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Mr Alan Chambers: Assembly records
All of Mr Alan Chambers’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 Education, pursuant to AQW 33972/22-27, to detail whether any school properties in North Down fall within the category of disrepair referenced in the Public Accounts Committee report.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether she will consider (i) reducing the speed limit on the A2 Groomsport Bypass to 30mph; and (ii) installing a controlled pedestrian crossing to facilitate safe pedestrian access into Groomsport, for residents on the Springwell Road, Groomsport.
I certainly welcome the opportunity to speak in this important debate. I am sure that there is political unanimity right across the Chamber on the desire for high-quality, dignified care from diagnosis through to the end of life. Through lived experience with friends and family, some of us have likely seen at first…
I thank the Commission for that answer. I had never been involved in a full-scale evacuation in all the time that I have been here, but I want to offer a couple of observations that I hope will be seen as helpful. The process was that most people seemed to be coming out of the front of the Building and going down the…
No, I want to make progress. Let me say something important. Our police crews, paramedics, nurses, social workers and mental health professionals are the ones who are stepping up to make real changes. They make impossible judgement calls every single day. They do not need the Assembly to cast broad criticisms over…
I declare an interest in that I am a member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board. Let me be absolutely clear about this: when a person or a loved one is facing a mental health crisis, the last thing that they need is for the issue to be politicised. Yet, regrettably, that is exactly what the motion appears to do. It…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Pressure on PSNI due to Health System Failings”
Pressure on PSNI due to Health System Failings - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘care system’ and insert: ‘and the lack of resource provision is forcing the PSNI and the Northern Ireland Prison Service to act as the last resort for those facing mental health crises; expresses further severe concern that the PSNI…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for their assessment of any impact the Autumn Budget 2025 will have on the Programme for Government 2024-2027.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department has committed extra resources for gully cleaning in locations that consistently flood during periods of heavy rainfall.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any recent advice his Department has given to local football clubs, who were successful in advancing to the next round of the Northern Ireland Football Fund.
There is an old cautionary saying: you get what you pay for. The motion highlights the fact that the PSNI did not have the capacity or available resource to manage the risk posed by a child sex offender in a recent, high-profile case that had hundreds of victims across the world and led to a young girl in America…
The importance and undeniable benefits of moving to a multi-year funding position have often been discussed in the Chamber, and have always been supported by my party. No public service would benefit more from some degree of financial clarity and certainty than our health service. Over the past decade, this reality…
The legal challenge has been ongoing for a number of years. Will the Minister confirm that his Department has had to detail considerable resource and funding to the case that could have been better deployed elsewhere?
To ask the Minister of Justice whether her Department (i) had any involvement in the legal journey that ended with the Supreme Court judgment in the matter of an application by JR87 and another for Judicial Review (Appellant); and (ii) provided any level of legal aid in relation to this case.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any costs incurred by his Department during the various legal hearings that ended in the Supreme Court judgment in the matter of an application by JR87 and another for Judicial Review (Appellant); and (ii) what departmental budget funded this legal challenge.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 2606/22-27, whether her Department will consider establishing a memorandum of understanding with local councils, to undertake the cleaning of directional road signs within town centre settings.
To ask the Assembly Commission to outline any review that has taken place on the outcome of the recent evacuation of Parliament Buildings as a result of the building fire alarm being activated.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Policing Resources”
Policing Resources - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘fall’ and insert: ‘following the Chief Constable’s workforce Recovery Plan endorsed by the Minister of Justice and the Executive; expresses concern that the agreed funding to increase the PSNI headcount to 7,000 officers has not been made available, resulting in…
There is no doubt that the proposals for the Birch Hill mental health inpatient centre are ambitious, but they are also undoubtedly necessary. Whilst the staff working from the Holywell Hospital and the Ross Thomson unit continue to provide a brilliant service, they do so from facilities that, frankly, have not kept…
Few issues that are brought before the House carry the same priority or urgency as cancer care. Cancer is a disease that can thrive in a vacuum. That is why every possible step should be taken to stamp down on avoidable delays in diagnosis. As has been said, every postponed treatment represents not just a statistic…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail whether her Department will take action to resolve recurring flooding on the A2 Belfast to Bangor Road, in the vicinity of Marino.
I know that the Minister shares my concern that Belfast lough has the potential to become the new Lough Neagh in the next 10 years. What is the Minister doing to ensure that the Executive take measures to avoid an environmental disaster similar to that in Lough Neagh?