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The early part of today is dominated by legislation at a variety of stages.
The Finance Minister gets matters underway leading the consideration stage of the Budget Bill (No.2) before the Enterprise Minister drives the Debt Relief Bill through its second stage. They then reverse order with Arlene proposing the approval of the Draft Renewables Obligation [...]
The important things are dealt with early today on the hill with a financial supply resolution being passed before two stages of the Budget Bill (No.2) are pushed though.
Fresh from the drowning the shamrock in green Guinness oral questions see OFMDFM at the dispatch box before Employment & Learning brings up the rear.
Expect a lot [...]
Whilst our leaders are stateside preparing to drown their shamrock in green beer the Finance & Personnel Minister gets Tuesday under way at the dispatch box with oral questions.
Sinn Féin open private members business with a motion calling for greater community involvement in the spending of European funding. The UUP then turns up the heat [...]
It’s straight into the thick of the action this week with Education oral questions which can often get the political pulses racing. Minister Ruane is always a tough act to follow but this week it falls to her party colleague Michelle Gildernew to bring up the rear with Agriculture questions.
Stormont Watchers can finally stop holding [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS….
“The warden threw a party in the county jail. The prison band was there and they began to wail. The band was jumpin’ and the joint began to swing. You should’ve heard those knocked out jailbirds sing. Let’s rock, everybody, let’s rock…..”
Despite having more than its fair share of real jaibirds, it’s [...]
And so it comes to pass…. our MLAs will at last get their hands on devolved Policing & Justice powers with the OFMDFM motion proposing that ‘certain matters should cease to be reserved’. However Stormont Watchers will have to display a degree of patience as this won’t happen until the Housing Bill reaches its final stage.
To the [...]
A busy agenda gets underway this week with a clearing of decks motion to neuter some pesky standing orders that may have impacted on Tuesday’s big debate on the devolution of Policing & Justice.
Health Questions are always relatively lively and expect robust exchanges over recent increases of waiting times and budgetary pressures. Fresh from his [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS….
Given the comparisons between Northern Ireland and South Africa (take your pick as to which tribe here best represents the Afrikaners or ANC) it was surprising no-one thought to shoe-horn in a Belfast trip for President Jacob Zuma as part of his UK state visit.
Leaving aside the commonality of trying to trying [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS….
Talking Heads clearly wasn’t a band with any local roots. They may well have shared our trajectory on the ‘Road to Nowhere’, but anyone from Northern Ireland could have told them the opening line was just wrong, wrong, wrong: “Well we know where we’re goin’, but we don’t know where we’ve been”
The [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS….
The UUP used to have a reputation as the party of ‘Big House’ Unionism, nowadays its getting more and more like Celebrity Big Brother House Unionism.
The tie up with Cameron’s Tories hasn’t been without its problems, but it has helped the party reach beyond its aging membership to some bright young(er) things [...]
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