Final Stage: Housing (Amendment) Bill – Tuesday 30 June 2020

https://youtu.be/LHyfKD8gIuY Minister for Communities Caral Ni Chuilin introduces the Final Stage of the Housing (Amendment) Bill before Members discuss the Bill for the final time before it is passed. The purpose of the Bill is to facilitate a reversal of the decision of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to reclassify Registered Housing Associations (RHAs).… Continue Reading Final Stage: Housing (Amendment) Bill – Tuesday 30 June 2020

The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2020 – Tuesday 30 June 2020

https://youtu.be/UpzCLP4dZD8 Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon asks Members to affirm the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2020. The purpose of this Statutory Rule is to exempt persons riding in a motor ambulance from the requirement to wear a seat belt while that person is providing medical treatment to a patient which due… Continue Reading The Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2020 – Tuesday 30 June 2020

Public Expenditure: 2019-20 Provisional Outturn, 2020-21 June Monitoring and COVID Re-prioritisation

https://youtu.be/TUav2hmh75s Minister of Finance Conor Murphy delivers a Ministerial Statement on public expenditure including 2019-20 provisional outturn, 2020-21 June Monitoring and re-prioritisation due to the impact of COVID-19. Following the statement, the Minister answered Members questions.

Motion: Mental Health and Wellbeing after COVID-19 – Tuesday 23 June 2020

https://youtu.be/MRIRBuMLfJ0 MLAs Pam Cameron and Alex Easton propose a Motion that the Assembly recognises the importance of prioritising mental health and wellbeing as part of the COVID-19 recovery due to the long-term impact of the pandemic on working practices and everyday social interaction. They call on the Minister of Health to outline plans to tackle… Continue Reading Motion: Mental Health and Wellbeing after COVID-19 – Tuesday 23 June 2020

Legislative Consent Motion: Domestic Abuse Bill – Tuesday 23 June 2020

https://youtu.be/aZmHZ-3bbFA Minister of Justice Naomi Long proposes that the Assembly endorses the extension to Northern Ireland of the relevant provisions of the Domestic Abuse Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 3 March 2020. The Bill would extend the power of the courts in Northern Ireland to try in the home jurisdiction certain sexual… Continue Reading Legislative Consent Motion: Domestic Abuse Bill – Tuesday 23 June 2020

Legislative Consent Motion: Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill – Tuesday 23 June 2020

https://youtu.be/e6Hqg5oZYWE Minister of Justice Naomi Long asks Members to agree to the Legislative Consent Motion for the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill. The UK Bill will make provision about airspace change proposals and confer police powers relating to unmanned aircraft (such as drones) allowing provision for fixed penalties for certain offences. Read more… Continue Reading Legislative Consent Motion: Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill – Tuesday 23 June 2020

Ministerial Statement – Education: Major Capital Works Programme – Tuesday 23 June 2020

https://youtu.be/bI-Nq4eFabg Minister of Education Peter Weir delivers a statement on the Department’s Major Capital Works Programme and answers Members questions. The Programme will see around £156m of investment in three Primary Schools and six Post-Primary Schools. Read more about the Programme Read more about the management of school buildings