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Numerous tourism statistics are published on the NISRA, Tourism Ireland and Tourism Northern Ireland websites. They range from trends in performance figures, tourism satellite accounts showing the sector's economic impact and consumer industry sentiment analysis to attraction and accommodation statistics, overseas…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Tourism Trends Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Tourism Trends
The root causes of homelessness are often multifaceted. Many who experience homelessness are also affected by addiction, relationship breakdown, poverty, disability and ill health, insecure work or unemployment. In my constituency of West Belfast, 4,100 households are on the social housing waiting list, and over 3,000…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024
I thank the Member for giving way. Has he ever been to one of those hotels? Does he understand that people have serious restrictions placed on their leaving and that the hotel cannot even cook for them? I therefore would not class those hotels as being hotels in any meaningful sense of the word.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024
The spectre of homelessness is currently unlikely to threaten anyone in the Chamber, but, as public representatives and legislators, it should greatly concern us all. I say that because, like all Members, I received a briefing paper from the Simon Community that highlights the fact that 58,241 people are currently…
Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers Criteria met: Sectarian or communal antagonism, Dog-whistle messaging.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024
While many of us excitedly prepare for the Christmas countdown, others face the harsh reality of keeping, or even getting, a roof over their heads. Recently, a mother reached out to my office after losing her private rented accommodation. Amid the chaos of packing up the furniture, searching for a new place to stay…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024
As has been mentioned, Homelessness Awareness Week is a week of social and educational events that aim to raise awareness of the reality of homelessness in Northern Ireland. Homeless Connect facilitates Homelessness Awareness Week on behalf of the sector. Held annually, it seeks to challenge the stigma around…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024
I support the motion and thank those who tabled it. I have spoken in support of similar motions in debates over the years, as a councillor in Belfast City Council and now as an MLA, and I find that, at times, they can become a bit academic. We must remember that these are people, families and friends facing the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024
I confirm the DUP's support for this cross-party motion highlighting Homelessness Awareness Week. Homelessness is a complex issue caused by factors relating to a person's personal circumstances and by wider factors beyond their control. The reality of homelessness covers a wide range of circumstances and includes…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024
I beg to move Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. This is Homelessness Awareness Week. It is time for change, time for action and time for a renewed commitment across the Chamber to address, once and for all, the prevalent issue of homelessness throughout each and every one of our communities. As we all know,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024 Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Homelessness Awareness Week 2024
The introduction of private finance in anything is deeply problematic, but, in the concept of justice, it is perplexing. How far do you intend that to go? How will you ensure that people are not encouraged to pick profitable cases and disregard others when it comes to justice?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme
I thank the Minister for her comprehensive statement. One of the greatest barriers to accessing justice in Northern Ireland can be the use and abuse of the judicial review process, particularly when it comes to major capital schemes being taken forward by government. I can think of a number of schemes in my…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme
Thank you, Minister. What previous reviews have been undertaken of criminal legal aid remuneration levels, and what uplifts were agreed as a result?
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Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht a ráitis. Minister, on Monday 12 May 1997, Seán Brown was abducted and murdered by loyalist paramilitaries. Have you made any representations to the British Government on the legacy legislation, which is denying so many people, including the Brown family, access to justice?
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I thank the Minister for her statement and her answers thus far. Minister, do you consider the current regulatory framework for the legal professions to be adequate? If not, what steps will you take to address that?
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I thank the Minister for her statement. Minister, you will be aware of concerns that have been expressed, particularly by those in the criminal legal professions about the viability of the service that they deliver. Will you outline to the House your Department's responsibility for the service's viability,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme
There were two questions. On the first, when it comes to legacy specifically, separate arrangements are being considered by the Northern Ireland Office and Treasury. It is a UK Government policy, not a DOJ policy. Therefore, the legal support that will or will not be offered to people going through, for example, the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme
Minister, although there is much in here that people will understand and sympathise with, there is some stuff to be concerned about too. Let us be transparent about your reform of the way that the taxing master works. I am not aware of any other situation in which the state can be on the other side of assessing the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme
Minister, further to John Blair's question, can you outline what proportion of the Northern Ireland population is currently eligible for legal aid? How does that compare with elsewhere on these islands?
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I note the Minister's comments regarding the increasing spend on legal aid here and her concerns around the sustainability of that trajectory. Can the Minister clarify our spend per head on legal aid in Northern Ireland and how that compares with elsewhere on these islands?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme
Minister, thank you very much for your statement to the House. The proposed reforms are well intentioned and address critical issues in the justice system. However, their success depends on clearly defined goals, realistic financial planning, effective stakeholder engagement and phased implementation. Addressing these…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme
I thank the Minister for her statement on enabling access to justice. In order to improve access to justice for those who are in greatest need and at greatest risk, which includes our women, our children, victims of abuse and people with a disability, the Minister mentioned that she planned to introduce a simpler,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme
The Minister will know that some of us have questioned legal aid's value for money, as well as the need to eradicate fraud and error and, importantly, to provide transparency, for some time. It was brought into stark contrast when nearly £150,000 was awarded to Gerry Adams through legal aid, but I would not ask the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. Has any analysis been undertaken of the comparison between legal aid assessed by the taxing master and that spent by PPS barristers on the same cases? Does the taxation system operate elsewhere on these islands?
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I thank the Minister for her statement, which is certainly wide-ranging. Minister, you will be aware of the alarming findings of the 2023-24 victims' survey by the Commissioner Designate for Victims of Crime, with only 7% of crime victims having confidence in your justice system and 50% being dissatisfied with the…
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I thank the Minister for her statement. It is important, and it will be good to get the delivery programme and timetable that she mentioned. My question follows on from her comments on Tom Burgess's report and the 16% uplift. It is good for that to be widened so that it applies across the legal aid profession, but the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enabling Access to Justice Programme
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