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Miss Áine Murphy: Assembly records
All of Miss Áine Murphy’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any proposal relating to the commissioning of a new emergency general surgical service at the South West Acute Hospital would be treated as a Novel, Contentious or Repercussive case, requiring formal Strategic Planning and Performance Group involvement throughout the business case…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps his Department is taking to (i) reduce waiting times for patients assessed as urgent for a first consultant-led orthopaedic outpatient appointment; and (i) ensure that urgent cases, particularly those involving children and young people with progressive conditions, are…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) whether any additional funding will be made available to the Affordable Warmth Scheme, in the current financial year; and (ii) how rising demand for boiler upgrades is being addressed.
Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank everybody for taking part in the debate. It was a useful debate. Declan referred to the fact that we had brought a similar motion to the Chamber in November 2024. In my constituency, as is the case in many rural areas across the North, bovine TB is not just…
First Minister, I welcome your comment that the future of the site remains a live issue. Do you agree with me that fully regenerating the site would be transformative socially and economically and that it is time to move forward on that without delay?
I support the Bill and welcome its Second Stage. For many people in County Fermanagh, the legislation has been a long time coming. As Members may know, I introduced a private Member's Bill in the previous mandate to ban fracking. Unfortunately, we ran out of time to get it through Committee Stage. For years, people in…
Thank you for the update, Minister. How can already hard-pressed households and families be protected from price gouging as a result of increasing energy costs?
I welcome the opportunity to speak in support of the motion and about what it means to our rural communities. As has been highlighted by many Members who have spoken in the debate, we face a convergence of pressures across our rural areas on farming incomes, our environment and our energy security. Farmers are under…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any reason the approved works at St Mary’s Primary School, Newtownbutler, which have been endorsed under the School Enhancement Programme in January 2019 and supported by an approved business case in January 2024, remains stalled at pre-tender stage; and (ii) when the…
I thank the Minister for his statement. Minister, you referenced the need for: "a wider reset of sponsorship and governance arrangements". Can you clarify what you mean by that and give us more detail on the changes that are possible in the coming weeks and months?
While the T:BUC programme has supported a large number of programmes in rural areas, there is a concern about how accessible the projects are outside urban centres. What steps will the review take to ensure that the programmes are accessible to all, especially those in rural areas?
Cancellation of Summer Schemes in Special Schools That this Assembly expresses grave concern that the Education Authority has announced the cancellation of summer schemes in special schools in 2026 due to concerns about healthcare provision for participating children; recognises that these schemes provide a lifeline…
I very much welcome the Bill that has been introduced by my party colleague. I want to focus not just on farming policy but on the broader sphere of rural communities. In County Fermanagh, 92% of land falls within areas of natural constraint. Farming in my county is not just another industry; it is the foundation on…
I welcome the opportunity to speak to the motion. Obviously, we will support the motion. The establishment of an independent environmental protection agency is about protecting the natural assets that sustain our communities, livelihoods and local economies. Few places in the North are as closely connected to water as…
I welcome the extension of the rural ATM rates exemption scheme for the 2026-27 rating year. I thank the Minister for bringing it to the Chamber. In recent years, we have seen the steady loss of local banking services across many rural communities. Bank branch closures have become an all-too-familiar story in towns…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) any assessment his Department has made in relation to the decline in brown trout stocks in the River Finn and the Erne basin; and (ii) any actions his Department plans to take to investigate the causes and support stock recovery, given the…
Minister, you will be aware that NIEA officials briefed the Committee a number of weeks ago and that the issue of staffing arose during that meeting. In that vein, will the NIEA have the appropriate staffing and, indeed, resources to meet the need that may come with a rise in enforcement?
I welcome the opportunity to speak in the Adjournment debate, which was secured by my party colleague, on the future of the South West Acute Hospital and, indeed, its future on a cross-border basis. The South West Acute Hospital is a lifeline for people across Counties Tyrone and Fermanagh and the wider border region.…
I thank the Minister for her answer. Of course, I again welcome the inclusion of County Fermanagh in the Fáilte Ireland brand, which will be a game changer for Fermanagh's economy and, no doubt, the businesses that you mentioned. Minister, we are just a stone's throw from County Donegal, which has the Wild Atlantic…
Bovine Tuberculosis That this Assembly recognises that high levels of animal disease, including bovine Tuberculosis (bTB), undermine environmental sustainability by increasing resource use per unit of food produced and contributing to higher greenhouse gas emissions; notes figures from the Public Health Agency, as…
First Minister, you mentioned something very important in your response: a just and fair transition. What will that mean for farmers, families and workers?
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the environmental impact of tobacco filters, including any costs to Executive departments.