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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Relationships and Sexuality Education Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Relationships and Sexuality Education
I beg to move I am grateful to have the opportunity to open the debate on this motion, a debate that will, no doubt, spark some passionate views across the House but one that I hope we can conduct with the respect that is due. The first time that we discussed anything to do with relationships and sexuality at my…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Relationships and Sexuality Education Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Relationships and Sexuality Education
I thank the Member for giving way. I hope that he agrees that we have heard a very positive and welcome intervention from the Minister on how we process injury on duty and ill health retirement requests. It follows a welcome contribution by the Chief Constable at the previous Policing Board meeting. He seems to be up…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ramming of Police Vehicles: South Armagh Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ramming of Police Vehicles: South Armagh
I thank the Member for being so generous as to give way again. I may have misspoken when I talked about careless driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. I think that it came across that I meant that the maximum sentence was four years. It is 14 years, and the intention is to raise it to 20. I wanted to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ramming of Police Vehicles: South Armagh Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ramming of Police Vehicles: South Armagh
I thank the Member for giving way. I am aware of the concerns on that as I recently received a letter from the Policing Board on it. I am more than happy to meet the Member to discuss it directly, because I am aware of the concerns. Not all of them lie with the Department, but I am certainly open to having a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ramming of Police Vehicles: South Armagh Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ramming of Police Vehicles: South Armagh
I thank all those who took part in today's debate. Much focus and reference has been given to the political motivation. When Mike Nesbitt spoke, he set the scene well: many of us took the opportunity to visit Crossmaglen, and he, quite rightly, talked about the conditions that those officers were expected to work in.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ramming of Police Vehicles: South Armagh Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ramming of Police Vehicles: South Armagh
Thank you. The BBC report from December 2023, which cites a 50% increase in injuries to officers because of their vehicles being deliberately rammed, states that the crashes happened mostly in north and west Belfast, Derry and border areas such as south Armagh. The figure of 77 is for the number of officers injured…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ramming of Police Vehicles: South Armagh Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ramming of Police Vehicles: South Armagh
I also declare an interest as a member of the Policing Board.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ramming of Police Vehicles: South Armagh Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ramming of Police Vehicles: South Armagh
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. When we left the debate, we were discussing whether anything could be done about people using vehicles as weapons, which is what I was about to move on to. Currently, as I said, there are a number of sentences that can be applied in the case of attacks on police. However, for offences…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Ramming of Police Vehicles: South Armagh Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Ramming of Police Vehicles: South Armagh
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. During Justice questions, I asked the Minister about movements at the top of the Civil Service, including her Department. Will you confirm whether it is in order for a Member to ask a Minister about personnel changes in the Senior Civil Service and the leadership of their Departments?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Afforestation Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Afforestation Strategy
Northern Ireland is one of the least forested areas in western Europe. The ultimate objective is to address that for two reasons: the first is the impact on the environment of that situation, and the second is our climate change obligations. Afforestation provides us with a real opportunity to deliver on our legal…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Afforestation Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Afforestation Strategy
I have met farmers and the Ulster Farmers' Union, so, frankly, I do not know where that is coming from. I engage with people regularly and am well known as a listening Minister and one who is prepared to act. If you want that meeting, I can arrange it this week.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: TB Intervention Strategy: UFU Meeting Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: TB Intervention Strategy: UFU Meeting
I understand that the meeting is dedicated to discussion of TB. Given that 89,000 beef and dairy cattle have been culled in the past five years, it is concerning. Farmers are concerned that you have not met them. You have not met the Ulster Farmers' Union and the Veterinary Service on the specific issue.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: TB Intervention Strategy: UFU Meeting Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: TB Intervention Strategy: UFU Meeting
I thank the Member for his question. I have had hundreds of meeting requests and am trying to accommodate them. It is important that I meet the Ulster Farmers' Union and other bodies associated with the TB strategy to discuss interventions that could be made on it. I am keen to facilitate that, and, if the Member…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: TB Intervention Strategy: UFU Meeting Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: TB Intervention Strategy: UFU Meeting
We are all aware of the issues associated with Lough Neagh. We need funding for engagement and education on the causes of this, particularly on agricultural run-off. We also need to provide incentivisation and to put resources into enforcement. If we do not fund any of that, what do people expect will happen to Lough…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: DAERA: Budgetary Requirements Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: DAERA: Budgetary Requirements
I thank the Minister for his answer. The Minister touched on Lough Neagh. Will he please outline the impact that inadequate funding will have on his ability to tackle the issues associated with the lough?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: DAERA: Budgetary Requirements Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: DAERA: Budgetary Requirements
I thank the Member for her question. I am conscious that decisions on the Budget that Northern Ireland faces will involve all Ministers making difficult choices. I will not shy away from those decisions, and I am not known for doing that. I am keen to ensure that, as an Executive, we are successful in setting a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: DAERA: Budgetary Requirements Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: DAERA: Budgetary Requirements
It is something I am keen on. I did not anticipate taking up this Ministry, but I now have responsibility for delivering the legislation. Dereliction in our town and city centres has a real impact because it does not help deliver regeneration; it delivers quite the opposite. The regeneration powers sit with the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Dilapidation Bill: Progress Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Dilapidation Bill: Progress
I thank the Minister for his response. The Minister expressed interest when there was an incident at the George Best Hotel in Belfast. In the context of a new Bill, does the Minister envisage any overlap with DFC on urban development and the use of other grants for vacant and derelict buildings and land?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Dilapidation Bill: Progress Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Dilapidation Bill: Progress
I thank the Member for her question. I am keen to progress the Bill. It is ready to go, and I am waiting for the Executive to agree their legislative programme.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Dilapidation Bill: Progress Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Dilapidation Bill: Progress
I entirely agree. When we see a decline, that points to a concern about our environment, and we should be very conscious of that. That is why I encourage initiatives that address those issues. The work across Northern Ireland on those matters is to be encouraged and is something my Department is keen to support.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Honeybees Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Honeybees
Thank you, Minister. Will you agree that the decline that we have seen in pollinators such as honeybees is concerning?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Honeybees Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Honeybees
My Department is responsible for three actions in the all-Ireland pollinator plan. My Department funds organisations such as Buglife and Butterfly Conservation to undertake actions to provide habitats for pollinators. My officials support and coordinate guidance publications to promote the all-Ireland pollinator…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Honeybees Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Honeybees
Apologies. I was trying to face Mr Allister and be polite, but I will speak into the microphone. I am not aware of whether a direction has been issued. Perhaps I am not the person to ask. It is probably the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, because, when a direction is issued to officials in…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations 2024: Consultation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations 2024: Consultation
The implementation regulations give the Secretary of State power to issue instructions or directions. Have any such instructions of directions been issued, and, if and when they are, how will the Assembly know that?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations 2024: Consultation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations 2024: Consultation
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