Mr Declan Kearney

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Kearney
Official First Name: Declan
Usual First Name: Declan
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: South Antrim

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Sinn Féin	Party Member	02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2016 - 25/01/2017

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
12/05/2016	South Antrim	Nationalist, First Elected
13/03/2017	South Antrim	Nationalist, Re-elected
13/05/2022	South Antrim	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
12/02/2024 - Present	Committee Member	Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
09/02/2024 - 12/02/2024	Committee Chair	Committee on Standards and Privileges
06/02/2024 - 09/02/2024	Committee Chair	Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
06/02/2024 - 13/02/2024	Committee Member	Chairpersons' Liaison Group
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
11/01/2020 - 05/05/2022	junior Minister	The Executive Office
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Committee for Justice
31/05/2016 - 25/01/2017	Committee Member	Public Accounts Committee
25/05/2016 - 31/05/2016	Committee Deputy Chair	Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
09/05/2017 - 29/01/2018	Assembly Party Group Member	All-Party group on Sports and Physical Recreation

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Assembly Questions

Session:

2 Questions, Page 1 of 1

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Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

Ref No	Member	Question	Tabled	Status
AQO 1175/22-27	Mr Declan Kearney (SF - South Antrim)	To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the next steps for the Programme for Government 2024-2027, following closure of the consultation.	14/11/2024	To be answered on 25/11/2024
AQO 1082/22-27	Mr Declan Kearney (SF - South Antrim)	To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to provide an update on the appointment of the Commissioners under the Identity and Language Act 2022. View Official Report for AQO 1082/22-27	24/10/2024	Answered on 11/11/2024

Plenary Business

Plenary Item Title	Item	Tabled As	Tabled Date	Plenary Date
Breaches of the Ministerial Code of Conduct - Amendment 2	Motion Amendment	MLA - South Antrim	14/11/2024

Votes On Division

Vote Subject	Division Date	Member Voted
-#1 Future EU Relationship - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Eóin Tennyson]	18/11/2024	AYE
Breaches of the Ministerial Code of Conduct [Mr Matthew O'Toole]	18/11/2024	AYE
Future EU Relationship	18/11/2024	AYE
-#1 Holiday Hunger and the High Cost of School Uniforms - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr David	12/11/2024	NO
Failure of RAISE Programme in Tackling Educational Underachievement	05/11/2024	AYE
-#1 Failure to Produce a River Basin Management Plan - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Miss Michel	15/10/2024	AYE
Prayer of Annulment: The Hops Certification (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 [Committ	14/10/2024	NO
-#1 Farmers' Basic Payment Scheme (Revised Wording) - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Patsy McGl	07/10/2024	AYE
-#1 Draft Programme for Government - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Brian Kingston]	07/10/2024	AYE
Amend Standing Order 30 [Committee Chair - Committee on Procedures]	17/09/2024	AYE
-#2 Budgetary Pressures - Amendment 2: Motion Amendment 2 [Mr Paul Frew]	10/09/2024	AYE

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