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Get Involved the Work of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Get Involved The work of the Northern Ireland Assembly Pól Callaghan MLA, Tom Elliott MLA, Gregory Campbell MP MLA and Martina Anderson MLA answer questions on local issues at Magee. Contents We welcome your feedback This first edition of the community We welcome your feedback on the newsletter features our recent Community Outreach programme conference at Magee and a number and on this newsletter. Please let of events in Parliament Buildings. us know what you think by emailing It is a snapshot of the Community [email protected] or by Outreach Programme in the Assembly. calling 028 9052 1785 028 9052 1785 Get Involved [email protected] Get Involved The work of the Northern Ireland Assembly Speaker’s overwhelmingly positive. I was deeply impressed by Introduction how passionately those who attended articulated Representative democracy the interests of their own through civic participation causes and communities. I have spoken to many As Speaker, I have always individuals and I am been very clear that greatly encouraged genuine engagement constituency. The event that they intend to get with the community is at Magee was the first more involved with the essential to the success time we had tried such Assembly as a result. of the Assembly as an a specific approach with effective democratic MLAs giving support and The Community Outreach institution. We know advice to community unit is available to that the decisions and groups including on how support, advise and liaise legislation passed in the to get involved with the with the community and Assembly are best when process of developing voluntary sector. -
Women in the Northern Ireland Assembly
Research and Information Service Research Paper 3 September 2013 Michael Potter Women in the Northern Ireland Assembly NIAR 570-13 This paper summarises the background to women’s representation in politics, outlines the legislative frameworks relevant to women’s representation in the Northern Ireland Assembly and reviews some mechanisms for increasing female representation. Paper 09/14 03 September 2013 Research and Information Service briefings are compiled for the benefit of MLAs and their support staff. Authors are available to discuss the contents of these papers with Members and their staff but cannot advise members of the general public. We do, however, welcome written evidence that relates to our papers and this should be sent to the Research and Information Service, Northern Ireland Assembly, Room 139, Parliament Buildings, Belfast BT4 3XX or e-mailed to [email protected] NIAR 570-013 Research Paper Northern Ireland Assembly, Research and Information Service 1 NIAR 570-013 Research Paper Executive Summary With the exception of Dáil Éireann, the Northern Ireland Assembly has the lowest female representation of devolved and national legislatures in these islands. The introduction of quotas for women candidates in the Republic of Ireland in the next election has the potential to alter this situation. In a European context, with the exception of Italian regional legislatures, the Northern Ireland Assembly has the lowest female representation of comparable devolved institutions in Western Europe. International declarations, such as the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995, echoed locally in the Belfast Agreement and the Gender Equality Strategy, recognise the right of women to full and equal political participation. -
Northern Ireland Policing Board Annual Report and Accounts Together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2008 - 31 MARCH 2009 CORPORATE VISION To secure for all the people of Northern Ireland an effective, efficient, impartial, representative and accountable police service which will secure the confidence of the whole community by reducing crime and the fear of crime. ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 2008 - 31 MARCH 2009 Northern Ireland Policing Board Annual Report and Accounts together with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Presented to Parliament pursuant to Paragraph 7(3) b of Schedule 2 of the Police (NI) Act 2000. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 15 July 2009. HC 674 London: The Stationery Office £26.60 © Crown Copyright 2009 The text in this document (excluding the Royal Arms and other departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium providing it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the document specified. Where we have identified any third party copyright material you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. For any other use of this material please write to Office of Public Sector Information, Information Policy Team, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU or e-mail: [email protected] ISBN 9780102948653 Contents Page 03 01 CHAIRMAN’S FOREWORD 04 02 CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S FOREWORD 09 03 MEMBERSHIP OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND POLICING BOARD 11 04 MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY 14 Background and principal -
A Year in Review, the Year Ahead
2018: A YEAR IN REVIEW, 2019: THE YEAR AHEAD Foreword from Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, Senior Adviser, FTI Consulting 2018 was the most unpredictable and tumultuous year in politics … since 2017. Which was the most unpredictable and tumultuous year in politics … since 2016. And there’s no sign of let-up as we move into 2019. The unresolved questions of Brexit - how? when? whether at all? - will inevitably dominate the coming year. Even if Theresa May brings back from Brussels a new political declaration sufficiently compelling to command a majority in Parliament - a highly unlikely prospect at the time of writing - the end of March will mean the start of a fresh, complex round of negotiations on a future trade deal, conducted under the shadow of the Irish backstop. For most people, that would be preferable to the collapse of Mrs May’s deal and, almost inevitably, the collapse of her government and a subsequent constitutional crisis. Faced with the choice between revoking Article 50 or leaving the European Union (EU) without a deal, the Commons could well produce a majority for a new referendum. Under the pressure of a leadership contest, the personal and political rancour in the Conservative Party could finally break apart Europe’s hitherto most successful party of government. A no-confidence vote that would be defeated today could command enough votes from the Brexiteers’ kamikaze tendency to force another General Election. And Labour - with most of its moderates MPs replaced by Corbynistas in last-minute candidate selections - could win on a ‘cake and eat it’ manifesto of a Brexit that would end free movement but provide frictionless trade (Irish backstop, anyone?). -
MANIFESTO GENERAL ELECTION 2019 PARTY MANIFESTO Let’S Get the UK Moving AGAIN
Let’s Get the UK Moving AGAIN MANIFESTO GENERAL ELECTION 2019 PARTY MANIFESTO Let’s Get the UK Moving AGAIN Leader’s Message he Democratic Unionist Party has set The outcome of this election is not assured. This out our 12-point plan to deliver on the manifesto and our 12-point plan for a brighter Tpeople’s priorities on health, education, future would be the basis on which we would jobs, childcare and protecting the vulnerable negotiate with those seeking our support. We through having a working Assembly back and will talk to both Conservatives and Labour but an All-Party Executive in place. we are clear we will not support Jeremy Corbyn We are now offering our manifesto for the United as Prime Minister. Kingdom, the sister document for our plan to get Others seek a mandate to do nothing in this Northern Ireland moving again. election – nothing in the Assembly and nothing in For Northern Ireland to truly flourish then it needs Parliament. The DUP seeks a mandate to turn up, a the United Kingdom to succeed and likewise for mandate to work, and a mandate for: the UK to truly flourish it needs all its constituent • Working with others to get things done for parts and regions to succeed. This can be aided by Northern Ireland. a strong and unified voice for Northern Ireland in • Our plan to get Northern Ireland Parliament. The DUP is that voice. Moving Again. The UK needs to do much more to fulfil its true • Protect Northern Ireland’s place in the Union. -
OFFICIAL REPORT (Hansard)
Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights OFFICIAL REPORT (Hansard) Mr Dermot Nesbitt 15 October 2020 NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY Ad Hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights Mr Dermot Nesbitt 15 October 2020 Members present for all or part of the proceedings: Ms Emma Sheerin (Chairperson) Mr Mike Nesbitt (Deputy Chairperson) Ms Paula Bradshaw Mr Mark Durkan Miss Michelle McIlveen Mr Christopher Stalford Mr John O'Dowd Witnesses: Mr Dermot Nesbitt Ulster Unionist Party The Chairperson (Ms Sheerin): Dermot Nesbitt joins us in person to give a briefing on "particular circumstances". Welcome, Dermot, how are you? Mr Dermot Nesbitt (Ulster Unionist Party): Hello, Madam Chair. The Chairperson (Ms Sheerin): Do you want a round of introductions before you start your briefing? Mr D Nesbitt: I am ready, once I unmask. I recognise a few faces — "Oh dear", says I. Hi, Paula, it has been a long time. The Chairperson (Ms Sheerin): Dermot, thanks very much for joining us this afternoon. We all have your written submission, which is useful and all-encompassing. Would you like to begin? Mr D Nesbitt: OK. I see that we have two members on screen. The Chairperson (Ms Sheerin): We do: John O'Dowd and Mark Durkan. Mr D Nesbitt: Hi, John and Mark. Mr O'Dowd: Hi, Dermot. Mr Durkan: Hi, Dermot. Mr D Nesbitt: OK, I am ready to go. I wish to make a couple of introductory comments before I proceed with my main briefing. Paragraph 2 of my submission quotes Professor Brice Dickson, who, when chair of the Human Rights Commission, said: 1 "We are all familiar with the phenomenon of politicians taking a view of human rights which happens to accord with their personal political persuasions rather than with a more independent analysis." At the outset, I wish to say that, during this process since 1998, I have endeavoured to ground my work in international standards and international human rights. -
Northern Ireland and the EU Referendum
House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Northern Ireland and the EU referendum First Report of Session 2016–17 HC 48 House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Northern Ireland and the EU referendum First Report of Session 2016–17 Report, together with formal minutes relating to the report Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 25 May 2016 HC 48 Published on 26 May 2016 by authority of the House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Northern Ireland Office (but excluding individual cases and advice given by the Crown Solicitor); and other matters within the responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (but excluding the expenditure, administration and policy of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern Ireland and the drafting of legislation by the Office of the Legislative Counsel). Current membership Mr Laurence Robertson MP (Conservative, Tewkesbury) (Chair) Tom Blenkinsop MP (Labour, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) Oliver Colvile MP (Conservative, Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) Mr Nigel Evans MP (Conservative, Ribble Valley) Mr Stephen Hepburn MP (Labour, Jarrow) Lady Hermon MP (Independent, North Down) Kate Hoey MP (Labour, Vauxhall) Danny Kinahan MP (Ulster Unionist Party, South Antrim) Jack Lopresti MP (Conservative, Filton and Bradley Stoke) Dr Alasdair McDonnell MP (Social Democratic and Labour Party, Belfast South) Nigel Mills MP (Conservative, Amber Valley) Ian Paisley MP (Democratic Unionist Party, North Antrim) Gavin Robinson MP (Democratic Unionist Party, Belfast East) Powers The committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No. -
A Democratic Design? the Political Style of the Northern Ireland Assembly
A Democratic Design? The political style of the Northern Ireland Assembly Rick Wilford Robin Wilson May 2001 FOREWORD....................................................................................................3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................4 Background.........................................................................................................................................7 Representing the People.....................................................................................................................9 Table 1 Parties Elected to the Assembly ........................................................................................10 Public communication......................................................................................................................15 Table 2 Written and Oral Questions 7 February 2000-12 March 2001*........................................17 Assembly committees .......................................................................................................................20 Table 3 Statutory Committee Meetings..........................................................................................21 Table 4 Standing Committee Meetings ..........................................................................................22 Access to information.......................................................................................................................26 Table 5 Assembly Staffing -
Expensive Lending in Northern Ireland a Discussion Paper
Expensive Lending in Northern Ireland a discussion paper ni the independent Centre for advice network Economic Empowerment Research Report: one Expensive Lending in Northern Ireland a discussion paper Centre for Economic Empowerment Research Report: one This paper was commissioned by the Centre for Economic Empowerment and was carried out by NICVA Research and Advice NI. 2 Expensive Lending in Northern Ireland INtroductIoN: thE rIsE of ExpENsIvE Expensive legal lending LENdINg – a definition Expensive legal lending refers to any Since the economic downturn began in aspect of licensed legal lending where 2007 there has been a significant growth in the rate of interest or APR is significantly expensive legal lending, including short term above rates offered by banks. In its cash loans known as payday lending. The ‘Review of High Cost Credit’ (2010) the number of people taking out payday loans in Office of Fair Trading describes the high the UK is estimated to have quadrupled cost credit sector as consisting of pawn between 2006 and 2010 broking, payday and other short term (from 0.3 million to 1.2 million). 1 small sum loans, home credit and There is also anecdotal evidence that there rent-to-buy credit. has been a rise in the use of ‘loan sharks’ - illegal money lenders. According to one estimate, in the UK there was an increase of 22% in illegally sourced credit between 2006 and 2010. 2 Payday lending – a definition This trend reflects the growing difficulty faced by many households to make ends A payday loan is a short-term advance meet in the context of reduced employment, designed to tide you over financially rising living costs, and the ‘credit crunch’. -
Ireland As a Centre of Excellence in Third Level Education: Challenges for the Universities 25
Ireland as a Centre of Excellence in Third Level Education The Centre for Cross Border Studies Main Office: 39 Abbey Street, Armagh BT61 7EB Tel. (028) 3751 1550 Fax. (028) 3751 1721 (048 from the Republic of Ireland) Email: [email protected] Dublin Office: Room QG11, Business School, Dublin City University, Dublin 9 Tel. (01) 7008477 Fax. (01) 7008478 (00 353-1 from Northern Ireland) Email: [email protected] Website: www.crossborder.ie or www.qub.ac.uk/ccbs 2 CONTENTS Page Introduction by Olivia O’Leary 5 Ms Carmel Hanna MLA, Minister for Employment and Learning 7 Mr Noel Dempsey TD, Minister for Education and Science 11 Sir Howard Newby, Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council for England Higher Education in the 21st Century: An English Perspective 15 Professor Malcolm Skilbeck, Keynote Speaker Ireland as a Centre of Excellence in Third Level Education: Challenges for the Universities 25 Professor Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh, NUI Galway Response to Malcolm Skilbeck’s paper 31 Questions and Discussion: First Day Chaired by Olivia O’Leary 39 Mr Richard Riley, Former US Secretary of Education and Former Governor of South Carolina American Higher Education in a Diverse World 53 Mr Nikolaus van der Pas, Director-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission Higher Education: The European Dimension and Beyond 61 Closing Discussion: Second Day Chaired by Dr Art Cosgrove, President, NUI Dublin 67 Closing Remarks, Professor Gerry McCormac, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Queen’s University Belfast 81 Appendix 1: A Briefing Paper on the Irish Third Level Education Systems, North and South 83 Appendix 2: Conference Programme: Ireland as a Centre of Excellence in Third Level Education 99 Appendix 3: Biographies of Speakers and Chairpersons 101 Appendix 4: Conference Participants 105 3 4 INTRODUCTION If cross-border co-operation were going to develop anywhere, one would have expected it in the enlightened sphere of third level education. -
NILQ 62. FOREWORD.Qxd
NILQ 63(4): 509–32 Modernising environmental regulation in Northern Ireland: a case study in devolved decision-making SharoN TurNer aNd CIara BreNNaN School of Law, Queen’s university Belfast * Introduction or over a decade, controversy about the quality of environmental regulation has cast a Fshadow over the effectiveness of environmental governance in Northern Ireland. Most fundamentally this debate has centred on a crisis of confidence about the quality of regulation and a consensus that effective reform depends on the externalisation of this responsibility from central government. Not surprisingly, the causes of weak regulation were rooted in the eclipsing impact of the Troubles and the fossilisation of government that occurred during the decades of Direct Rule.1 However, although the first steps towards meaningful reform were eventually taken under Direct Rule, the restoration of devolution and the stabilising power-sharing process has meant that the trajectory of regulatory reform has been largely shaped by a devolved administration. The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature and implications of that process. Pressure for regulatory reform is an issue that has confronted both configurations of Northern Ireland’s power-sharing Executive. Despite its brief and tumultuous lifespan, the first Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)/Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)-led administration was immediately faced not only with the evidence of serious regulatory dysfunction but also the first stage of what became a concerted civil society campaign for independent regulation. The collapse of power-sharing did nothing to quell this pressure. Instead, when devolution was restored five years later the new Democratic Unionist/Sinn Fein-led administration was faced once again with pressure for regulatory reform. -
Women in the North: Their Long Struggle for Freedom Goretti Horgan
20 Women in the North: their long struggle for freedom Goretti Horgan n the 19th and early 20th century, women in the North Belfast following the heavy bombing of the city in 1941. East of the island of Ireland were crucial to that re- By 1943, the Unionist government was under a lot of Igion becoming ‘the linen capital of the world’. In- pressure: it was seen as not doing its bit for the war ef- deed, it was the close ties of industry in the North East fort, it lost three local by-elections and women workers to the British Empire that provided the economic basis were in huge, and growing, demand in the munitions, for partition when the rest of the island won its inde- aircraft and linen industries. It finally relented and pendence in 1921. agreed to set up a series of nurseries across Belfast, ca- Partition brought the ‘carnival of reaction’ that James tering at their height for about 500 children. The nurs- Connolly had feared and women on both sides of the eries opened from 7.00am to 6.30pm and children were border suffered from the existence of both reactionary provided with three meals a day, which led to a huge states. This article looks at some of the ways in which improvement in their physical health. the Northern Ireland state has been, and continues to When the war ended, most of the wartime nurseries be, a disaster for women’s rights. in Britain closed but in Northern Ireland they stayed From the inception of the state, women in Northern open and more were added because there was a boom Ireland have lagged behind their sisters in Britain when in demand for linen and women workers’ skills were it came to rights and wage levels.