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Gordon Lyons: DUP minister apologises for assembly comments

The incident occurred as the debate on childcare was coming to a close.

The deputy speaker told assembly members to “take their ease” before moving on to the next item.

Nicholl however stood up and asked to make a point of order, to which the deputy speaker replied, “go ahead”.

Points of order are a mechanism to allow members of the assembly to raise a matter concerning the rules of parliamentary procedure.

Nicholl asked whether “it is in order for the minister of education to imply that Alliance ministers did not support the £25 million for childcare”.

As Nicholl was speaking, Lyons stood up and started making his way out of the chamber, which took him past where Nicholl was standing.

As he was not on microphone, it is not possible from viewing the assembly live feed to hear anything that he said on his way out.

However, after he has left, SDLP member Sinéad McLaughlin said that Lyons “shouted over to [Nicholl] ‘sit down'”.

Posting on social media after the incident, Nicholl said that Lyons’ comments were “Aggressive, arrogant and have to say – doubt it would have happened if I was a man”.


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