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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) what areas of healthcare could be treated in the community through pharmacies, opticians, dentists and other professional settings; and (ii) what plans he has to facilitate this.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) what plans he has to reduce the time taken to process planning applications for renewable energy projects, for instance onshore windfarms; and (ii) how this may be achieved.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for his assessment of the prevalence of mother and baby car parking spaces in public car parks; and (ii) to detail any plans he has to encourage an increase in this number.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for his assessment of whether the time and effort required to obtain a convenient and timely MOT appointment, represents an acceptable value for money service; (ii) to outline the steps he will take to (a) improve; and (b) expedite the MOT booking and testing process; and…
I thank the First Minister for her answer. She will appreciate that this is the only region of the United Kingdom that does not have that specific legislation. The issue seems to be around the lower age limit. Does she agree that we need the legislation in place, even if that means going with what has been done…
I congratulate the Minister on his new post. Minister, your statement referenced energy efficiency. Do you have any plans to introduce energy efficiency grants similar to what we see in GB with the green deal for commercial and residential properties?
Ms Sugden asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, after congratulating him on his first Question Time, albeit he seems to be enjoying it, which suggests that the questions are not hard enough, to state his plans to tackle the spread of bovine TB.
Ms Sugden asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline their plans to introduce stand-alone age discrimination legislation for the accessing of goods, services and facilities.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) their plans to implement a loneliness strategy; (ii) their assessment of the scale and nature of loneliness in Northern Ireland; and (iii) the anticipated cross-departmental work and responsibility that will be required in the formation and roll-out of…
To ask the Minister of Justice what (i) support mechanisms; and (ii) legal safeguards are (a) in place; (b) planned, to help those who find themselves in debt to criminal gangs and are forced to undertake criminal activity on their behalf.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) to detail his plans to reimplement the Northern Ireland Primary Eyecare Assessment and Referral Service Plus scheme; and (ii) for his assessment of how this scheme is able to reduce waiting lists and times for treating eye conditions.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for his assessment of (i) the number of vacant commercial properties in town centres across East Londonderry; (ii) the trends seen in this number, over the last five years; and (iii) the issues dissuading traders from (a) maintaining; and (b) establishing commercial premises in…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the mechanism by which recipients of housing assistance will be protected from the planned 7.7 per cent rise in social housing rent in 2024-25.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any steps she plans to take in relation to (i) the prevention of livestock thefts; and (ii) subsequent prosecutions in (a) East Londonderry; and (b) Northern Ireland.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what role his Department plays, or can play, in (i) preventing livestock thefts; and (ii) assisting with subsequent prosecutions, particularly in East Londonderry.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, in light of the increasing cost of household goods, to detail any correspondence he has had, or plans to have, with large supermarkets and retailers, with a view to ensuring consumers get the best possible prices to help ease pressures during the current cost of living crisis.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for his assessment of (i) the importance of north coast tourism in helping to achieve Tourism NI’s target of an NI-wide 75 per cent increase in tourism revenue by 2033; (ii) the factors which may negatively impact north coast tourism, including (a) a recurrence of toxic algae…
To ask the Minister for Communities, in light of the increasing cost of household goods, what steps he will take to support those reliant on (i) benefits; (ii) state pensions; and (iii) government and community support schemes to help ease pressures during the current cost of living crisis.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any plans she has to introduce pre-recorded evidence gathering from victims, to prevent repeated questioning and re-traumatisation.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the increasing number of people on NHS waiting lists who subsequently opt to pay privately for treatment.
To ask the Minister for Communities what steps he is taking to minimise duplication of paper correspondence to members of the public, while ensuring an appropriate form of correspondence for those not comfortable using digital solutions.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) for his assessment of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee’s report The Effect of Paramilitary Activity and Organised Crime on Society in Northern Ireland; and (ii) how he will work with the Minister of Justice to protect people and communities from becoming vulnerable to, and…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the potential benefits of the pilot scheme to film the delivery of judgments in the Court of Appeal, both in this setting and any future use of filming in the wider courts system.