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  6. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    I am delighted that Mr Buckley has given way and given me the opportunity to challenge some of his assertions around cross-community voting and the context in which it is applied in the Assembly. He and his party appear to be saying that cross-community consent applies to all constitutional issues. Does he acknowledge…

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  11. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    • Mrs Naomi Long Alliance
    • Private Members' Business
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for giving way. I am presuming that he has read his party's manifestos from 2016, 2017 and 2022, all of which called for reform of the institutions. In fact, the earlier ones actually called for voluntary coalition. Does the Member now demur from those positions?

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  12. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    What is today's debate all about? Is it a genuine attempt to give Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly a democratic say in the laws that govern them? Or is it merely parliamentary parlour games, giving lip service to the basic tenets of democratic concepts? Members, be under no illusion: today's debate, today's…

    Flagged Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty Criteria met: Identity framing, Dog-whistle messaging.

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  13. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    I beg to move Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), in a report analysing the impact of Brexit, concluded that the post-Brexit relationship between Britain and the EU: "will reduce long-run productivity by 4 per cent relative to remaining in the EU." It stated: "Both…

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  14. Debate contribution: A1 Junctions Phase 2

    • Mr John O'Dowd SF
    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I do not have a list of the junctions in front of me, but the A1 junctions phase 2 scheme aims to provide further safety improvements along the A1 dual carriageway between Hillsborough and Loughbrickland. I am more than happy to provide the Member with the detail that she requires.

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  16. Debate contribution: A1 Junctions Phase 2

    • Mr John O'Dowd SF
    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    If the Member wishes to write to me about her constituent's experience, I will be more than happy to receive that correspondence and take a look at it. That would be important. As the Member says, I announced this morning that the second stage invitation for tenders will take place in spring 2025, following the…

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  17. Debate contribution: A5: Enabling and Vesting Works

    • Mr John O'Dowd SF
    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    There is no legal impediment to the Department continuing the works on the A5. That is the process that we will now commence. The cost of delays to the A5 going beyond next spring will run to tens of millions of pounds, not to mention the road safety implications of continuing delays. My Department will proceed within…

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  19. Debate contribution: A5: Enabling and Vesting Works

    • Mr John O'Dowd SF
    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    Planned works will proceed. There is no legal injunction to prevent us moving ahead with planned works, and, given the cost of delay to that project, it is only right and prudent that we move ahead as planned.

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  20. Debate contribution: Planning: Merrow Hotel and Spa Complex

    • Mr John O'Dowd SF
    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I assure the Member that I am acutely aware of the importance of the application and the upcoming major event that is being planned. However, all planning applications have to be given a fair and equal hearing, and that is exactly what is happening with that application.

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  21. Debate contribution: Planning: Merrow Hotel and Spa Complex

    I thank the Minister for that answer. I acknowledge that he is working hard on the matter, but it is an approval that was issued by Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and is waiting for a call-in from your Department. Hopefully, the matter will be resolved soon so that the hotel can be completed for the 153rd…

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  22. Debate contribution: Planning: Merrow Hotel and Spa Complex

    • Mr John O'Dowd SF
    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    The matter has, understandably, been raised with me on several occasions. My officials are working their way through the application, and, when they are in a position to make a recommendation to me, they will do so.

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  23. Debate contribution: MOT Delays

    • Mr John O'Dowd SF
    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    The Member will be aware that we are now engaged in legal proceedings with the company that was providing the equipment to Mallusk and Hydebank. I hope that those legal proceedings will be resolved as soon as possible, and we will then have a greater indication of the capacity in the system. The Member is right: it…

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  25. Debate contribution: MOT Delays

    • Mr John O'Dowd SF
    • Oral Answers to Questions
    • As a minister

    I expect that, by early spring of next year, the measures that I have taken on exemptions will have had their full impact and we will therefore see a significant reduction in the delays in people receiving their MOT dates. There are still delays in some areas. My mailbox on the issue has significantly reduced over the…

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