Public Affairs
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Changes to Assembly Opposition standing orders
In October 2020, a New Decade, New Approach commitment was fulfilled when the Standing Order which regulates the Official Opposition…
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Establishing a fiscal council
The Northern Ireland Executive is set to establish a fiscal council to scrutinise public finances and a fiscal commission that…
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Parliamentary constituencies: Future review obligations
In 2020, a Judicial Review and subsequent Court of Appeal proceedings quashed the Boundary Commission’s final recommendations for the adjustment…
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Trade Union Desk
The ICTU’s John O’Farrell says that far from the perception that conservative views on taxes and regulation are being cancelled,…
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Political Platform
Cara Hunter is an MLA for East Derry and the SDLP’s health and mental health spokesperson. She was co-opted to…
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Victims’ rights to investigation and participation
Amnesty International’s Patrick Corrigan welcomes the co-design process approach being adopted for “a human rights-compliant investigation into a litany of…
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Delivering at pace
Chair of the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee, Declan McAleer MLA talks to David Whelan about…
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Declan Lawn: In the spotlight
Former investigative journalist and screenwriter of the UK’s biggest TV premiere of 2020, The Salisbury Poisonings, Declan Lawn, speaks to…
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Speaker: Alex Maskey
Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Alex Maskey MLA, talks to David Whelan about his elevation to the role, his…
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The workings of the Assembly
Director of Parliamentary Services in the Northern Ireland Assembly, Gareth McGrath, discusses the issues that are engaging the Assembly in…
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