Assembly Debates raise awareness of topical and/or specific local issues. This category will promote those debates that are in the wider public interest.
https://youtu.be/crWRbE7Osm4 Executive Committee Business – Inquiry, Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses and Redress Scheme Bill
https://youtu.be/DoZx68GDz0Y Chairperson of the Committee for Communities, Colm Gildernew, proposes a motion that, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the Committee Stage of the Sign Language Bill is extended to 13 February 2026. This recording is accompanied with ISL interpretation. View the Official Report written transcript
https://youtu.be/QuDzKNZPCzg Chairperson of the Committee for Communities, Colm Gildernew, proposes a motion that, in accordance with Standing Order 33(4), the Committee Stage of the Sign Language Bill is extended to 13 February 2026. This recording is accompanied with BSL interpretation. Read the Official Report written transcript
https://youtu.be/nD9wcq6_aQE Watch Members contribute to the adjournment debate on International Women’s Day 2025. The following was proposed by MLAs Claire Sugden, Paula Bradshaw, Carál Ní Chuilín and Diane Dodds: That this Assembly welcomes the theme of Accelerate Action for International Women’s Day 2025; recognises that focusing on the need to accelerate action emphasises the importance… Continue Reading Motion: International Women’s Day 2025, Tuesday 4 March 2025
https://youtu.be/awy37biYEBc Motion: Programme for Government Proposed: That this Assembly approves the Programme for Government 2024-2027 as agreed by the Executive. The Executive Office View the Programme for Government
https://youtu.be/7PpY49gakRw Minister for Communities Gordon Lyons moves the Second Stage of the Sign Language Bill, followed by Members debating the Bill. This recording is accompanied by simultaneous translation in BSL (interpreter on the right) and ISL (interpreter on the left). You can also read the Official Report transcript of the debate.
https://youtu.be/aRsv915Z6kE The Sign Language Bill is introduced in the Assembly Chamber by Minister for Communities, Gordon Lyons. The Bill will now move to its Second Stage. This short recording showing the Bill being introduced, is interpreted in ISL (interpreter on left) and BSL (interpreter on right). Read the Official Report transcript of the Bill being… Continue Reading Introduction of the Sign Language Bill, Monday 10 February 2025 (with BSL and ISL)
Watch MLAs debate and vote on a motion on the Democratic Consent Resolution on Tuesday 10 December 2024. The motion proposed that Articles 5 to 10 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the EU withdrawal agreement should continue to apply during the new continuation period (within the meaning of Schedule 6A to the Northern… Continue Reading Motion: Democratic Consent Resolution Tuesday 10 December 2024
https://youtu.be/GJR9mxEZvHU PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS Motion: Support for Deaf Children Mr Robbie ButlerMr John StewartMr Andy AllenMs Diana Armstrong