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Let me make it clear that, when it comes to Casement Park, I have fulfilled my requirements. I have certainly met the groups that are involved in the project. The pledge that the Executive made in 2011 remains. It is worth remembering that it has been a long process. Some in the Chamber have tried repeatedly to lay…
Last year was a very busy one for the teams involved in the Casement Park project. Minister, have you any meetings with Ulster GAA and other key partners scheduled in the diary for 2025 as part of your Department's duty to support the Casement Park redevelopment?
That meeting happened in October. Has the Minister met the UK Government since then to discuss the funding that Treasury might make available? If that meeting has happened, will he give us an update on it?
Casement Park is the third and final project of the regional stadia programme, and funding was agreed by the Executive 14 years ago. I met Jarlath Burns, president of the GAA, alongside senior representatives from Ulster GAA, including Brian McAvoy, its director and CEO, on 31 October 2024 to discuss how the…
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. First, I apologise on behalf of the Minister of Justice for her not being available today. I offer my best wishes to her and hope that she makes a speedy return. I hope that we are not replacing one cough with another; I will try to keep my coughing to a minimum. On behalf of…
I also welcome the opportunity to speak on what is a very important issue, as colleagues have said. The alarming rise in online violence against women and girls, particularly through the misuse of deepfake technology and social media, demands our urgent and decisive action. It is a rapidly evolving issue. AI is…
I support the motion. Legislation to tackle platform promoters who provide a platform for such social abuses to be published and then shared needs to be addressed, because they are guilty. They are guilty because they have provided that platform. To use a platform, you must be a member of it; therefore, those people…
I thank the Opposition for bringing the motion to the House. As others outlined, deepfake imagery is an image-based form of sexual abuse that has a horrific impact, as it is a deeply violating form of abuse that is predominantly targeted at women and girls. Cases of online violence and non-consensual deepfake imagery…
The internet is a great thing when it is used for good. However, it has also brought about and normalised some of the worst behaviours in human nature. The problem has worsened exponentially as technology has improved. That improvement, coupled with the advancement of AI, must be harnessed before things that are now…
These are important topics that we are discussing here in the Chamber today. Indeed, online abuse and the use of cyber-flashing, catfishing, targeted abuse and the emergence of the use of deepfake imagery is extremely concerning. We know that with the advancement of technology and, indeed, artificial intelligence,…
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I rise again to speak about the horrendous violence facing women in Northern Ireland, in the rest of the UK and much further afield. Online spaces, apps and social media have become part of our everyday life. We use them every day, whether for work or for connecting with…
I beg to move Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I welcome the opportunity to address these critical and timely issues, which not only affect survivors and victims but act as a threat to our democracy. I rise to discuss the need to regulate deepfakes, a technology that has moved from the realm of novelty to…
I thank all those who participated in the first of today's Opposition day motions on violence against women and girls. It has been said repeatedly during the debate that we face a crisis in this society: that is true. I thank all those who participated in the debate and commend colleagues for the seriousness and depth…
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I support the DUP amendment on the serious issue of violence against women and girls. I highlight the fact that it is a societal problem that must never be tolerated, and it is our collective responsibility to protect the victims. Legal reforms must be carefully considered,…
Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I am responding to the debate on behalf of the Minister of Justice, and I wish her well. I know that she will be back in the Chamber as soon as she can. The Minister is grateful to the leader of the Opposition for tabling the important motion that is before the…
Change has been slow. That is all that I will say, because I have limited time. I send my solidarity to all women who have been impacted on by violence and threatening and abusive behaviour, including women in the Building who have spoken out in recent days such as the MP for Lagan Valley. We need to be careful about…
Will the Member recognise that legislation that was introduced in the previous mandate has brought about significant change as a result of the offences with which we can now charge perpetrators? Non-fatal strangulation is just one example. Although I recognise that he is passionate about the issue, as we all are, we…
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I support the motion. As Members have said, we should be horrified and outraged that 42 women have been murdered in the North in the past eight years. It should be a source of shame for the Executive that no meaningful progress has been made on tackling gender-based violence,…