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A Cheann Comhairle , with your permission, I will take questions 7 and 8 together. The Budget contained a range of announcements that affect local businesses in a variety of ways, depending on the characteristics of each individual business, including its size, location, which sector it operates in and how it chooses…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Autumn Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Autumn Budget
That is my clear intention. As I said, it is an injustice that that particular nettle has not been grasped before in the way in which it is currently being grasped. I am pleased to be able to do that in the position that I am now in and to work with other Departments that share my commitment to addressing the issue. I…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support
The Minister said that the situation for those young people was an "injustice". Given the seriousness of that, what reassurance can he give parents of young people with special educational needs that, by the end of the mandate, whether through legislation or by having better systems in place, there will be tangible…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support
That is our ambition. I am sure that all of us, through our constituency duties, have represented people who have fallen off the edge of the system and no longer get support post 19. I have committed to trying to address that in my Department, because we have responsibility for further and higher education and skills,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support
I thank the Minister for his work in that regard. If we do not have time to legislate or if legislation is not possible, what substantive measures are available to the Minister, maybe working collaboratively with the Education Minister and the Health Minister, to affect and change the lives of those young people, who…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support
The employment rights Bill consultation sought views on enhancing flexible working rights. Flexible working is an agreed way of meeting the needs of an employer and an employee through alternative approaches to working. It can enable those with caring responsibilities, disabilities or long-term health needs to access…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support
Minister, how will the employment rights Bill assist people with disabilities in the workplace?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support
It will be challenging, because the legislation is complex and crosses a number of Departments, and we have only two years left in the mandate. I have to be realistic. I have always said that, if it requires legislation, we should legislate to make sure that the provision is protected. It is an injustice that people…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support
I thank the Minister for his answer. Minister, you will be aware that Caleb's Cause is calling for post-19 SEN legislation to support those children. What confidence do you have that that legislation might be delivered in this mandate?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support
It is vital that every young person in our society is supported to achieve and flourish. Improving support for young people with special educational needs is a priority in my Department's business plan and the Executive's draft Programme for Government. My officials are scoping the existing skills and training…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Post-19 SEN Support
The Invest NI land strategy plan is not just about looking outside the greater Belfast area. We remain committed to growing the economy inside the greater Belfast area; we just want to do more to address regional imbalance beyond that. The land strategy will look at the location of strategic land. Of course, if we…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Invest NI Land: East Londonderry Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Invest NI Land: East Londonderry
The Minister has included a large section of my Lagan Valley constituency in the Belfast area, while his focus remains on subregional balance. However, Lisburn has next to no Invest NI land left to provide job opportunities for my constituents. What are the Minister and his Department doing to address that? Given our…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Invest NI Land: East Londonderry Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Invest NI Land: East Londonderry
We have set an overall target of 65% for growth outside the Belfast area. The local economic partnerships will drill down region by region to see how that economic growth is to be promoted, what the ambitions are and what targets are required. Invest NI is reorientating its regional presence to make sure that it works…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Invest NI Land: East Londonderry Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Invest NI Land: East Londonderry
Minister, East Derry is crying out for this investment and job creation. Can you detail any targets that the subregional plan will set for the region as a counterweight to Belfast?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Invest NI Land: East Londonderry Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Invest NI Land: East Londonderry
The energy — sorry, I am back at the previous question. The land strategy that has been developed by Invest NI will be significant in supporting regional balance, because, if we are to encourage development and growth across all areas in the North, we need to ensure that land is available on which to do that. Last…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Invest NI Land: East Londonderry Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Invest NI Land: East Londonderry
I thank the Minister for his answer. Minister, given your subregional economic plan and the recommendations to send £45 million to be dedicated to kick-starting the economy in that area, what engagement has your Department had with Invest NI to explore the use of the land across East Londonderry and the Causeway coast…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Invest NI Land: East Londonderry Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Invest NI Land: East Londonderry
Invest NI holds 126 acres of land across four business parks in the East Derry constituency, with two sites located in Coleraine and two in Limavady. A total of 57 acres of that land remains available to support new investment, with the remainder having been sold and developed in support of business investment.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Invest NI Land: East Londonderry Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Invest NI Land: East Londonderry
As I said, the Department's energy team sits jointly on a number of bodies with DFC. We give advice on the energy strategy, which will also inform the housing supply strategy from DFC. The energy strategy will very much focus on renewables and on ensuring that we have security and stability in our energy prices, as we…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy
Minister, I will follow on from the theme that we were exploring. How will you work with Minister Lyons and his officials to develop any new energy efficiency scheme, and how should any scheme designed as part of those efforts benefit everyone or as many people as possible, including those in the private rented sector?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy
My Department continues to work closely alongside the Utility Regulator and the Consumer Council to ensure that energy is affordable for all customers. We meet the price-controlled energy suppliers for natural gas and electricity to review tariffs quarterly. That is part of the Utility Regulator's regulatory processes…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy
The price of energy is one of the contributing factors to fuel poverty. What is DFE doing to reduce energy costs?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy
Our senior officials sit on the fuel poverty strategy board as well as the housing supply strategy board. We are encouraging the move away from fossil fuels. Not only does it make good economic sense, but it will be a key part of our targets for reducing carbon emissions. We will continue to engage. I met Minister…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy
Minister, you mentioned the decarbonisation of homes. That will go a long way to decarbonising Northern Ireland. What action have you taken with the Minister for Communities to ensure that steps are being taken to move houses away from fossil fuel dependency?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy
I will answer the second question first. Of course, we will look at that. A significant project relating to warm homes is being brought forward by the incoming British Government. I had correspondence on that recently and wrote back to the Minister responsible for it to see whether any synergies could be made there. I…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy
I thank the Minister for his answer. Minister, some two years ago, your predecessor, who is now the Communities Minister, indicated to me that the regulatory powers of the Utility Regulator would be reviewed under the energy supply strategy. Will you provide an update on that? If the Speaker will indulge me, will you…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fuel Poverty Strategy
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