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
02/03/2026 - Present	Committee Member	Committee for the Economy
02/03/2026 - Present	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for the Economy and the Committee for Education
12/02/2024 - 02/03/2026	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

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

25 Questions, Page 1 of 3

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest

AQO 4292/22-27

Mr Declan Kearney
(SF - South Antrim)

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline any assessment made of the Taoiseach’s commitment to undertake a comprehensive programme of work to prepare for Irish unity.

12/11/2026

To be answered on 23/11/2026

AQW 56224/22-27

Mr Declan Kearney
(SF - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department has considered any plans to extend pedestrianisation measures to regional towns.

06/11/2026

To be answered by 23/11/2026

AQW 56223/22-27

Mr Declan Kearney
(SF - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any engagement his officials have had with the British Government and Irish Government following the UK-Ireland bilateral summit in Cork in July 2026.

06/11/2026

To be answered by 23/11/2026

AQW 56222/22-27

Mr Declan Kearney
(SF - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any progress that has been made in updating the UK-Ireland Double Taxation Convention.

06/11/2026

To be answered by 23/11/2026

AQW 56112/22-27

Mr Declan Kearney
(SF - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister for the Economy for an update on any progress made to date by the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Panel on her Department’s strategic approach to Artificial Intelligence.

05/11/2026

To be answered by 20/11/2026

AQW 56111/22-27

Mr Declan Kearney
(SF - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail any engagement he has had with the Royal College of Nursing regarding its strike ballot for industrial action in relation to the delivery of a pay award for staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions.

05/11/2026

To be answered by 20/11/2026

AQW 56110/22-27

Mr Declan Kearney
(SF - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) whether applications for the Lough Neagh Eel Transition Scheme have been issued to all affected fishers and hauliers; and (ii) the anticipated timescale for processing applications and issuing payments to those affected.

05/11/2026

To be answered by 20/11/2026

AQW 56109/22-27

Mr Declan Kearney
(SF - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any engagement his Department has had with the British and Irish Governments on a bilateral approach to address challenges arising from hybrid cross border working.

05/11/2026

To be answered by 20/11/2026

AQW 55438/22-27

Mr Declan Kearney
(SF - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on any progress made on the Road Maintenance Strategy.

22/10/2026

To be answered by 06/11/2026

AQW 55437/22-27

Mr Declan Kearney
(SF - South Antrim)

To ask the Minister of Health whether any consideration has been given by his Department to reforming the same-day appointment booking model used by GP surgeries.

22/10/2026

To be answered by 06/11/2026

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