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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 of Health to detail any plans his Department has to address the 513 people awaiting a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) assessment on 31 December 2024 in the Western Health and Social Care Trust, as set out in the CAHMS Waiting Time Statistics for December 2024.
International Women’s Day 2025 That this Assembly welcomes the theme of Accelerate Action for International Women’s Day 2025; recognises that focusing on the need to accelerate action emphasises the importance of taking swift and decisive steps to achieve gender equality; and supports increased momentum and urgency in…
I thank the Minister for his answer. I have a number of constituents, including elderly individuals, who are terminally ill with cancer and are still being referred by their GP to the emergency department. I am aware of numerous cases, which I have forwarded to the Western Trust, of those individuals having to lie on…
I thank the deputy First Minister for her answer. Does she agree that, although the strategy is most definitely a positive first step, we must continue to make ending violence against women and girls a top priority?
Investment in legal aid yields substantial benefits not only for individuals but for their families, our communities and our public services. I thank the Law Society and Rocket Science for their report on the social value of legal aid, which I urge everyone to read and consider. Using a social return on investment…
Ms Ferguson asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, given that her constituency of Foyle has witnessed an increase in attacks on and violence against women and girls, and given that it is important that we do everything that we can to stop what is a stain on society, for an update on the roll-out of the…
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on his Department’s decision not to provide funding to Samaritans NI from the Core Grant Funding Scheme 2025-26.
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to his Department’s Core Grant Funding Scheme 2025-26, to detail (i) the successful groups and organisations; and (ii) the amount of funding secured by each group.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any measures his Department has in place to ensure that private landlords cannot easily revoke consent previously given for keeping a pet in private rented accommodation.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail his Department's current obligations on private landlords in relation to requests from those in rented accommodation to keep or acquire a pet, including response deadlines for consent.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the service improvements made in relation to the 20 regional recommendations made in the January 2024 report Gynaecology Getting It Right First Time.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the number of people currently on the elective gynaecology waiting list for an investigative or treatment surgery for suspected endometriosis, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any requests from Health and Social Care Trusts for additional beds currently under consideration by his Department, broken down by hospital.
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline any work her Department is undertaking to ensure the process of male victims reporting instances of sexual abuse or assault is appropriate and as stress free as possible.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for an update on his Department’s plans to increase employment opportunities for newly-qualified Occupational Therapists; and (ii) to detail the Health and Social Care Trusts they will be located.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people on a waiting list for an occupational therapist appointment, broken down by (i) Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) length of time on the waiting list.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people on a waiting list for a care home bed, broken down by (i) Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) length of time on the waiting list.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the progress her Department has made with the developer, South Bank Square Ltd, in relation to (i) its proposed mitigation strategy submitted on the 15 November 2024; and (ii) the signalisation of Caw roundabout, Derry.
Minister, in relation to a specialist provision in mainstream schools, what is your assessment of the number of schools across the North that would require work to be done to improve disabled access to their entire facility?
I thank the Minister for her answer. Minister, I understand that the skills parameter will soon be published at a subregional level, which I very much welcome, particularly for the constituency of Foyle and the north-west. Does the Minister agree that that will benefit the work of our local economic partnerships and…