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I thank the Minister for her answers thus far. Minister, how can we increase the number of banking hubs here?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Banking Hubs Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Banking Hubs
As I understand it, banking hubs are owned by Cash Access UK, which is a company set up by banks and others and operated by the Post Office. The location of banking hubs is established following an assessment of need by Link, which runs the main cash machine network, and people will be familiar with it. How Link…
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I wish you well on your recent appointment, Minister. The current criteria for assessing the need for banking hubs are quite rigid . Does the Minister have any plans to review the criteria for banking hub eligibility?
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I am deeply concerned about the impact of bank branch closures on local communities, particularly in our rural towns and villages. I have written to the main local banks that operate here, calling for a meeting to discuss how access to vital banking services can be maintained. Increasing the roll-out of banking hubs…
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I think that we all share the view that a decade of Tory austerity has done huge damage to our public services, and I certainly agree that it is vital that we have all the fiscal levers that we can at our disposal. That is why we included additional fiscal powers in the joint Executive letter that was sent to the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fiscal Framework/Revenue Raising: Treasury Engagement Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fiscal Framework/Revenue Raising: Treasury Engagement
Minister, there is a widely shared view that one effect of Tory economic policy towards the North over the past 14 years has been to turn this region into an economic backwater. Do you agree that the transfer of maximum fiscal powers is essential to economic growth and stability here, and will you press that case at…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fiscal Framework/Revenue Raising: Treasury Engagement Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fiscal Framework/Revenue Raising: Treasury Engagement
I am still awaiting clarity from Treasury as to what funding has been re-profiled, so I will raise that with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury tomorrow. I share the concerns that the Education Minister has set out. These are important projects. As the Member will know, no Executive parties had anything to do with…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fiscal Framework/Revenue Raising: Treasury Engagement Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fiscal Framework/Revenue Raising: Treasury Engagement
I am sure that the Minister will agree that integrated education can be truly transformative for society as a whole. At your meeting with the Treasury tomorrow, will you urge it to reverse its decision to remove ring-fenced funding, and, if it refuses to do so, will you work with the Education Minister to ensure that…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fiscal Framework/Revenue Raising: Treasury Engagement Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fiscal Framework/Revenue Raising: Treasury Engagement
As the Member will know, we have quite a tight time frame within which we need to set the rate to ensure that rates bills go out for the beginning of April. Hopefully, I will discuss with Executive colleagues this week the rate for the incoming financial year. It would not be appropriate for me to have those…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fiscal Framework/Revenue Raising: Treasury Engagement Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fiscal Framework/Revenue Raising: Treasury Engagement
Minister, Executive Ministers have said various contradictory things about revenue raising, some in print and some verbally. As a constructive Opposition, we have said that we do not think that it would be appropriate to impose punishing new rises on the people of Northern Ireland this year. The Executive will meet…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fiscal Framework/Revenue Raising: Treasury Engagement Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fiscal Framework/Revenue Raising: Treasury Engagement
With the Speaker's permission, I will answer questions 1 and 7 together. I have written to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury setting out my significant concerns in relation to elements of the financial package, including the stipulations on revenue raising. I am meeting the Chief Secretary to the Treasury tomorrow,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Fiscal Framework/Revenue Raising: Treasury Engagement Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Fiscal Framework/Revenue Raising: Treasury Engagement
Will the Member give way?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: All-island Rail Network Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: All-island Rail Network
I take the opportunity to speak on the motion, and I thank those who tabled it. Over the past number of weeks in the Chamber, I have heard a lot about regional imbalance in the north-west. For decades, our local economy in Fermanagh has been stifled due to lack of investment and infrastructure. Tourism is a key…
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Clarification?
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I fully understand and appreciate what the Member is saying, but does he accept that if you do not have a rail line, it is very difficult to enjoy the benefits of rail travel?
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Will the Member give way?
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As an Alliance infrastructure spokesperson, I take the opportunity to welcome the motion and the amendment. Rail services are an important driver of our economy and are key to enhancing connectivity and social capital, particularly in those rural towns and villages that are under-served by public transport options.…
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I thank the Member for giving way. I am conscious that it is the same for the Carrickfergus line as it is for the Bangor line. One key aspect that we need to see is an increase in the night-time economy. There is limited access to trains and buses. Does the Member agree that we should see an increase to those services…
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There is no doubt that transport connectivity and a modern and accessible rail network are vital to economic growth, job creation, developing tourism, building houses and social cohesion. That connectivity is crucial, whether that be east-west or, indeed, North/South. I very much welcome the commitment in the Union…
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I will address the motion by making three separate points. The first issue that I want to deal with is the all-Ireland rail review. My party and I welcome that as a key strategic part of putting things in the right direction here and looking at rail across the island on a strategic platform. It is also an opportunity…
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I agree with a lot of what the Member has said and with his point about the fact that we need institutional political stability to deliver big things, whether health reform or growth of the rail network. Will he agree that it would be helpful if the First Minister and deputy First Minister would confirm that they will…
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Will the Member give way?
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I thank the proposers of the motion and the amendment. We will support both. Our rail network has been the victim of chronic underinvestment over many years in terms of the existing infrastructure and diversification away from a carbon-emitting fleet but particularly in terms of a lack of network in the west of the…
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I thank the Member for giving way. One of the key issues here is that we do not have connectivity to our airports. Rail could be a game changer: we could open up the International Airport, for example, and improve the tourism offering as a result.
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— and I always hear complaints about rail infrastructure and public transport when I make the journey to the north-west. As Alliance Party infrastructure spokesperson, I have called for the Assembly to start thinking progressively about our infrastructure and about how sustained investment in our public transport…
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