Ms Clare Bailey

Title: Ms
Official Last Name: Bailey
Official First Name: Clare
Usual First Name: Clare
Party: Green Party
Constituency: South Belfast

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Green Party	Party Member	02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022
Green Party	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
12/05/2016	South Belfast	Other, First Elected
13/03/2017	South Belfast	Other, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
10/03/2021 - 25/03/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy, Committee for Infrastructure and Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
20/01/2020 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
11/01/2020 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Business Committee
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for Justice

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
26/01/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All-Party Group on Arts
07/12/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Women's Health
13/10/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Further and Higher Education
01/07/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Fair Banking and Finance
25/06/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
12/06/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Early Education and Childcare
06/02/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Preventing Loneliness
05/02/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Climate Action
09/04/2019 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Domestic and Sexual Violence
10/04/2018 - 09/04/2019	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on Domestic and Sexual Violence
10/05/2017 - 15/05/2018	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Children and Young People
09/05/2017 - 25/06/2020	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
24/10/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Students
26/09/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Hospitality and Tourism
26/09/2016 - 26/09/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Hospitality and Tourism
27/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All-Party Group on UNSCR 1325, Women, Peace and Security
27/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Arts and Creativity
27/06/2016 - 25/01/2017	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party Group on Suicide Prevention
21/06/2016 - 03/10/2016	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Children and Young People

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

89 Questions, Page 1 of 9

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AQW 31199/17-22

Ms Clare Bailey
(GPNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs when the finalised Clean Air Strategy for Northern Ireland will be published. [Priority Written]

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25/03/2022

Answered on 27/03/2022

AQW 31187/17-22

Ms Clare Bailey
(GPNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for a breakdown by tonnage and material of the inputs to existing anaerobic digestion plants in NI. [Priority Written]

24/03/2022

Question Withdrawn

AQW 31157/17-22

Ms Clare Bailey
(GPNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) what quantity of biogas, produced by anaerobic digestion plants, will be needed to meet the projected decarbonisation scenarios of his Department by 2050; and (ii) how many anaerobic digestion plants will be required to achieve this. [Priority Written]

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23/03/2022

Answered on 25/03/2022

AQW 31127/17-22

Ms Clare Bailey
(GPNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Finance how many deaths in Northern Ireland since January 2020 can be attributed to exposure to air pollution or PM2.5. [Priority Written]

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22/03/2022

Answered on 24/03/2022

AQW 31103/17-22

Ms Clare Bailey
(GPNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Education for an update on (i) the current status of the development proposal for Glengormley High School to become Integrated; and (ii) the progress of all other development proposals awaiting decisions. [Priority Written]

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21/03/2022

Answered on 25/03/2022

AQW 31030/17-22

Ms Clare Bailey
(GPNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he will install organic advisors within his Department to advise farmers on transitioning to organic farming, before the end of this mandate. [Priority Written]

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16/03/2022

Answered on 24/03/2022

AQW 30689/17-22

Ms Clare Bailey
(GPNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) whether further Marine Protected Area (MPA) designations will be required to protect significant blue carbon habitats if they currently lie outside an MPA; and (ii) whether there will be opportunities for blue carbon habitats and stores to be afforded additional legal protections given their role in climate change mitigation and adaptation based on their carbon sequestration and storage processes.

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08/03/2022

Answered on 24/03/2022

AQW 30688/17-22

Ms Clare Bailey
(GPNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, given the urgency of the climate emergency in Northern Ireland, (i) what steps he is taking to ensure the action plan to protect and restore blue carbon habitats will be delivered in a timely fashion; and (ii) how the blue carbon action plan will be integrated into existing and developing marine policies such as Marine Protected Areas, marine spatial planning and fisheries.

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08/03/2022

Answered on 24/03/2022

AQW 30687/17-22

Ms Clare Bailey
(GPNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether the blue carbon action plan will enable blue carbon habitats to contribute to Nationally Determined Contributions to the UK’s greenhouse gas inventory under the Paris Agreement.

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08/03/2022

Answered on 24/03/2022

AQW 30686/17-22

Ms Clare Bailey
(GPNI - South Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health how many abortions have been performed since the Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 commenced on 31 March 2020, until 31 January 2022. [Priority Written]

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08/03/2022

Answered on 11/03/2022

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