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Minister, you touched on the fact that some work is under way on the Executive to try to deliver pay awards for public-sector workers. Can you go into any other detail on what work is being done behind the scenes to make sure that those pay awards can be secured?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay
In the absence of a Budget, we have not secured a pathway to public-sector pay uplifts. I continue to explore all options and have been engaging with the Executive's legal advisers. Without breaching confidentiality, I can say that there has been substantial discussion around the Executive table on the matter. I…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay
Minister, you said in your initial answer that the Executive cannot conclude public-sector pay deals without setting a Budget, and the Executive have not set a Budget. Will you confirm for public-sector workers who want to know when they will get their pay deal that, unless the Executive agree a Budget, they cannot…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay
Pressures across Departments in the current financial year are around £1·6 billion, while the offer that is currently on the table is around £525 million, so the Member can see that there is quite a significant gap. Public-sector pay alone is £500 million or thereabouts, and any settlement or agreement has to include…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay
I thank the Minister for his response. What additional funding is required, beyond the current offer from the UK Government, in order to put the Executive's finances on a solid and sustainable footing?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay
We would not have public services without public-sector workers to deliver them. I recognise that it is essential that our public-sector workers be appropriately rewarded. That is why my priority is to secure a mechanism to enable delivery of public-sector pay awards. In normal circumstances, public-sector pay policy…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Public-sector Pay
We recognise how deeply personal baby loss is and how important it is to bereaved families to have the certificate. My Department therefore continues to work closely with organisations and with health and social care trusts to raise awareness of the baby loss certificate scheme sensitively and compassionately. The…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Baby Loss Certificate Scheme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Baby Loss Certificate Scheme
Minister, I thank you and your officials for all the work that you have done on that important scheme. It has certainly made a difference in the lives of the parents who have come to me in my constituency. Can you highlight exactly what your Department has done to promote the important baby loss certificate scheme?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Baby Loss Certificate Scheme Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Baby Loss Certificate Scheme
Since the baby loss certificate scheme was launched on 22 June 2026, the General Register Office (GRO) has processed and issued nearly 8,300 certificates. As we mark Baby Loss Awareness Week, I want to recognise all those who have experienced the loss of a baby and the families who continue to carry that loss. No…
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It is only right and proper that all our workers are paid fairly and properly and that, when it comes to the real living wage, the workers who have been left behind are brought up to the level of that wage. I will do everything in my power, working with Executive colleagues and the Health Minister, to make that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Health Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Health Funding
Minister, do you agree that it is for the Health Minister to ensure that the real living wage is awarded to our social care workers, particularly given that it has now been promised for almost two years, and that he must find that money from within his budget, however he does that, given that he made that commitment…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Health Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Health Funding
My priority in setting our Budget in the short time ahead is for nurses, teachers and other public-sector workers to receive their pay uplift and the minimum living wage. That is a priority. The focus for us all in the time ahead has to be to agree a mechanism to ensure that teachers, nurses and other public-sector…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Health Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Health Funding
Minister, if the funding has not been earmarked, can you update us on how the Health Minister will ensure that our hard-working domiciliary care staff will get the real living wage that has been promised to them?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Health Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Health Funding
Until the Budget is in place, it is not possible to make any additional allocations to Departments. The Member will know that decisions on allocations to individual Departments are for the Executive as a whole. I recently met the Health Minister to discuss the significant budgetary pressures facing our health service.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Health Funding Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Health Funding
We will continue to miss out on that, as will our local businesses. There is a huge opportunity for the fund to be an economic driver here in allowing businesses, local authorities and Departments to invest. In my opinion, that comes down to a misunderstanding of how Administrations work here and elsewhere. I will…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Wealth Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Wealth Fund
Can you clarify whether the Executive would miss out on some investment if the British Government do not grant access to the National Wealth Fund?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Wealth Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Wealth Fund
That function would largely fall under the Department for the Economy. As I said, we have been engaging with the British Government on this for some time, and I have no doubt that the Budget will arise later in Question Time. It has also formed part of the Budget discussions. There appears to be a lack of…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Wealth Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Wealth Fund
I thank the Minister for his answer and for confirming that he has made representations on this. The National Wealth Fund provides much potential for many here. You have outlined your view that funding should be based on merit, but the reality is that public authorities and businesses in Northern Ireland are placed at…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Wealth Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Wealth Fund
The issue has been raised on a number of occasions with the British Government as part of wider discussions on the Executive's Budget and funding arrangements. I have been clear that we must have fair and equal access to the fund and that we should not be disadvantaged simply because our governance structures are…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Wealth Fund Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Wealth Fund
I do not have those figures to hand and do not know whether they are available. If they are, I will make them available to you. I am aware of the issue. I deal with those matters in my constituency and see the complexities that residents have to deal with. I hope to simplify that and bring in protections for them, but…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Residential Properties: Regulation of Management Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Residential Properties: Regulation of Management
I thank the Finance Minister for the update. It is a really important issue for my constituents in South Belfast. Minister, do you have any idea of how many management company structures there are in Northern Ireland? The issues are complex. I have worked on five or six cases with different problems with management…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Residential Properties: Regulation of Management Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Residential Properties: Regulation of Management
I can give them the comfort that work is now under way to give them the legal protections that they require under the law. As I said to the original questioner, it is a hugely complex area. Land law and property law here differ from England and elsewhere. You cannot simply lift legislation and transfer it over. We…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Residential Properties: Regulation of Management Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Residential Properties: Regulation of Management
Those who live in apartments, especially but not exclusively, often encounter a convoluted management structure that leaves them feeling powerless. Minister, you previously said that a registration scheme for management agents could be progressed during the mandate. You outlined some of the progress that has been…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Residential Properties: Regulation of Management Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Residential Properties: Regulation of Management
My priority is to ensure that the foundations for reform are firmly established. I expect the dedicated team to be in place within the coming months and to begin detailed policy development and stakeholder engagement. It is preparatory work to help ensure that the informed policy proposals can be taken forward and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Residential Properties: Regulation of Management Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Residential Properties: Regulation of Management
This is an important issue, particularly in my constituency of South Belfast, where there are many residential apartment blocks. Can you outline the progress that you hope to achieve before the next Assembly election?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Residential Properties: Regulation of Management Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Residential Properties: Regulation of Management
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