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To ask the Minister for Communities, further to his statement on the Integrated Advice Partnership Fund, to detail the amount of financial support the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area will receive.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the amount that has been recovered (i) voluntarily; and (ii) through court action, of monies lost to tenancy fraud in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the Renters’ Voice No-Fault Eviction survey findings that states that 62 per cent of respondents said they had delayed reporting a repair to their landlord or letting agent for fear of being evicted.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the Simon Community submission to the consultation on the draft Programme for Government, which states that it is concerned with the lack of detail, outcomes, milestones and measurable targets within the draft.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on all social housing improvement schemes in the Foyle constituency, including (i) the nature of the improvement; and (ii) the time frame for completion.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the financial support his Department has provided to community and voluntary sector organisations in the Foyle constituency in each of the last five years, broken down by organisation.
I thank the Member for giving way. She makes a valid point, particularly pointing at the Minister of Finance, given that it was the Minister's party that was so appalled by RHI — they shared our frustration with what was happening — that it collapsed the institutions. Does the Member agree that it is shocking that…
I thank the Member for giving way. This is a debate on RHI, which is really serious, and we have had very serious contributions from the DUP, from the Ulster Unionists, from me, from Sinn Féin and from People Before Profit about this debate, yet the SDLP — the official Opposition — has chosen to attack Alliance…
Thanks, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I thank all Members who contributed to the debate. Many recognised that the RHI report released last month by the Audit Office was sobering. It was a reminder of the serious failures in governance and oversight that continue to plague the administration of the RHI scheme. It…
I very much appreciate the Minister's giving way. I want to ask about the broader question of reform, including removing the veto and stopping this institution collapsing. Earlier this year, the First Minister and the former Finance Minister, Conor Murphy — the Minister's colleague — said that they were up for a…
Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I welcome the opportunity presented by the debate to update Members on the action taken following the RHI inquiry report and to set out some of the significant progress made to date. At the same time, I recognise that more work needs to be done. I am committed to…
As we have heard, the Audit Office found that only 26 of 42 recommendations from the RHI inquiry report have been implemented more than four years after its conclusion and at a cost of tens of millions of pounds to the taxpayer, and that, based on the action to date, it is unlikely that all the inquiry's…
Every time Stormont collapses and comes back, the public are assured and promised that it is the dawning of a new day for the institutions and that things will be different this time around. Following the publication of the RHI inquiry report, the then First Minister, Arlene — now Baroness — Foster, in a debate in the…
I thank the Member for giving way. He makes important and valid points. Maybe the Minister will shine some light on the fact that the subcommittee that was established to ensure that the recommendations were implemented has not met in this mandate. Does the Member agree that that is appalling, given what was at stake…
In any other place in the world, the story of a state-subsidised scheme to encourage renewable heat would be a humdrum filler. It would appeal to a small section of people and would not encourage much by way of interest or remarkable headlines. Yet, somehow or another, only a few years ago, that very matter was the…
I thank the Member for giving way and for drawing attention to some of the clear failings. Will the Member agree that this stinks of lessons that have not been learned by the Civil Service and Departments across Northern Ireland, given the huge crisis that was inflicted on our people as a result of RHI a few years ago?
The following point has been missing from this debate so far. It is important to note that there are many hard-working individuals in the Northern Ireland Civil Service who contribute daily and substantially to society, but they, just like everyone else, are being failed, and the Northern Ireland Civil Service is in…
I thank the Members who tabled the motion, which addresses the Northern Ireland Audit Office's second report on progress made on implementing the RHI public inquiry recommendations. The motion also addresses the critical need for good governance, scrutiny and — here is that word again — transparency in the Assembly. I…
I am happy to be accused of ranting but I want to ask something specific since we are having a debate about achieving things. The Member's party put out a response to the Programme for Government yesterday. Why did none of that response, which was made public, call for specific, measurable reform proposals to be in…