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 Education whether the budget to meet and maintain the recent pay deal for teachers has been, and will be, ring-fenced to guarantee this rise in future years.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether there are any plans to change the Housing Executive points system to include those who are survivors of historical institutional abuse.
Extension of Sitting on Monday 15 April 2024 under Standing Order 10(3A) That, in accordance with Standing Order 10(3A), the sitting on Monday 15 April 2024 be extended to no later than 7.30pm.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) why GP pharmacists are not paid the same as other members of GP multi-disciplinary teams; (ii) whether there are plans to include GP pharmacists in the Agenda of Change pay scaling; and (iii) for his assessment of how the current disparity in pay is impacting the recruitment and…
To ask the Minister for Communities whether the Housing Executive has a responsibility to adequately train its housing advisors to better understand and work with people experiencing issues such as addiction, poor mental health, domestic abuse, elder abuse, homelessness and other issues relevant to housing and…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any initiatives his Department provides to identify and help people escape a long-term period of homelessness.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people who are (i) receiving; or (ii) applying for Personal Independence Payments because they are unable to work due to being on a waiting list for orthopaedic treatment.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any steps he will take to mitigate the economic impact on businesses from NIE Networks' power outages, planned during office hours, including (i) the provision of free, short-term loans of generators; (ii) planning the outages for times when the businesses are not…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for his assessment of how wastewater limits are preventing the opening of new businesses in town centres; (ii) whether the Department or local council’s understanding of the wastewater situation in the area is, or can be, shared with the applicant prior to them paying for a…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail his Department’s responsibilities to protect an existing road network, where a planning application has been approved and built, but with recommendations from the local planning office that steps be taken to mitigate anticipated negative impacts on the road network that…
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) for his assessment of the changes to the level of security of the personal details of people in occupations such as those in the PSNI or Prison Service, that will accompany the change from tax credits to Universal Credit; (ii) whether an impact assessment on this issue has been…
To ask the Minister of Health, when using private resources to carry out NHS treatment, whether a patient’s Health and Social Care Trust has a responsibility to maximise efficiency, convenience and cost for the patient.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 9468/22-27, to detail potential resolutions to the issues faced in securing providers for rural primary schools in the Healthy Happy Minds pilot.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for his assessment of whether allowing people, whose vehicle has recently passed an MoT test, to book an appointment for approximately one year’s time, would reduce waiting lists and backlog issues and enable people to get an appointment at a reasonable date.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any (i) pilot schemes; and (ii) temporary trials that are (a) in place; and (b) planned involving adult ADHD diagnosis and treatment.
To ask the Minister of Health what steps he is taking to ensure that (i) everyone with dementia receives an official diagnosis; and (ii) the type of dementia and the ethnicity of the patient is recorded by NISRA.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of times Article 6 of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 has been used by local councils to force owners to make improvements to a dilapidated property, broken down by council area, in each…
To ask the Minister for Communities whether the Housing Executive has a responsibility to explore both social and private rental options when sourcing a property for a homeless tenant.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of figures from Carers NI that show 220,000 people, mostly older and female, care for a friend or family member unpaid, half of whom care more than 90 hours per week; (ii) how this situation has changed over the last five years; (iii) for his assessment of the…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the process under the Shared Care programme whereby adults obtain a diagnosis for ADHD which requires regular prescriptions of medication; (ii) whether some or all NHS GPs are (a) currently writing; and (b) allowed to write, prescriptions for the necessary medication…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any correlation between those with ADHD and an increased risk of developing drug or alcohol dependency, or experiencing trauma; and (ii) the estimated percentage of the (a) Northern Ireland population; and (b) UK-wide population that currently have ADHD.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the reasons why further education lecturers receive lower pay than teachers at both primary and post-primary school level.