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 for the Economy what guidance has been given to haulage companies bringing privately bought goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland in relation to the obligation to request EORI numbers from the buyer.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) to outline what steps he is taking, and advice he is giving, to reduce sedentary behaviour in desk and office-based workplaces, in particular those in the public sector; and (ii) for his assessment of those industries most affected by sedentary behaviour.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail what plans he has to make baby heel prick tests for spinal muscular atrophy available through the Health Service.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of (i) full time; (ii) part-time; and (iii) agency staff nurses employed by the Health and Social Care Trusts in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any steps he has taken to encourage more members of the Irish Traveller Community to pursue tertiary education.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the guidance given to planners and councils regarding the potential over development of properties such as apartments, which are likely to be sold as tourist rentals or second homes.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) for his assessment of farm safety; and (ii) to detail what steps he is taking to improve safety on farms and throughout agriculture.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail what steps he is taking to protect the Northern Ireland to Republic of Ireland milk trade in anticipation of any changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for his assessment of the knock-on effects of the availability of taxis; and (ii) to detail what steps he is taking to mitigate these effects.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) why, in 2021-22, (a) the number of people who have seen a dentist; and (b) the range of treatment delivered, has not returned to pre-pandemic levels; and (ii) to detail any benefits that exist for dentists treating NHS patients over private patients.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) whether he is aware of any central database or register of people banned from owning or working with animals, held by individual councils; (ii) for his assessment of how maintaining such databases could help better enforce such bans; (iii) to detail…
To ask the Minister for the Economy for his assessment of the disability employment gap in Northern Ireland, which currently stands at 42 per cent, compared to the UK average of 28 per cent.
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) to detail any training or employment schemes currently available for people with disabilities; (ii) for his assessment of the success of previous schemes; and (iii) what other support his Department offers disabled people seeking employment.
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline (i) Northern Ireland’s current disability employment strategy; and (ii) her plans to update this strategy.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether dentists are, on average, dedicating a smaller proportion of their time to seeing and treating NHS patients than in previous years; and (ii) to detail any figures collected or held by his Department regarding the proportion of their time dentists spend treating NHS patients as…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the total number of hours that dentists spent providing NHS treatment in each of the last five years; and (ii) these figures as a percentage of the total time dentists spent treating all patients.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the areas where the available sewerage capacity is currently at a level that prohibits the construction of new housing developments; and (ii) the work his department is doing to increase capacity to facilitate construction of more homes.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) to detail the process for anyone wishing to purchase their Housing Association property before the House Sales Scheme for Tenants of Registered Housing Associations ends in August 2022; (ii) how the valuation of the property is determined; (iii) who conducts the valuation; and…
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) for her assessment of the impact that limited local seweage capacity has on house construction in areas in need of both private and social housing; and (ii) what conversations she has had with the Minister for Infrastructure to ensure that adequate sewerage capacity exists in…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of dental practices that have (i) stopped; and (ii) started, treating NHS patients in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the support available for patients with arthritis awaiting surgery, including pain-management and emotional support; (ii) how a patient’s expected timeline for surgery is communicated to them; and (iii) what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for orthopaedic surgery.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the current provision of psychiatrists; and (ii) what steps he is taking to (a) fill current vacancies; and (b) increase the number of training places for psychiatrists.