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  1. Debate contribution: Health Crisis

    I thank the proposers of the motion and those who tabled the amendment for bringing the issue to the Floor. We need to be solution-focused. As the proposer of the motion said, let us take the politicking out of this. I do not think that anybody in the Chamber has ever said, at any point, that the Health Minister has…

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  2. Debate contribution: Health Crisis

    Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. Lots of people, when asked for their opinion on devolution, say clearly that they had high hopes for change, particularly in the health system. The motion and the amendment reflect the frustration and, indeed, the cynicism out there at the pace of change. Minister, it is not…

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  6. Debate contribution: Health Crisis

    I beg to move: Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker, I will see how far my voice gets me through this. One year ago, this place returned after two years of collapse. On the restoration of this place, we were told that health was a priority and that we needed to transform health. One year on, are we in a better…

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  7. Debate contribution: Enhancing Accountability and Trust in Government

    Thank you, Principal Deputy Speaker. As many Members have mentioned, it is positive that the Executive have been in place for a year with a sense of relative stability. In Northern Ireland's politics of low expectations, I have no doubt that some people, if asked about how our Government are doing, will shrug their…

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  8. Debate contribution: Enhancing Accountability and Trust in Government

    I thank the Member for giving way. It is good to hear that the Member's leader has written to the British and Irish Governments, but, as I pointed out, the Belfast Agreement was mandated by the people of Northern Ireland. They are the people who should decide. Does the Member not agree?

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  10. Debate contribution: Enhancing Accountability and Trust in Government

    Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. While agreeing that we would like to get on with governing rather than just administering, as Matthew O'Toole said, there is a case for raising the simple reality that meaningful change takes time. I am sure that he will agree that his colleague Nichola Mallon, when she was…

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  11. Debate contribution: Assembly Business

    On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Before Question Time, my contribution to the debate on enhancing accountability and trust in government was cut short by Madam Principal Deputy Speaker, who ruled that my remarks were out of order. I respect the Chair, but, for the benefit of lowly Back-Benchers such as myself, will…

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  12. Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Mobile and Broadband Connections

    I thank the Member for his good wishes. I do not agree with his comments about the Department. What I said was that the Department had limited levers with a number of telecommunication companies. They are private companies regulated by Ofcom, and telecommunications is a reserved matter. Fibrus is the company that we…

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  13. Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Mobile and Broadband Connections

    I congratulate the Minister on her appointment to a Department that had nobody at the helm throughout the storm. We know that the storm caused significant damage across Northern Ireland, and I pay tribute to the many agencies that put in sterling work to get people reconnected. That was lacking from Fibrus; there were…

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  14. Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Mobile and Broadband Connections

    I congratulate the Minister on her new appointment. My colleague from Fermanagh and South Tyrone, who tabled the question for urgent oral answer, has told me today that one of her constituents has been told that it will be 16 February before Fibrus links them up again. Does the Minister agree that that is wholly…

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  15. Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Mobile and Broadband Connections

    Congratulations, Minister, on your new role. As a member of the Economy Committee, I look forward to working with you. What work is planned or under way to assess the impact of the storm on the local economy?

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  16. Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Mobile and Broadband Connections

    Ádh mór ort, a Aire in your new role. Minister, you will know that the First Minister's call for a goodwill payment put serious duress on NIE in the midst of the storm. Two days after the storm, the company received 7,000 calls from people seeking information about goodwill payments. The announcement of payments from…

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  17. Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Mobile and Broadband Connections

    I congratulate the Minister on her new appointment. As Deputy Chair of the Finance Committee, I thank her for her work as Finance Minister over the past year. Throughout the storm response, there were regular updates from NIE and Ministers on how many properties were without power. We could see the scale of the…

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  18. Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Mobile and Broadband Connections

    I will probably not join other Members, because you will be missed from Finance. Economy's gain is Finance's loss. Have your Department or your officials been in contact with the providers of mobile telephone communication systems in particular? Those are items of critical national infrastructure, and they seem to…

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  19. Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Mobile and Broadband Connections

    I too wish the Minister well in her new role. I support my colleague Deborah Erskine's call for a meeting with providers. Minister, Fibrus has indicated that, if your internet has been off for more than 48 hours, you are entitled to compensation. A constituent has told me that Fibrus has told them that that has to be…

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  20. Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Mobile and Broadband Connections

    As others have done, I wish you good luck in your new post, Minister. Will you detail what engagement your predecessor or your Department have had with TEO, specifically the civil contingencies policy branch, about preparation and preparedness for this storm and any future events?

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  21. Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Mobile and Broadband Connections

    I thank the Member for his good wishes. As I have indicated, the relationship between me, as Minister, and the telecommunications companies has limitations, because that is a reserved matter. However, we have publicly funded contracts in which there is a direct interest and communication. Looking at this experience…

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  22. Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Mobile and Broadband Connections

    I congratulate the Minister on her appointment. Minister, you have made more public comment on the impact of the storm than your predecessor did, and you have been in place for only two hours, so I congratulate you on that. There will clearly be an interest from the private sector in Project Gigabit, in which public…

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  23. Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Mobile and Broadband Connections

    Minister, I congratulate you on your new post and wish you the very best. In Coalisland, in my constituency, a number of businesses and GP surgeries lost connectivity. Thankfully, we were able to speak with engineers fairly quickly and get them reconnected, but it was a worrying time, particularly for the GP surgeries…

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  24. Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Mobile and Broadband Connections

    Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire. You are in at the deep end. I think that £165 million of public moneys were spent on Project Stratum, which has been referred to. Minister, will you get your officials to urgently convene a meeting with those providers, because, at the moment, it seems that absolute…

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  25. Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Mobile and Broadband Connections

    I welcome the Minister coming to the Chamber today. I wish you well in your new role. I thank my fellow MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone for raising the issue, as I did this morning during Members' statements. When Project Stratum was being finalised with the successful contractor, Fibrus, why were obligations not…

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