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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 qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for Communities what consideration he has given to (i) the Independent Welfare Review recommendations; and (ii) setting out an agreed timeline for reporting the outcome.
International Women’s Day 2024 That this Assembly recognises that International Women’s Day is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women; believes that this day both serves as a powerful reminder of the progress made towards gender equality and highlights the work that…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 6285/22-27, to detail a timeline for the completion of the (i) Population Needs-Based Assessment of Substance Use and related services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust; (ii) Independent Review of Inpatient Tier 4 Detoxification and Residential Rehabilitation…
To ask the Minister of Health what consideration he has given to increasing the departmental funding available for children and adult hospices in the 2024-25 financial year.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the current capacity at the Regional Fertility Centre (RFC) to meet demand; (ii) how many trained staff are currently working at the RFC; and (iii) how many trained staff are needed to cover the centre.
To ask the Minister of Health what consideration he will give to securing alternative routes into the speech and language therapy profession to help it grow, such as apprenticeships and Masters degrees.
To ask the Minister of Health what consideration he will give to support the introduction of a professional speech and language therapy advisor to sit across his Department and the Department of Education, to embed Speech, Language and Communication Needs at a strategic and policy level across departments.
To ask the Minister for Communities what consideration he has given to (i) commencing policy development to replace the Affordable Warmth Scheme; and (ii) setting out an agreed timeline for the policy development work.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether she will consider providing greater access to family mediation outside of the legal system, similar to that in neighbouring jurisdictions.
To ask the Minister of Health what consideration he will give to increasing the number of speech and language therapy undergraduate places at Ulster University for the 2024-25 academic year.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline his plans to address waiting times for urgent orthopaedic surgery in the Western Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the level of investment in community transport in the last three years; and (ii) the proposed level of investment for 2024-25.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of households on the Housing Executive social housing transfer list for (i) two bed accommodation; (ii) three bed accommodation; and (iii) ground floor accommodation, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the level of investment in the Surestart Programme, in each of the last three years; and (ii) the proposed level of investment in 2024-25.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the level of investment in the Extended Schools Programme, in each of the last three years; and (ii) the proposed level of investment in 2024-25.
To ask the Minister for Communities what consideration he will give to secure a housing-specific standalone outcome with indicators in the Programme for Government.
I support the motion and thank the Members for bringing it forward. First, as others have mentioned, this is an opportunity to commend the work of our Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. We have over 700 committed professionals who work in the field in the North, and they do the vital work of supporting…
I thank the Minister for his statement. As we are a small island, connectivity is crucial to our economy. Having supported City of Derry Airport's public service obligation (PSO) route to Heathrow, will the Minister look at the Derry to Dublin route, as was promised under 'New Decade, New Approach'?