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  14. Debate contribution: First-time Buyers: Support

    Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. This is a very important motion for debate. While I agree with the use of some sort of equity-based help-to-buy scheme and broader interventions to support first-time buyers, there are potential drawbacks. A help-to-buy scheme, without a corresponding increase in housing supply, could…

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  15. Debate contribution: First-time Buyers: Support

    Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I start by thanking the Members who tabled the motion. At the outset, it is important to state that it has never been more difficult for young people to access the housing market as first-time buyers. Over recent decades, house prices have soared far beyond what most young…

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