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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 Infrastructure for an update on her Department's work to address the slip resistance of the paving slabs laid within the footways in the Newmarket Street, Derry, to enhance pedestrian safety.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on their engagement with the British Prime Minister to secure a fair and adequate funding settlement for the Executive.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the custody navigators for at-risk young offenders to be introduced in Derry, including (i) the organisations involved; (ii) the number of young people to be engaged; and (iii) any timescale for implementation.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the length of time that Slievemore House, Derry, has had vacant property; and (ii) any plans to either dispose of or redevelop the vacant property at Slievemore House, Derry.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 31088/22-27, for an update on the work of the subgroups that report to the Right Care Right Person Silver Operational Group.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any work undertaken by her Department, over the last year, to progress the Bogside residents' parking scheme in Derry, including a timeline for implementation.
I welcome the opportunity to speak at Second Stage of the Victims and Witnesses of Crime Bill. I will begin by acknowledging the importance of the Bill in placing the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses of Crime and that office and its functions on a permanent statutory footing. That will strengthen recognition of…
What progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of the Criminal Justice Inspection (CJINI) report that found unacceptable levels of inappropriate use of care and supervision units in prisons?
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any recruitment challenges there are in specialist services, including the Personality Disorder Service, in health and social care.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any work that is being undertaken by his Department, within the last 12 months, to reduce reliance on locum consultants within the consultant psychiatry workforce.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the (i) number of; and (ii) percentage of, locum consultants within the consultant psychiatry workforce, in the last three years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on his Department’s work with the Department of Justice, in the last six months, to complete a final options paper on the Barnahus Model.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on progressing the flood alleviation scheme for (i) Drumahoe; and (ii) Eglinton, Derry, over the last year.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on progressing the £0.5 million in capital funding works to the Emergency Department at Altnagelvin Area Hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on any work that has been undertaken by his Department to reduce the number of people with cancer having to remain overnight or longer in the Emergency Department at Altnagelvin Area Hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 40628/22, for an update on the business case and implementation plan to extend bowel cancer screening from the age of 50, including whether the commencement of a phased implementation take place in 2026-27.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the level of 24-hour weekend emergency veterinary practice cover for dogs available, in the last three years, broken down by constituency.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the minimum number of on-duty veterinary surgeons that are available for 24-hour emergency veterinary practice cover provision at the weekends for dogs, in each constituency in 2026.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the maximum journey distance for people to travel to access 24-hour emergency veterinary cover provision at the weekends for dogs, in 2026.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any review undertaken by his Department regarding the provision of 24-hour weekend veterinary emergency cover for dogs.
I thank you for your detailed answer. Is the Commission's sign language interpretation services contract available to Members, for instance, if they need to book interpreters?
I just want to note that it is about having a clear evidence base for the impact. You made an assumption that, if it were to change, more work could be done, but it could be the opposite. We do not know. We do not have the information on the impact that the change would have.
Minister, that is not my role as a Committee Member. I have asked the Department on numerous occasions — you will be well aware; it is on the record — for the same information on who the departmental officials were working with. For a year at the time, I perceived that they were working with and speaking to the taxing…