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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.
Ms Ferguson asked the Minister for the Economy for an assessment of the 'Skills Barometer: 2023-2033' report, which was published this morning, given the huge importance to the economy of skills from entry level right through to level 7.
To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on (i) the joint working group into the development of a Barnahus-style model; and (ii) the time frame for the publication of options and analysis of costings.
To ask the Minister of Justice, given the importance of trauma-informed training for those in direct contact with survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, to detail any relevant training provided to (i) judges; and (ii) legal practitioners to ensure they are adequately supporting those affected through all court…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any work her Department is undertaking to address the direct correlation between increased adverse childhood experiences and likelihood of being arrested.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the amount of funding allocated by her Department to each of the Policing and Community Safety Partnerships to address community safety in the last three years.
Thank you, Deputy Speaker. Whilst we all agree on the need to provide meaningful support to first-time buyers, given some of the challenges that they face, with ever-increasing house prices and rental costs, I urge huge caution over any attempt to propose the roll-out of equity based, help-to-buy schemes as a solution…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Support for First-Time Buyers”
Support for First-Time Buyers - Amendment 2 Leave out all after second 'buyers' and insert: 'and calls on the Minister for Communities to explore the introduction of interventions aimed at first-time buyers that provide meaningful support and improve access to home ownership.’
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the minor works project to deliver five specialist provision classes and improve disabled access at St. Brigid’s College, Foyle.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the timeline for the approval and implementation of the Housing Executive staff National Joint Council pay award for 2024-25.
I thank the Minister for his statement. Minister, can you put a time frame on the Housing Executive's proposed review of rule 43, which is on primary social needs, given that we need to understand how that change will still be able to adequately prioritise people in imminent and serious danger and people with trauma,…
Poverty does not take away just material things; it forces people to make impossible choices between paying housing costs, paying heating and other utility bills and putting food on the table. Poverty chips away at the belief that tomorrow could be better than today. It steals opportunities, potential and dreams. One…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the financial support his Department provides to help support Young Enterprise to deliver educational programmes for pupils and students.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the financial support his Department provides to help support Young Enterprise to deliver educational programmes for pupils and students.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the financial support his Department provides to help support Young Enterprise to deliver educational programmes for pupils and students.
Like many other Members, I commend the work of the chief executive in the trust, the senior management staff and our healthcare workers, who are going way beyond the realms of supporting our most vulnerable people when they are in crisis and where they need support. I commend the work that they are doing, despite the…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of people receiving district nursing care in Foyle in the last two years; and (ii) his assessment of the current need.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the current staffing levels of district nursing in the last 12 months, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust area; and (ii) his assessment of the current staffing levels.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people who waited for a domiciliary care package in the Western Health and Social Care Trust in 2024 for (i) one month; (ii) six months; and (iii) more than six months, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for his assessment of how the greenway network in Derry city has positively impacted traffic flows within the city.