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I welcome the Bill and the progress that it represents. Often, when we talk in the House about energy production, generation and storage, the conversation becomes technical, but at the heart of the Bill is ensuring that ordinary people can feel the benefits of it and see that money in their pockets. Particularly this…
I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Renewable Electricity Generation Bill and confirm that the SDLP will support the Bill at Second Stage. The legislation is important. It provides the basis for the renewable electricity price guarantee and, through contracts for difference, should provide greater certainty for…
I beg to move Members will be acutely aware of the impact that volatile fossil fuel prices are having on households and businesses. Events that are taking place far beyond our shores have had direct consequences for energy bills at home. We cannot control global fossil fuel markets, but we can reduce our dependence on…
First, I apologise to the House that I do not have a physical petition to present this morning, owing to the petitioners' flight logistics. The petition is on behalf of Pancreatic Cancer UK and its members in Northern Ireland. Each year in Northern Ireland, some 300 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Sadly,…
I send my good wishes and congratulations, those of Sinn Féin and, hopefully, those of the whole Assembly to Katie Taylor, not only on her incredible win in Croke Park on Saturday night but, more importantly, on her entire professional career as a female boxer. It is hard to measure the impact that she has had not…
I raise the ongoing failure to produce an anti-poverty strategy. The issue has been going on for a long time. At the first meeting of the Committee for Communities after the Assembly's restoration following the DUP's collapse of the institutions, I asked the Department about a timeline for bringing forward an…
I highlight the continual failure of the Executive to deal with the scourge of drugs on our streets. Drugs are destroying lives, families and our communities daily. That fact is often unspoken in the House, but it needs to be called out because of the huge damage that it causes to people throughout our communities. In…
Today, I want to talk about something that should concern every single Member in the Chamber: the growing failure to provide very basic NHS dental care. I will start with what is happening in my constituency of East Antrim. This summer, BUPA, an NHS dental provider in Carrickfergus, had to write to more than 2,000…
On Sunday week ago, Michelle O'Neill, the First Minister of "no alternative", spoke at the terror fest that is the national hunger strike commemoration, which glorifies the 10 terrorists who chose to kill themselves by starvation. In choosing death, those terrorists made a choice that they denied to innocent people.…
FlaggedLegacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarismCriteria met: Identity framing, Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
I rise today as a proud Orangewoman to push back and address the deeply offensive and baseless comments made by the Member for West Belfast Gerry Carroll in the House yesterday. Gerry Carroll stood in the Chamber and claimed that the Orange Order, as an organisation, despises women. He is fundamentally wrong, and his…
FlaggedSectarianism, hate crime and community relationsCriteria met: Identity framing, Cultural grievance politics, Controversy escalation.
I rise to acknowledge that Thursday 10 September marks World Suicide Prevention Day. As a member of the all-party group (APG) on suicide prevention, I highlight the significance of the day and the importance of continuing conversations around mental health and suicide prevention. I thank Ellen Finlay from the…
This summer, the farming community completely lost confidence in the Alliance Agriculture Minister, Andrew Muir. His catalogue of failures has annoyed so many, but that frustration tipped into anger and disgust following his Department's open-field shooting of 51 healthy cattle in Fivemiletown, leaving many healthy…
Last week, Queen's University Belfast and the Institute for Economics and Peace launched the positive peace report, and I thank them for their work on that. The report provides an important understanding of where we have made progress, where we have stalled and what we need to do next in Northern Ireland. Two of its…
Today, I welcome the reassuring presence of Royal Navy vessels at the heart of Belfast, as I did with the Royal Air Force when it was in our skies last week. Sometimes, reality makes a rather more powerful argument than rhetoric ever could. There is something wonderfully ironic about that because, while some Irish…
FlaggedConstitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereigntyCriteria met: Identity framing, Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh leis na daltaí go léir a fuair a gcuid torthaí TGMO agus Ardleibhéil tá cúpla seachtain ó shin. Tá siad beagnach réidh le blianta an dianstaidéir agus na dúthrachta agus iad anois ag dul i gceann aistear nua sa tsaol, bíodh sin trí oiliúint ghairmiúil, oideachas breise nó…
Miss Hargey asked the Minister for Communities, having noted that the end of the mandate is approaching, to state why the anti-poverty strategy has not been published.
Mr Boylan asked the Minister for Communities to state the outcome of the meeting that he had with representatives from the arts sector and whether he accepts their concerns.
Mr Clarke asked the Minister for Communities, given an interview that the Minister gave earlier today about the Alliance Party's Eóin Tennyson's Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill, whether he believes that it could criminalise parental behaviour in the home.
Ms Bradshaw asked the Minister for Communities, who will be aware that the Prime Minister and the Culture Secretary made some announcements through the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport over the summer that will result in Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland, to outline any work that he is doing…
Mr Durkan asked the Minister for Communities, having met artists and representatives from across the arts sector today, many of whom are in the Public Gallery, and noting that over 1,000 individuals and arts organisations have signed a letter of no confidence in the Minister in light of his failure to bring forward an…
Northern Ireland's hospital network and Emergency General Surgery at South West Acute Hospital That this Assembly regrets the continuing absence of a long-term vision for Northern Ireland’s hospital network, including the future role, function and service provision of the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH), and other…
Northern Ireland's hospital network and Emergency General Surgery at South West Acute Hospital That this Assembly regrets the continuing absence of a long-term vision for Northern Ireland’s hospital network, including the future role, function and service provision of the South West Acute Hospital (SWAH), and other…
No Confidence in the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs That this Assembly believes the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has lost the confidence of farmers, rural communities and the wider public; and calls on the Minister to resign.
No Confidence in the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs That this Assembly believes the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has lost the confidence of farmers, rural communities and the wider public; and calls on the Minister to resign.