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Thank you, Minister. How do you gather input or feedback from young people when you are planning those services?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Youth Services: Recreational Facilities Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Youth Services: Recreational Facilities
I point to Your School Your Club, on which I have worked closely with Paul Givan in the Department of Education to improve access to facilities. You can look at the Northern Ireland Football Fund and how that is being progressed and at the work that we are doing through Sport NI to help with the provision of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Youth Services: Recreational Facilities Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Youth Services: Recreational Facilities
We have one. It is called the housing supply strategy. We have a very clear plan, and we can see already the difference that is being made. I look forward to sharing with the Member some of the latest statistics on housing in Northern Ireland. He will see how we, in my Department, have been able to deliver not just on…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Housing Supply: Empty Homes Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Housing Supply: Empty Homes
I thank the Minister. Earlier, he referenced music. He is good at blowing his own trumpet, but we do not quite agree with the tune. Minister, the problem has worsened on your watch. You gave a commitment to the House in May that you would tackle it, yet it has worsened. More and more people are struggling, and more…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Housing Supply: Empty Homes Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Housing Supply: Empty Homes
The Member will be aware that I published the housing supply strategy. Part of that will deal with the issue of empty homes. I raised the issue very early on in my tenure in this place. We obviously need to build new homes, but there are other homes out there that are not being used. We will explore all options to see…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Housing Supply: Empty Homes Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Housing Supply: Empty Homes
The figures that the Member has given are stark. We are keeping an eye on the matter. The managed migration of claimants to universal credit through Move to UC has, as expected, led to an increase in claims. However, from what we see so far, that has increased in line with forecast demand.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit Contingency Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit Contingency Fund
Thank you, Minister. Do you agree with the Cliff Edge Coalition and me that the fact that the spend has increased from £1·4 million in 2020-21 to £3·4 million in 2023-24 shows a significant increase in the amount of need? What is your Department doing to tackle that issue and ensure that those needs are met?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit Contingency Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit Contingency Fund
Plans to change the universal credit contingency fund name are being taken forward by officials in my Department.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit Contingency Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit Contingency Fund
I saw those figures recently. I do not have them with me but I can certainly provide them to the Member. I have to say that it is a significant amount. Do not get me wrong: I am a fan of Belfast, but I want to see other areas getting money as well. That is why I am looking for additional resource in that area. I am…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position
Further to that answer to my constituency colleague's question, if there is money for instruments in South Down, maybe I will take up the guitar or something, and is the Minister aware of the percentage of Arts Council funding that goes to the Belfast City Council area compared with other areas?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position
Yes, that is absolutely the case. Again, I am happy to tell the Member that part of the extra allocation that we made through the musical instruments for bands scheme went to her constituency. In the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area, we were able to allocate over £110,000 of funding to bands, professional…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position
There has been a feeling for a long time that the arts have been very Belfast-centric. My question builds on your previous answer. Does the Minister agree that regional balance across Northern Ireland is important in the arts sector, especially in rural areas of the country such as my constituency of South Down?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position
Regional balance is very important when it comes to the arts. That is why I have been so keen on the musical instruments for bands scheme: that funding has gone to communities across Northern Ireland; it has not been limited to particular geographical areas. I look forward to working with the Arts Council to ensure…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position
Minister, last November, like you, I was among those who attended a meeting with representatives from Equity and heard from its members about the huge challenges, particularly in the north-west. We heard from local artists in Derry about how it is now really difficult to be able to remain in the field and to be an…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position
I have used the monitoring process over my time in office to make sure that additional funding is made available to the Arts Council. I did that for resource and capital this year, and we can see the results of that. I am always keen to ask for more in the monitoring rounds and to make sure that we have the resources…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position
I thank the Minister for his answer. I wholeheartedly agree that our arts are underfunded. There is widespread recognition of that. The Department for the Economy has added funds through the in-year monitoring rounds to the year-end totals of arm's-length bodies. Is the Minister agreeable to looking at that and…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position
As the principal funding and development body for the arts in Northern Ireland, the Arts Council is tasked with distributing funding on behalf of my Department. It is also a distributing body for National Lottery moneys. It is my assessment that, despite the constrained position in the current financial year, the Arts…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Arts Council: Budgetary Position
I want to make sure that as many people as possible are involved and take part in the arts and have the financial support to do so. I think that groups such as the one that the Member mentioned will have been eligible under the professional or non-professional group element. If that is not the case, I will certainly…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Musical Instruments for Bands: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Musical Instruments for Bands: Update
No one can deny that the musical instruments for bands programme has been very successful. Will the Minister confirm whether there is the potential to allow charities, such as Beyond Skin, that work with groups of musicians and make musical instruments available to people such as the Afghan women's solidarity group —…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Musical Instruments for Bands: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Musical Instruments for Bands: Update
I am grateful to the Member for his comments. I want to make sure that we can continue with the funding of the programme for the simple reason that I want to ensure that more people in Northern Ireland get involved and stay involved in the arts and benefit from them. That is because the arts can provide a huge benefit…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Musical Instruments for Bands: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Musical Instruments for Bands: Update
I thank the Minister for his answers so far and for his efforts in supporting the bands and individuals. That support is greatly needed. Will the Minister ensure that that support for the marching bands and individuals will continue into the years ahead? Will he provide a more accurate update on the impact that the…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Musical Instruments for Bands: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Musical Instruments for Bands: Update
The musical instruments programme is a capital investment programme delivered by the Arts Council on behalf of my Department. It is designed to increase the quality of music making in Northern Ireland by helping musicians to replace older, worn-out instruments and purchase new and additional ones. The programme has…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Musical Instruments for Bands: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Musical Instruments for Bands: Update
It is certainly something that we are happy to raise directly with the Department for Work and Pensions. The Member will be aware that any way in which we deviate from the rules that currently exist comes with administrative and other costs for the Department that can be very hard for us to bear. Certainly, we will…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Minimum Income Floor Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Minimum Income Floor
Has the Minister considered targeted exemptions or adjustments to the referenced minimum income floor for the self-employed, rural farmers and seasonal workers?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Minimum Income Floor Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Minimum Income Floor
Help is available from my Department. I have already raised the issue of the adviser discretion fund and the money that is available there to help those who are unemployed or self-employed. I am happy to share the details directly with the Member. Again, we are largely constrained by the rules that have been set down…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Minimum Income Floor Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Minimum Income Floor
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