Public Affairs
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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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All Party Group: Fair Banking and Finance
Chair of the recently launched All Party Group (APG) on Fair Banking and Finance, Pat Catney MLA discusses the origin…
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Allister’s SPAD Bill moves to next stage
One year on from its introduction, Traditional Unionist Voice leader Jim Allister’s Bill to tighten government functions around special advisers…
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Scrutiny in the Assembly
The removal of the committee stage from all of the Bills that have been enacted in the current mandate raises…
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In defence of the Assembly
Politics Professor at the University of Liverpool, Jonathan Tonge, highlights how, despite being suspended for some 40 per cent of…
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Collective is the corrective
Collective bargaining in Northern Ireland has been in gradual decline for some time and this trend needs to be reversed,…
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