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Ms Claire Sugden: Assembly records
All of Ms Claire Sugden’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 (i) any alternatives to Emergency Department attendance available for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis; and (ii) any steps being taken to improve access to those services.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the community-based mental health crisis intervention services that are currently commissioned by his Department in each Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) whether any assessment has been made of geographical gaps in provision.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department has given any consideration to the recommendations contained in the Mental Health Champion's June 2026 report, The Economic Case for a Mental Health Regional Crisis Intervention Service in Northern Ireland, including any steps taken in response.
I beg to introduce the Age Discrimination (Goods, Facilities and Services) Bill [NIA 46/22-27], which is a Bill to make provision for the prohibition of unjustified discrimination, harassment and victimisation on the ground of age in connection with the provision of goods, facilities and services.
I am very happy to support the Bill at Second Stage. Last Friday, I visited a local school where girls already have the option of wearing trousers as part of their school uniform. During that discussion with primary-school pupils, I mentioned the fact that the Assembly would soon debate the School Uniforms (Trousers)…
I highlight the uncertain future of Fertility Network UK in Northern Ireland, following the announcement that its parent charity has entered a managed closure due to financial pressures. While efforts are ongoing to transfer the Northern Ireland service to another organisation, there is no certainty that that will…
To ask the Minister of Health, in light of the managed closure of Fertility Network UK and the uncertainty surrounding the future of the Fertility Network NI, to detail (i) any engagement his Department has had in relation to the continuation of fertility support services, including whether alternative funding or…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether any assessment has been made of the impact of differences in pay and terms and conditions between pharmacists employed by GP Federations and those employed directly by Health and Social Care while undertaking comparable clinical roles; and (ii) whether there is any policy that…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of pharmacists employed by GP Federations who are not employed on terms and conditions equivalent to Agenda for Change; and (ii) any engagement his Department and the Strategic Planning and Performance Group has had with GP Federations and the Pharmacists' Defence…
To ask the Minister of Health whether the Strategic Planning and Performance Group has received a request for funding to align the pay and terms and conditions of pharmacists employed by GP Federations with those employed directly by Health and Social Care.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department or the Strategic Planning and Performance Group has identified any barriers to aligning the pay and terms and conditions of pharmacists employed by GP Federations with those employed directly by Health and Social Care.
Minister, what impact do you anticipate the industrial strike having on waiting times? I am aware of a patient who was sent home today after urgent testing because there would not be a doctor to interpret their results.
Minister, non-domestic vacant rates are a significant burden on many businesses across the board. What you have announced today will not support all those businesses. I appreciate that your proposals will raise revenue that, as you say, can be used by councils, but they are not getting that support, nor are they…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether he intends to review the funding model for special school summer schemes to ensure sufficient staffing levels and places can be secured in future years; and (ii) any steps being taken to ensure that all children who meet the eligibility criteria for a special…
To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment has been made of (i) the impact on families where children with special educational needs are unable to access a special school summer scheme place; and (ii) the availability of alternative childcare, respite and holiday provision for children who are unable to…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether any assessment has been made of the ability of special schools to recruit sufficient staff to operate summer schemes; (ii) the number of special schools who have advised (a) his Department; or (ii) the Education Authority, that they were unable to offer their…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of (i) places available through special school summer schemes, in each of the last five years; and (ii) special schools that reduced the number of places offered in 2026 compared with 2025.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of children who (i) applied for a place in a special school summer scheme in 2026; (ii) were offered a place; and (iii) were unsuccessful in securing a place, broken down by special school.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) the number of full-time undergraduate students enrolled at the Northern Regional College Coleraine campus, in each academic year, since 2005; and (ii) any assessment her Department has made of the impact of changes in student numbers on the local economy and wider…
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether she has made any assessment of (i) the role for the Northern Regional College Coleraine campus within Northern Ireland’s higher education system, over the next ten years; and (ii) whether current student number allocations support that role.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether she has made any assessment as to whether the current Maximum Student Number cap is compatible with achieving the skills, productivity and economic growth objectives, contained within the Programme for Government 2024-2027.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether she has considered establishing an independent body to provide strategic oversight of (i) higher education; (ii) further education; (iii) skills provision; and (iv) workforce planning, in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether she will commission an independent review of higher education funding and governance in Northern Ireland, including consideration of the relationship between (i) universities; (ii) further education colleges; (iii) apprenticeships; and (iv) wider skills provision.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether the (i) Northern Ireland Policing Board; and (ii) PSNI, has requested additional resources to support the implementation of the McCloud pension remedy.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any assessment that has been made of the impact that delays in implementing the McCloud pension remedy are having on confidence in police pensions, amongst serving and retired PSNI officers.