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  2. Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay

    I thank the Member for giving way. I do, however, take some exception with his description of the SDLP's performance when in government as "woeful". Could he perhaps highlight any example of that woefulness that compares with the loss of over £600 million of taxpayers' money, as happened with the RHI, which was…

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  3. Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay

    I am really enjoying this Opposition day for a number of reasons. One is that I like the idea of an Opposition. I believe that this place has been lacking because we did not have one, so I like the idea of having an Opposition and Opposition days. For the process of democracy, it is only right that the Executive be…

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  5. Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay

    I can safely say that, given Members' speeches, no one in the Chamber would disagree that our public-sector workers should get the pay increase that they well and truly deserve. As other Members have said, we have witnessed, particularly in recent years, during COVID, that it was our front-line public-sector workers…

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  6. Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay

    Over recent weeks, a lot has been said in the Chamber and on the airwaves about public-sector pay. The debate will likely replicate much of that. Thankfully, in recent days and weeks, real progress has been made on resolving many of the public-sector pay disputes, and many unions are consulting their memberships on…

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  7. Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay

    I thank the Member for giving way. Does the Member agree that, in addition to the damage that was done in the past two years, going back to 2019, when I was diagnosed with cancer and nurses went on strike, I, along with many other people with very serious illnesses and diseases in Northern Ireland, was treated…

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  8. Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay

    One of the most shameful outworkings of successive periods of suspension of the House in recent years has been the degradation of public-sector pay for some of our most essential workers. Take our nurses as one example. In December 2019, the Royal College of Nursing was forced to commence strike action for the first…

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  9. Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay

    Public-sector workers deserve fair pay in return for the vital contribution that they make to delivering essential front-line services across the Province. That includes all groups of public-sector workers, with none left behind. Public-sector workers also deserve honesty as to what can be afforded and delivered at…

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  10. Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay

    Beidh Sinn Féin ag tacú leis an rún. Ní mór gach féidireacht agus ardán a ghlacadh le infheistíocht agus acmhainní a mhealladh go dtí an áit seo ar leas an phobail. Lena chois sin, tá malairt slí de dhíth. Last week, I said that an effect of Tory policy in the North was to turn this region into an economic backwater.…

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  11. Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay

    As we know, during the worst excesses of COVID, our health service workers were at the coalface, helping to save people's lives. Does the Member agree that many of those people are emotionally and mentally fatigued as a result of that, and that they deserve much more than claps?

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  13. Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay

    I beg to move I see no more critical issue for the House than this. Over the past number of weeks, months and, indeed, years, colleagues from across the House will have stood on picket lines with our public-sector workers: our nurses, our doctors, our healthcare workers, our teachers, classroom assistants and teaching…

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  14. Debate contribution: Nexus NI

    • Mr Robin Swann UUP
    • Question for Urgent Oral Answer
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for his question. I refer back to my response to Miss McAllister's question about when the contract and procurement were actually paused. Those decisions were taken without ministerial input. What has happened today shows the advantage that this place has: when concerns are raised in the House,…

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  16. Debate contribution: Nexus NI

    • Mr Robin Swann UUP
    • Question for Urgent Oral Answer
    • As a minister

    As the Member has the update about the tendering process, I am sure that she will be aware that the decision to pause it was taken before my time. There has been ongoing engagement with Nexus on current provision. I look forward to working in partnership with Nexus in the next year to make sure that service delivery…

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  17. Debate contribution: Nexus NI

    Thank you, Minister, for your answers so far and for the extension. I am sure that service users, specifically those who are on the waiting list, will be glad to hear that. I am concerned about a few things that have been said. Members were informed that a tendering process had been started but was then paused. If…

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  18. Debate contribution: Nexus NI

    Like everyone else in the House, I am relieved and gladdened to hear of that extension for Nexus. What worried most of us was the loss of that specialist service for people who have suffered in such a violent and terrible way. Will the Minister assure the House that, going forward, we will not think of putting people…

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  19. Debate contribution: Nexus NI

    • Ms Connie Egan Alliance
    • Question for Urgent Oral Answer

    I thank the Minister for coming to the House today. It is excellent news that this has been extended for one year. For clarity, over the weekend, I spoke to victims and survivors of abuse, and the impact and the need for these services is absolutely essential. Can he please confirm that everybody on the waiting list…

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  21. Debate contribution: Nexus NI

    • Mr Robin Swann UUP
    • Question for Urgent Oral Answer
    • As a minister

    I thank the Member for that point, because that is crucial in regard to my announcement about extending the contract for a year. I want to see improved services and delivery, and my officials have been engaging with Nexus over the past few months to make sure that we close the gap between what we expect — what we are…

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  22. Debate contribution: Nexus NI

    I reiterate the words of Cara Hunter: this is very, very welcome news. Like the Member, I met a number of people who are survivors of sexual violence and require the services of Nexus. Some of them did not get any services because there were none there, and we want to ensure that that never happens again. In the same…

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  23. Debate contribution: Nexus NI

    Minister, this was originally a three-year contract, but it has been extended twice and, now, a third time, which I very much welcome. However, how did we find ourselves in the position where Nexus was contacting MLAs, with less than a month of the contract to go, to suggest that services will come to an end? Has your…

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  24. Debate contribution: Nexus NI

    I really, really welcome that, Minister. It is really fantastic news. Over the weekend, I spoke at length with survivors and victims of sexual violence, and, understandably, it was very triggering for them. How can we make sure that this never happens again and that there is never again a gap?

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  25. Debate contribution: Nexus NI

    • Mr Robin Swann UUP
    • Question for Urgent Oral Answer
    • As a minister

    I want to reassure Members of my recognition of the absolute importance of sufficient specialist counselling for victims of sexual abuse. I can advise the Assembly that Nexus was awarded a three-year contract in April 2019 to provide a specialist counselling service for victims of sexual abuse, with an option for two…

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