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Mr Andrew McMurray: Assembly records
All of Mr Andrew McMurray’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
I have spent a lifetime in the outdoors. Recently, I reflected on the fact that getting psyched in the outdoors through doing activities such as climbing, mountain biking and mountaineering, in the company of like-minded friends and companions with a shared objective, might not have been the best grounding for a…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any guidance issued to decision makers when assessing functional limitations in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the (i) number; and (ii) percentage, of Disability Living Allowance claims for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, that have been rejected at first decision, in the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the current average processing time for mandatory reconsiderations of Disability Living Allowance claims for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Minister, do you believe that the social well-being aspect of licensed premises — both as community hubs and as more regulated spaces — should be prioritised ahead of cheap alcohol from supermarket off-licences?
I thank the Minister for his statement. The average grant rate is 46·5%. In Scotland, it is 55%, and in Wales, it is 67%. How did the Department arrive at 46·5%? What calculation was that based on?
I thank the Minister. It is no surprise that the rating system is seen by many businesses as a barrier to their development and something that precludes a bustling high street. The statement referenced rental values. For some, the barrier is not the rental price but the rates payment on top of it. How will the…
Minister, what representation are you making to your counterparts in the Republic of Ireland to ensure that all-island branding, such as Ireland's Ancient East, is extended into Northern Ireland, as doing so would benefit many in the tourism industry, not least in South Down?
Minister, are you having any conversations with your counterpart in the Infrastructure Department and with the construction industry to ensure that you can start new builds in the social housing sector?
The First Minister, in her statement, said that four directors have been appointed to the board of Tourism Ireland. Can she outline the criteria and process for making the appointments? Can she also outline how those directors may assist and strengthen North/South cooperation in the tourism sector?
I acknowledge and, in many ways, lament the closure of the 'Down Recorder', the local newspaper that has served Downpatrick, Ardglass, Killough and many other areas of South Down. At over 189 years of age, it was one of the oldest papers on the island of Ireland. My thoughts are, first and foremost, with the staff at…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, given the recent surface flooding in the Market Place carpark, Downpatrick, and in the vicinity of Downpatrick and County Down Railway, to detail any interim emergency solutions in place to prevent more extensive flooding of the town centre, this winter.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any formal protocols in place to control the level of the River Quoile, in anticipation of heavy rain over the winter.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the action her Department is taking to address the repeated flooding on the A2, between Newcastle and Annalong, during heavy rain.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether a funding call was issued to all councils before allocating £135,000 towards festive lighting, in the Mid & East Antrim Borough Council area.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the annual costs her Department has incurred for contracting in road gully maintenance machines, over each of the last ten years.
I thank my colleagues for tabling the motion. Ms Bradshaw has already spoken about it in quite a bit of detail, but I want to focus on a few points that stand out for me. Let me say at the outset that the Alliance Party is committed to respecting people's right to remember their dead. There can be no doubt about that.…
Thank you, Minister. Will your Department engage with councils ahead of the upcoming review of bathing waters to encourage the designation of more sites in Northern Ireland?
Mr McMurray asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, after noting that it was good to see that all bathing waters in South Down achieved excellent water quality status, to outline what more could be done to improve water quality for the benefit of sea swimmers and water sports participants.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Review of Northern Ireland’s Fireworks Legislation”
Review of Northern Ireland’s Fireworks Legislation - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘noise;’ and insert: ‘notes that firework regulation in Northern Ireland is among the most robust in these islands; and calls on the Minister of Justice to consider changes to the penalties available for the illegal use and sale of…
Would a planned and communicated approach earlier in the financial year have been a more effective way of saving money and offsetting the resulting outworkings that the Minister has described?