Mawrth, 13 Chwefror 2024
The Assembly met at 10:30 am (Speaker [Mr Poots] in the Chair). Members observed two minutes' silence.
If Members wish to make a statement, they should indicate that they wish to do so by rising continually in their place. Members who are called will have up to three minutes in which to make their...
I want to begin today by thanking the Education Minister for his speech yesterday and by taking this opportunity to engage with that. It was a very positive speech, and, for me, the key word that...
Thank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity to say a few words about Heart Health Month and National Heart Month. February is a month when charities and organisations across Northern Ireland and...
I want to draw the House's attention to Dr Stephen Taylor, a constituent of mine who is a Lisburn man born and bred. He has followed in the footsteps of Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell and has been...
I want to congratulate a local sports club in Fermanagh and South Tyrone that has just been crowned world champions for the second year in a row. It is in the lesser-known sport of tug of war,...
Since 1998, 70 people have lost their lives on the A5 road. The House has heard about that road on many occasions, but patience has worn thin. This week, we are optimistic that the new Minister,...
Cheann Comhairle, this is my first opportunity to address you as the Speaker of the House. I wish you all the very best in your new role. I take this opportunity to highlight a very significant...
I rise for the first time in this new mandate with a deep sense of pride. Mr Speaker, I congratulate you on your recent appointment to your new role and wish you well in it. It is a tremendous...
Ba mhaith liom cúrsaí reatha sa Phalaistín a léiriú sa ráiteas seo. [Translation: I will explain the current situation in Palestine in this statement.] This is the...
Mr Speaker, I did not get the opportunity yesterday to congratulate you on your elevation to Speaker, so I do so now. When I was a newly elected MLA, with a tiny baby in tow, you, along with my...
Sometimes, things are so barbaric and horrific to watch that we do not even know how to begin to speak about them — but speak out we must. I refer to what has been happening in Rafah and...
I welcome the opportunity to make a statement about the education of our children, which we all know is exceptionally important, and the ability of parents, at times, to get to schools. I am sure...
This week, within days of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and some of his nodding acolytes on the DUP Benches telling us that the Union had been restored, that Northern Ireland's place within it was secure...
I beg to move That Standing Order 20(1) be suspended for Tuesday 13 February 2024.
I beg to move That this Assembly calls on the Minister of Health, working with his Executive colleagues, to bring forward, as a priority, a fully budgeted women’s health strategy that...
I beg to move That this Assembly recognises the vital importance of Lough Neagh to our environment, ecology and drinking water supply; further recognises its importance to tourism, fishing and...
In conjunction with the Business Committee, the Speaker has given leave to Emma Sheerin to raise the matter of domiciliary care packages in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust. The Member...
