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Official Report (Hansard) Monday 16 June 2014 Volume 96, No 3 Session 2013-2014 Contents Assembly Business……………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 Executive Committee Business Justice Bill: First Stage ...................................................................................................................... 1 Budget (No. 2) Bill 2014: Consideration Stage ................................................................................. 1 Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 ..................................................................................................................... 2 Committee Business Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Extension of Committee Stage ...................................................... 3 Gerry Kelly MLA: Sanction of Exclusion ........................................................................................... 4 Refugee Week 2014 and Community Relations Week 2014 ............................................................ 23 Oral Answers to Questions Regional Development ...................................................................................................................... 26 Enterprise, Trade and Investment ..................................................................................................... 33 Committee Business Refugee Week 2014 and Community Relations Week 2014 (Continued) ........................................ 43 Private Members' Business North Coast Transport Infrastructure ................................................................................................. 52 Suggested amendments or corrections will be considered by the Editor. They should be sent to: The Editor of Debates, Room 248, Parliament Buildings, Belfast BT4 3XX. Tel: 028 9052 1135 · e-mail: [email protected] to arrive not later than two weeks after publication of this report. Assembly Members Agnew, Steven (North Down) McAleer, Declan (West Tyrone) Allister, Jim (North Antrim) McCallister, John (South Down) Anderson, Sydney (Upper Bann) McCann, Fra (West Belfast) Attwood, Alex (West Belfast) McCann, Ms Jennifer (West Belfast) Beggs, Roy (East Antrim) McCarthy, Kieran (Strangford) Bell, Jonathan (Strangford) McCartney, Raymond (Foyle) Boylan, Cathal (Newry and Armagh) McCausland, Nelson (North Belfast) Boyle, Ms Michaela (West Tyrone) McCorley, Ms Rosaleen (West Belfast) Bradley, Dominic (Newry and Armagh) McCrea, Basil (Lagan Valley) Bradley, Ms Paula (North Belfast) McCrea, Ian (Mid Ulster) Brady, Mickey (Newry and Armagh) McDonnell, Alasdair (South Belfast) Buchanan, Thomas (West Tyrone) McElduff, Barry (West Tyrone) Byrne, Joe (West Tyrone) McGahan, Ms Bronwyn (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Cameron, Mrs Pam (South Antrim) McGimpsey, Michael (South Belfast) Campbell, Gregory (East Londonderry) McGlone, Patsy (Mid Ulster) Clarke, Trevor (South Antrim) McGuinness, Martin (Mid Ulster) Cochrane, Mrs Judith (East Belfast) McIlveen, David (North Antrim) Copeland, Michael (East Belfast) McIlveen, Miss Michelle (Strangford) Craig, Jonathan (Lagan Valley) McKay, Daithí (North Antrim) Cree, Leslie (North Down) McKevitt, Mrs Karen (South Down) Dallat, John (East Londonderry) McKinney, Fearghal (South Belfast) Dickson, Stewart (East Antrim) McLaughlin, Ms Maeve (Foyle) Dobson, Mrs Jo-Anne (Upper Bann) McLaughlin, Mitchel (South Antrim) Douglas, Sammy (East Belfast) McMullan, Oliver (East Antrim) Dunne, Gordon (North Down) McNarry, David (Strangford) Durkan, Mark (Foyle) McQuillan, Adrian (East Londonderry) Easton, Alex (North Down) Maginness, Alban (North Belfast) Eastwood, Colum (Foyle) Maskey, Alex (South Belfast) Elliott, Tom (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Milne, Ian (Mid Ulster) Farry, Stephen (North Down) Morrow, The Lord (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Fearon, Ms Megan (Newry and Armagh) Moutray, Stephen (Upper Bann) Flanagan, Phil (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Nesbitt, Mike (Strangford) Ford, David (South Antrim) Newton, Robin (East Belfast) Foster, Mrs Arlene (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Ní Chuilín, Ms Carál (North Belfast) Frew, Paul (North Antrim) Ó hOisín, Cathal (East Londonderry) Gardiner, Samuel (Upper Bann) O'Dowd, John (Upper Bann) Girvan, Paul (South Antrim) O'Neill, Mrs Michelle (Mid Ulster) Givan, Paul (Lagan Valley) Overend, Mrs Sandra (Mid Ulster) Hale, Mrs Brenda (Lagan Valley) Poots, Edwin (Lagan Valley) Hamilton, Simon (Strangford) Ramsey, Pat (Foyle) Hay, William (Speaker) Ramsey, Ms Sue (West Belfast) Hazzard, Chris (South Down) Robinson, George (East Londonderry) Hilditch, David (East Antrim) Robinson, Peter (East Belfast) Humphrey, William (North Belfast) Rogers, Seán (South Down) Hussey, Ross (West Tyrone) Ross, Alastair (East Antrim) Irwin, William (Newry and Armagh) Ruane, Ms Caitríona (South Down) Kelly, Mrs Dolores (Upper Bann) Sheehan, Pat (West Belfast) Kelly, Gerry (North Belfast) Spratt, Jimmy (South Belfast) Kennedy, Danny (Newry and Armagh) Storey, Mervyn (North Antrim) Kinahan, Danny (South Antrim) Sugden, Ms Claire (East Londonderry) Lo, Ms Anna (South Belfast) Swann, Robin (North Antrim) Lunn, Trevor (Lagan Valley) Weir, Peter (North Down) Lynch, Seán (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) Wells, Jim (South Down) Lyttle, Chris (East Belfast) Wilson, Sammy (East Antrim) Northern Ireland Assembly Monday 16 June 2014 The Assembly met at 12.00 noon (Mr Speaker in the Chair). Members observed two minutes' silence. Assembly Business Executive Committee Business Lord Morrow: On a point of order, Mr Speaker. On 31 May, an interview with the deputy First Minister was broadcast by RTÉ, during which Justice Bill: First Stage he said that he was in prison at the time of the murder and secret burial of Patrick Duffy. In Mr Ford (The Minister of Justice): I beg to fact, it transpires that he was not in prison introduce the Justice Bill [NIA Bill 37/11-15], during this period, and he now claims that this which is a Bill to provide for a single jurisdiction was a lapse of memory. I find it hard to believe, for County Courts and Magistrates' Courts; to as I am sure the House does, that someone amend the law on committal for trial; to provide would forget where they were at the time of a for prosecutorial fines; to make provision in murder, especially when they were accused of relation to victims and witnesses in criminal being involved in it. proceedings and investigations; to amend the law on criminal records and live links; to provide Mr Speaker, if RTÉ was misled, and it appears for violent offences prevention orders; to make that it was, can you review Hansard and other amendments relating to the administration establish whether the House was misled by the of civil and criminal justice; and for connected deputy First Minister? purposes. Mr Speaker: I hear what Lord Morrow has said. Bill passed First Stage and ordered to be Lord Morrow, there is no doubt that you now printed. have that on the record. Certainly, let me review Hansard, and I will come back either to the Member directly or to the House. Budget (No. 2) Bill 2014: Consideration Stage Moved. — [Mr Hamilton (The Minister of Finance and Personnel).] Mr Speaker: No amendments have been tabled. I propose, therefore, by leave of the Assembly, to group the seven clauses for the Question on stand part, followed by the three schedules and the long title. Clauses 1 to 7 ordered to stand part of the Bill. Schedules 1 to 3 agreed to. Long title agreed to. Mr Speaker: That concludes the Consideration Stage of the Budget (No. 2) Bill. The Bill stands referred to the Speaker. 1 Monday 16 June 2014 Occupational and Personal Pension (Northern Ireland) 2014. If they revalue at the Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) rate specified in the order, they will not be prevented from being a qualifying scheme. (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Explicit reference is made in this way as such Ireland) 2014 schemes are not able to consider funding assumptions in the same way as funded private Mr McCausland (The Minister for Social sector schemes, which are required to have a Development): I beg to move statement of funding principles or an equivalent. That the Occupational and Personal Pension The regulations also restore the policy intention Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) (Amendment) to allow hybrid schemes that certify money Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 be purchase benefits under alternative approved. requirements set out in the principal regulations to phase in contributions under the transitional The regulations further amend the principal provisions for money purchase schemes. regulations, which set out the arrangements for automatic enrolment, to ensure that they give In summary, the regulations ensure that employers using good career average pension effect to the original policy intention. schemes are able to do so without any As I have said before to the House, I am unnecessary impediments and that all conscious when dealing with pensions that it is employers using hybrid pension schemes under easy to get lost in the maze of technical automatic enrolment are treated alike in provisions and pensions jargon. However, the phasing in minimum contributions. rule we are considering is somewhat technical. Whilst I will try to keep my comments at a fairly Mr Brady (The Deputy Chairperson of the high level, some jargon is inevitable, but I will Committee for Social Development): Go do my best to keep that to a minimum. raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. The Committee first considered the original SL1 First, to be used as a qualifying