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Consider This… Consider this… Research reflections for the 2016-2021 mandate Editors: Caroline Perry and Tony Marken Graphics: Aidan Stennett Maps : Anne Campbell Foreword Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service John Power Head of Research and Information Service (RaISe) Foreword To all returning and new Members In Consider This, the Assembly’s Research and Information Service (RaISe) has set out a wide range of issues arising from the last Assembly mandate which I hope will be of interest to both returning and newly elected Members. It does not intend to cover all outstanding matters or set your agenda. It aims instead at engaging you with RaISe, which is an important resource available to you and your staff to support the work that you do in the Assembly and in your constituency. RaISe employs subject specialists and library professionals to provide you with research and information support across the range of Assembly and constituency activities. RaISe can provide information and analysis to help you and your staff deal with constituency matters; prepare for plenary or media debates; scrutinise the work of ministers and departments; consider legislation as it makes its way through the Assembly, or assist in bringing forward your own legislation in a Private Member’s Bill. Whatever your reason for contacting RaISe, we will provide you with a timely, confidential and evidence-based response. Members are invited to participate in RaISe’s Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS) where academics highlight their latest research findings important to Northern Ireland and the Programme for Government. Details of KESS are published on the Assembly’s website. RaISe also includes the Education Service who organise school visits to the Assembly as well as education activities located in constituencies across Northern Ireland. Please feel free to contact the Education Service who can update you on their planned activities and involve you in them. In the weeks ahead you will be organising and managing party and constituency business. In this time, I hope you will have the opportunity to make contact with us; the staff of RaISe are ready to support you throughout the new mandate. Consider this… Contents Research reflections for the 2016-2021 mandate Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service 1 Consider this… Contents Research reflections for the 2016-2021 mandate Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service Contents Research and Information Service Directory 6 Introduction to the Research and Information Service (RaISe) 1. The Assembly Library 10 2. Research Service 12 3. Education Service 14 4. Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series 16 Profile of Northern Ireland 5. A demographic profile of Northern Ireland in 2016 20 6. The use of statistics and mapping in evidence-based scrutiny 24 7. Geographical Information service in the Northern Ireland Assembly 26 Health and Social Care 8. Outpatient appointments: why are we waiting? 32 9. Advance decisions to refuse treatment: where are we now? 34 10. Transforming health and social care in Northern Ireland: A recent history 36 11. Suicide in Northern Ireland 38 Equality, Youth, Justice and Government 12. A new era for the Assembly and Executive 42 13. Dealing with the past 44 14. An equal start? Overcoming early disadvantage 46 15. ‘Good Relations’ in Northern Ireland 48 16. Modernising equality legislation 50 17. Human rights in Northern Ireland 52 18. Changes ahead for special educational needs 54 19. Ready for ageing? 56 20. Seen but not heard: children ‘sexting’ 58 1 Consider this… Research reflections for the 2016-2021 mandate 21. Laying the groundwork for STEM growth 60 22. Women in public life in Northern Ireland 62 23. Should the Assembly break the constituency link with Westminster? 64 Communities, Infrastructure and Environment 24. The challenge of implementing welfare reform in Northern Ireland 68 25. A new mandate, a new environment 70 26. Are current farm incomes sustainable? 72 27. Is Northern Ireland’s transport infrastructure sufficient to support growth and competitiveness? 74 28. Planning in a new environment 76 29. What lies in store for the objects from our past? 78 30. Housing policy 80 31. Managing flood risk in Northern Ireland: are we prepared? 82 32. Climate change: picking up where we left off 84 33. Plant disease and invasive species 86 34. Addressing gender imbalance in physical activity levels 88 35. A single species fishing industry 90 36. What does the future hold for cycling policy in Northern Ireland? 92 37. Testing times ahead for the Third Sector 94 Public Finance 38. A snapshot of the Northern Ireland economy 98 39. Financing the Executive’s budget 100 40. Unpicking the Budget 2016-17 102 41. Rating in Northern Ireland 104 42. Preventative expenditure 106 43. Financial Transactions Capital 108 44. Outcomes-based budgeting 110 45. Annual Reports and Accounts in the Public Sector 112 46. Devolution of corporation tax powers to Northern Ireland: key considerations 114 2 3 Consider this… Contents Research reflections for the 2016-2021 mandate Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service Business and Employment 47. Overview of the Northern Ireland labour market 118 48. What are the trade implications for Northern Ireland of the UK leaving the EU? 120 49. The national living wage and Northern Ireland 122 50. Economic impact of cuts to the Higher Education sector 124 51. Does Northern Ireland need a tourism strategy? 126 52. Is the sun setting on Northern Ireland renewable electricity? 128 A brief history of Parliament Buildings 53. A brief history of Parliament Buildings 132 2 3 4 Consider this… Research and Information Service Directory 4 Consider this… Research and Information Service Directory Research reflections for the 2016-2021 mandate Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service Research and Information Service Directory Head of Research and Information Service: John Power (02890 521793) Finance & Economics & Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS) Eileen Regan 02890 418320 Senior Research Officer Pamela Dugdale 02890 418320 Finance Eóin Murphy 02890418320 Labour Market, Post-Secondary Education & Skills Colin Pidgeon 02890 418320 Finance Michael Scholes 02890 418320 Finance and Economy Carrie Smyth 02890 418320 Research Assistant Aidan Stennett 02890 418320 Business & Energy Statistics, Mapping, Health & Education Service Tony Marken 02890 418320 Senior Research Officer Dr Robert Barry 02890 418320 Senior Statistician Dr Lesley-Ann Black 02890 418320 Health Anne Campbell 02890 418320 GIS Anne Marie Fleming 02890 418320 Education Officer Barbara Love 02890 418320 Statistics Lucy McClelland 02890 521833 Education Officer Marina McConville 02890 521833 Education Officer Connie McGibbon 02890 521833 Education Clerical Officer Dr Raymond Russell 02890 418320 Demographics James Stewart 02890 521833 Education Officer Dr Janice Thompson 02890 418320 Health Jake Wilson 02890 418320 Education Clerical Supervisor 6 7 Consider this… Research and Information Service Directory Research reflections for the 2016-2021 mandate Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service Political Institutions, Equality, Justice, Families, Education & Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Tim Moore 02890 418320 Senior Research Officer Jane Campbell 02890 418320 Children, Families and Equality Ray McCaffrey 02890 418320 Political Institutions, Devolution, Procedures and EU Affairs Claire Milliken 02890 418320 Research Assistant Librarian Caroline Perry 02890 418320 Education Michael Potter 02890 418320 Equality, Human Rights and Community Relations Communities, Infrastructure & Environment & Library Dr Dan Hull 02890 418320 Senior Research Officer Mark Allen 02890 418320 Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Affairs Suzie Cave 02890 418320 Environment and Planning Des McKibbin 02890 418320 Infrastructure, Transport and Water Eleanor Murphy 02890 418320 Housing, Third Sector, State Pensions and Welfare, Culture and Sport Stephen Browne 02890 521250 Senior Librarian Fionnuala Casey 02890 521250 Librarian Kristine Gillespie 02890 521250 Assistant Librarian Richard Keating 02890 521250 Clerical Officer Louise Martin 02890 521250 Clerical Officer Seán McGeown 02890 521250 Librarian Peter O’Hara 02890 521250 Clerical Officer Research & Information Service Central Support Unit (RCSU) Thomas McCullough 02890 418320 (AAC) Office Manager Lesa Adair 02890 418320 Clerical Officer Colin Arthur 02890 418320 Clerical Supervisor Tina Phillips 02890 418320 Clerical Supervisor 6 7 8 Consider this… Introduction to the Research and Information Service (RaISe) 8 Consider this… Introduction to the Research and Information Service (RaISe) Research reflections for the 2016-2021 mandate Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service The Assembly Library Forming part of the Assembly’s Research and Information Service (RaISe), the Library is a vital resource for Members, their staff and for the Secretariat. It provides access to authoritative information to support Members in the scrutiny of policy and legislation and to inform debate. The Assembly Library provides a number of key services and resources, delivered by a professional team in a timely, objective, and confidential manner. Where is the Library, who can use it and when? The Library is located on the ground floor, just beyond the double doors to each side of the main staircase in the Great Hall. MLAs, their staff and Secretariat staff are the core users of the Library. The Library
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