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/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.
https://youtu.be/GGEe3sandDE MLAs discuss a motion that would allow the Assembly Commission to determine the allowances payable to Members of the Assembly. This will apply to allowances only and there will be no change to the arrangement that Members’ salaries and pensions are determined by an independent body.
https://youtu.be/n0l8z_kaySw MLAs express their condolences to the family of Noah Donohoe.
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
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
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
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
https://youtu.be/rcactjZE8Ck Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Edwin Poots briefs the Chamber on the Green Growth Strategy and Delivery Framework. Members then questioned the Minister on the Strategy.
Junior Minister Declan Kearney updates the House on the latest North South Ministerial Council Institutional Meeting. Junior Minister Kearney then answered Members questions related to the statement.
https://youtu.be/76Epfokgtss Minister of Health Robin Swann asks Members to endorse the extension to Northern Ireland of the provisions within the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill as introduced to Parliament on 13 February 2020, dealing with human medicines and veterinary medicines. View the Bill Read the Health Committee’s report on the Legislative Consent Motion