Gerry Carroll

MLA Pay Hike a Slap in the Face of Struggling Families

MLA Pay Hike a Slap in the Face of Struggling Families

The 27% pay hike wasn't inevitable but it was unjustifiable

13 Mar 2026

Gerry Carroll pictured in front of Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre

Carroll Submits Amendment to Justice Bill: 10 is Too Young

Gerry Carroll's amendment calls for the minimum age of criminal responsibility to be increased from 10 to 16, with no exceptions.

26 Feb 2026

Gerry Carroll in West Belfast

Carroll Passes Motion on Damp and Mould - Hits Out at Shameless Pay Hike

Action on damp and mould: motion brought by Gerry Carroll passed at Stormont this week. / Stormont's newly-established 'Independent' Remuneration Board has recommended an extortionate £14,000 pay rise for MLAs. Carroll says backlash is justified, not pay hike.

26 Feb 2026

First Minister Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill and People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll.

People Before Profit Rejects Status Quo Budget from Sinn Féin

With "unconscionable" rates hikes, Gerry Carroll says, "Sinn Fein’s Finance Minister conveniently fails to acknowledge that the Executive - including his own party - is acting as a handmaiden for British austerity. Executive parties are implementing punitive cuts by choice, not necessity."

9 Jan 2026

Gerry Carroll MLA in front of composite image of Stormont and Westminster

Labour Budget Protects the Wealthy while Working Class Communities Pay the Price

Carroll: "Tinkering around the edges of reform can never undo the damage caused by more than a decade of austerity. The growing desire for a radical left alternative must be capitalised upon as soon as possible, to take the fight to both Starmer and Farage."

28 Nov 2025

Gerry Carroll Slams Labour’s Disastrous Asylum Reforms

Gerry Carroll Slams Labour’s Disastrous Asylum Reforms

'These reforms might appease a small section of society who have swallowed lies from the far-right. But the vast majority of people see right through this desperate attempt to pander to racism.'

21 Nov 2025

Screen Grab from Gerry Carroll's introduction to the Motion of No Confidence in Paul Givan as Minister for Education in Stormont 10 November 2025

No Confidence, No Accountability: Givan’s Time Is Up

"For weeks, thousands of people from all backgrounds have flooded the inboxes of MLAs to express their moral outrage at the Minister’s actions. People have taken to streets, calling on the Minister to step aside. Education workers and teaching unions... the DUP’s arrogance is on full display."

10 Nov 2025

Carroll’s Motion of No Confidence Gains Further Momentum

Carroll’s Motion of No Confidence Gains Further Momentum

Paul Givan's trip to the genocidal state of Israel at the invitation of and paid for by the Netanyahu government itself has galvanised condemnation from parties outside DUP including Sinn Féin, SDLP and Alliance. The motion will be debated.

4 Nov 2025

Black and White Image of Paul Givan's face with slogan 'Paul Givan Must Go!'

Givan Must Go - Belfast Demonstration Sat. 1 Nov 1pm

Saturday 1 November at 1pm at Belfast City Hall, Palestine solidarity activists, education workers, community groups and representatives of political parties will attend a demonstration to protest the Education Minister’s recent trip to Israel.

31 Oct 2025