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Mrs Ciara Ferguson: Assembly records
All of Mrs Ciara Ferguson’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the Translink business case for service enhancements on the North-West rail corridor, which, if implemented, includes (i) one additional early morning service from Derry to Belfast, connecting with the 08:00 hours Enterprise; (ii) one additional early morning…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of persons given a custodial sentence for the possession of a controlled substance for personal use in each of the last ten years, provided in tabular form.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of persons convicted of possession of a Class B drug in each of the last ten years; and (ii) the average length of the sentence for each of these convictions.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of (a) addiction counsellors; and (b) related practitioners currently employed in each prison; and (ii) the waiting list for each prison across the relevant service.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 22590/22-27, to detail (i) the consideration his Department has given on the Western Health and Social Care Trust's request for an additional 87 beds; and (ii) when his Department will make a decision on the additional bed requests.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 22590/22-27, for a breakdown of the 87 additional bed requests by the Western Health and Social Care Trust, broken down by (i) beds at Altnagelvin Hospital; (ii) independent sector nursing homes; and (iii) mental health inpatient beds.
Does the Member agree that we need to widen access to vital health-led services here, including mental health provision and drug treatment services, particularly in my constituency in the north-west? Additionally, how will we tackle poverty and inequality? That core area of work could have a meaningful and lasting…
Does the Minister agree that the current remuneration levels in the most serious and complex cases do not allow counsel to provide the expected advocacy that those cases actually demand and that the public deserve? Can the Minister confirm that a 10% uplift is proposed for immigration and asylum case fees, not 16%,…
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the ongoing work by his Department to complete the Women's Health Action Plan, including a date for its publication.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any engagement her Department has had with Translink in relation to increasing the frequency of Sunday services on the Derry to Belfast rail line.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any engagement her Department has had with Translink in relation to increasing the frequency of the (i) morning service on a Monday to Friday; (ii) evening service on a Monday to Sunday; and (iii) 4:00pm to 6:00pm rush hour service on a Monday to Friday, on the Derry to…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any engagement her Department has had with the Irish Government to develop the Derry to Letterkenny rail line.
The issue of substance use and addiction is of utmost importance, particularly in the north-west. As we have heard, it has touched the lives of so many individuals, families and communities across our society. I particularly acknowledge those who are dealing with the grief of losing a loved one to addiction and the…
Child mental health and access to services is an issue that is close to my heart as a mother, a sister, an aunt and a grandmother. If any one of us were to review the child and adolescent mental health statistics, we would see that the situation is just not acceptable. Consistently, over 2,000 children and young…
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on (i) the work of the Regional HSC Gynaecology Services Forum; (ii) the progress made on ongoing service improvement; and (iii) the implementation at a local and regional level.
I previously asked about Derry courthouse, Minister, and you mentioned the potential for an additional extension and refurbishment. When can we expect a firm timeline or resourcing commitments, given the ongoing need to ensure adequate access to a modern justice system in the north-west?
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any plans his Department has to increase the capacity of (i) Health and Social Trusts' Homecare Services; and (ii) the independent sector's homecare provision to assist with hospital discharges.