Naomi Long MLA @naomi_long@respublicae.eu
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RT @SorchaEastwood: Pleased to participate in Science & Stormont this evening as a member of the APG on STEM- although I did qualify my remarks with full disclosure that I got a C in Single Award Science 😁we need more early intervention in the curriculum to encourage STEM & more investment in R&D
RT @PoliceServiceNI: Stay firework safe! It is illegal to possess, purchase, sell, handle or use fireworks except under licence. Find out about fireworks licencing at https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/fireworks
#KeepingPeopleSafe
RT @Justice_NI: Using 🎆 fireworks 🎆 this Halloween?
Follow the firework safety code @nidirect http://nidirect.gov.uk/fireworks
📌buy from a registered retailer
📌never return to a lit firework
📌keep pets indoors
📌Be considerate towards the older & more vulnerable members of the community
RT @leroydowey: .@RoySocChem many thanks for a great #Science_Stormont2022 event. So nice to hear a panel of 3 MLAs support #STEM #STEAM #Innovation - return the Assembly.
RT @mlchealth: Culminating in a call for action from @rosb68
Politicians present @PaulaJaneB @OrlaithiF_MLA @ClaireHanna agreed to push ahead for a women’s health strategy. Unlike rest of Uk - NI doesn’t have one.
RT @allianceparty: .@JohnBlairMLA welcomes national report on police-perpetrated violence against women and girls.
See more here -
RT @PaulaJaneB: Really pleased to become Chair of the new cross-party group on Stroke at the Assembly today.
I look forward to working w/ @nichstweet @strokeassocni & all the other MLAs on campaigning for the transformation of stroke services & more investment in early detection and prevention.
@mairiac31 Thanks. Listening to the experience of victims and looking at how PIs were used to deter victims from going to court, was a key driver for changing this.
RT @Justice_NI: 📹 Today is the start of #parentingweek
In this message, Minister Long pays tribute to parents and to @ParentingNI for the support they provide to parents across NI 👇
RT @AndrewMuirNI: Constructive meeting with @dptfinance Minister today with @stewartcdickson and @StephenFarryMP
Absolutely essential Executive restored and budget set to help people in dire need
Many ESF projects also facing cliff edge and need certainty & support now
RT @VictimSupportNI: A positive change. Having to repeat your experience time and time again throughout the justice process can be extremely traumatic for victims. This will help to reduce the harm caused by the process of seeking justice, and hopefully encourage more victims to report crime.
RT @thePPSNI: The PPS welcomes the landmark implementation of these measures aimed at reducing avoidable delay in the court process, while improving the experience of victims. We play a central role, along with @Justice_NI and justice partners, in this key work to reform the committal process.
RT @Justice_NI: Minister Long has commenced legislation to reform the committal process
From today, for all new cases, preliminary investigations and mixed committals are abolished; removing the need to give oral evidence at committal hearings in magistrates’ courts 👇
https://www.justice-ni.gov.uk/news/long-commences-measures-simplify-committal-process
RT @CVOCNI: The Commissioner Designate welcomes this reform which reduces the stress and trauma experienced by victims who, for too long have had to endure the possibility of being cross-examined at Magistrates before the Crown Court trial. This should also help reduce delay and inefficiency
@UnionistUnityNI @newsoncool @allianceparty Like I said, take it up with Sammy.
And I'd, of course, like to grow Alliance's electoral strength - at the next scheduled election on the basis of what we delivered in between.
Not by crashing the institutions and having delivered nothing.
@ToTravelIsToLi1 @newsoncool @allianceparty Which is why we need reform.
@Redeyes1878 @DarranMarshall After 25 years, the idea institutions can't be reformed to reflect changing circumstances is nonsense.
It's especially nonsense when they have been reformed before and when the Assembly and Executive Review Committee (all party) has acknowledged the need for these reforms.
@Redeyes1878 @DarranMarshall It isn't a confusing position. We opposed the protocol. The government agreed it and it became law. We support upholding the law.
We argued that any changes to the protocol needed to be negotiated and agreed with the EU, not imposed unilaterally: until then, it remains law. >
@Mawn_said @newsoncool @allianceparty Also, society has changed and progressed in the last 25 years and the need for reform has become more acute than ever, given that the cycle of crisis and collapse is getting shorter and shorter.
@Mawn_said @newsoncool @allianceparty We supported the GFA but didn't support the structures as we knew they would copperfasten division and make govt unworkable: we nevertheless agreed to operate them in good faith to break the cycle of violence. We've said that before 1998 and since. >
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