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18/11/2015

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MLAs have voted to allow the government to roll out

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its welfare reforms here during a special sitting of the Assembly.

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It was called after yesterday's agreement

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between the DUP, Sinn Fein and the British and Irish governments.

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The deal settled issues which had been threatening

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Our political correspondent Chris Page reports.

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The architects of the agreement have called the deal a fresh start. The

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two biggest parties say it is a new awakening, others that it is a false

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dawn. The deal unlocks the deadlock on

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welfare. Today the Assembly passed a motion

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allowing Westminster to legislate on the issue.

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I am asking the Assembly to pass this consent motion, which will

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enable us to reform the welfare system, whilst helping the most

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vulnerable... The DUP pollen -- the DUP poster minister's proposal was

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-- DUP Minister's proposal was supported by Sinn Fein.

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This gives us protection is better than exist anywhere on this island.

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Both parties are behind the deal. Westminster is set to pass the law

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is changing the welfare system here, but Stormont will put in place

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arrangements to help the -- people worst affected. The Executive is

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setting aside ?585 million for this over four years.

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But the SDLP, do you -- UUP and Alliance are not impressed.

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How dare anybody to reduce this chamber to a post box after the

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years of democratic struggle and the pain and grief suffered by our

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people? To pass all this over to Westminster

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is a clear admission of a lack of elliptical mature too.

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This conference of agreement plus the proposals are described as a

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fresh start, they are about as fresh as a student's bag of rugby.

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-- a lack of political maturity. The alliance voted for the motion.

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The SDLP and Ulster Unionist voted against.

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The talks ended with a breakthrough, a new atmosphere of

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corporation between the two largest parties.

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But the day after the deal, the scrutiny has begun.

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Victims' groups have criticised the deal reached between the parties

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Both the British and Irish governments say whilst significant

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progress has been made, a final agreement

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on setting up new bodies to deal with the past couldn't be reached.

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There are dozens of peace walls like this throughout Northern Ireland.

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This new deal with attempt to address the whole issue of

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interfaces by bringing what it calls a confidence -- confidence building

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measures. The UK says it will provide ?60 million over five years

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in an attempt to bring down the walls and create a shared future.

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The past and how we deal with it could not get any agreement, despite

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what the Government says is some significant progress.

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I'm starting to despair whether there will ever be agreement on when

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these issues. Whilst there is talking still ongoing, that has got

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to be welcome, but my frustration is that at the end of the day they're

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not going to be able to agree so Bill be another opportunity -- I

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don't know if we will ever get the energy of the willpower back again.

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This is the woman whose remit it is to give victims a voice.

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It is critical that the two governments and the parties involved

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and ourselves pushed to get this across the line. These issues will

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come round again and if they do get parked, this is people who need to

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have some truth. For some, no deal is better than a

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bad Bill. The issue of national security is a stumbling block. --

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bad deal. The British Government has stepped

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in and said they have two -- it is independent but they are to check

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everything with us. That's not independent.

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Theresa Villiers has agreed to meet with relatives. For others, it is

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the issue of the -- A-level playing field when it comes to dealing with

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the past. We would wish to see everything

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brought out in the open. -- a level playing field.

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The difficulty is that whilst there may be pressures coming to bear on

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the Government, there are limited pressures that can be brought to

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bear on terrorist organisations. None of us are getting any younger,

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that is the main concern. A cynic might suggest that perhaps that

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might suit the state, to let people die off and deal with legacy issues

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in that way. Clearly there is a lot to consider

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when it comes to victims, survivors and how to do with our past. It may

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be some time yet before they get the answers that will help them move on

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with their lives. An extra ?48 million is to be given

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to the health service - most of it The announcement was made as part

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of a reallocation of funds known The health minister welcomed

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the news. We have been planning for this for

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some time in of getting the resources. That means we are well

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down the line in planning for this. Some people will start to get

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notifications of these procedures in the next number of days. We are

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going to try and use the maximum number of capacity in our hospitals,

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and looking to others in the independent sector. We have ?40

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million to spend on waiting lists, I want to make sure the marks number

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get the most assessments and surgery they possibly can.

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You can see more on all today's political developments at 11:15

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The Carl Frampton/Scott Quigg roadshow rolled into Belfast today.

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They're due to meet in a super-bantamweight world title

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Over a thousand people turned up at a news conference in

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Carl Frampton holds the IBF belt - while his opponent Quigg from Bury

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The bout will happen in Manchester in February.

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I can't wait for this fight. I have wanted it for at least four years

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now, I have been chasing him everywhere and finally the fight's

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happening. everywhere and finally the fight's

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want this fight, they everywhere and finally the fight's

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me before, but there is plenty of money on the line that is why

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they're taking it. This fight is better than anything he has been

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involved in or higher -- or I have. better than anything he has been

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This place is going to be packed out, 20,000 people. It will be

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something Scott Quigg is not used to.

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In tonight's League Cup quarterfinals holders Cliftonville

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You can see the rest of tonight's local football scores

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Time now for a look at what's coming up on tomorrow's

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BBC Newsline and we've part two of our series from Hydebank young

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Our reporter Rick Faragher talks to a long-serving prison officer who

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now also teaches craft classes to the inmates, and hears how some

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A lot were apprehensive, a lot said, it will not work. But then

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eventually surprisingly it turned it around.

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And you can see more of that on BBC Newsline tomorrow night at 6:30pm.

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Yesterday it was the South, today it has been part of the North -- parts

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of the North that have borne the brunt of the high winds. Here in

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Northern Ireland they peaked earlier this evening, nevertheless we have a

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wind warning for some damaging gusts and some disruption. We could see

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severe gale force gusts of up to 60 mph. Eventually they subside, but it

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remains windy. Into tomorrow, a bright, breezy day coming up.

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Airfare and mud of sunshine around but still a few showers. -- a fair

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amount of sunshine. Bright, breezy, sunny spells in most of Britain,

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cloudier for South Wales, south of England. We have a weather front

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pushing in towards the north of Scotland, wringing wet conditions

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there. Maybe wintry conditions over the hills. -- bringing wet

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conditions. For more than added in the afternoon still a few shearers

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-- showers around, towards the north and parts of the West particularly.

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Temperatures are little bit down on today. That cooling trend continues

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as we had through Friday into the weekend, in fact turning quite

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wintry with cold, northerly winds. We are likely to get a few wintry

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flurries as we head into Friday and Saturday. Some frost at night and a

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bitter wind chill. Have a good evening, goodbye.

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