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Mr Colin McGrath: Assembly records
All of Mr Colin McGrath’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) how the Northern Ireland Environment Agency assesses compliance with WISH Guidance 28; and (ii) the number of inspections assessing compliance with that Guidance that have been carried out, in each of the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of issued raised by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service to the Northern Ireland Environment Agency regarding fire risks at waste management sites, in the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether all licensed waste management facilities are required to comply with Waste Industry Safety and Health Guidance 28 relating to fire prevention.
To ask the Minister of Health whether under the streamlined and simplified process for reviewing Patient Safety Incidents, fewer Patient Safety Incidents will be subject to learning reviews than would have been the case under the Serious Adverse Incident review process.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of whether Patient Safety Incidents which arise where Health and Social Care Trusts have not implemented relevant National Institute for Health and Care Guidance guidelines should be addressed as governance issues and under performance management and…
To ask the Minister of Health whether any experts in the Estates Department of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust signed off on the critical systems in the new Maternity Hospital before the introduction of the Level 5 intervention.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of staff; (ii) the expenditure on staff, at Agenda for Change Band 8d in the Strategic Planning and Performance Group; and (iii) the cost per Band 8d post, including but not limited to employer on-costs such as pension contributions, National Insurance, and any…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 45331/22-27, to detail (i) any meetings that have been held with the Minister of Finance to discuss the findings of the research; and (ii) any actions that have been identified for his Department, including an associated timeframe.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 45331/22-27, to detail (i) any meetings that have been held with the Minister of Finance to discuss the findings of the research; and (ii) any actions that have been identified for her Department, including an associated timeframe.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 45331/22-27, to detail (i) any meetings that have been held with the Minister of Finance to discuss the findings of the research; and (ii) any actions that have been identified for her Department, including an associated timeframe.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 45331/22-27, to detail (i) any meetings that have been held with the Minister of Finance to discuss the findings of the research; and (ii) any actions that have been identified for his Department, including an associated timeframe.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of times that Northern Ireland Environment Agency pollution control equipment has been deployed by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service during incidents at waste management sites, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of waste management sites that have required repeated attendance by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service for fire incidents, in the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of joint operational exercises involving the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in relation to waste-site fires that have taken place, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health whether the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service maintains (i) a register; and (ii) an operational assessment, of waste sites considered to present a heightened fire risk.
The ruling will land heavily with many families across our communities, especially those who lost loved ones during the conflict and have spent years trying to get answers. For many people, allegations of collusion are not political talking points or some sort of legal theory; they are tied directly to murders and…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of incidents involving fires at (i) waste management; or (ii) refuse sites, that were attended by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the estimated operational cost to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service of attending fires at (i) waste management; or (ii) refuse sites, in each of the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of licensed waste management sites that have been subject to repeated enforcement action relating to (i) fire risk; (ii) waste storage limits; or (iii) fire prevention measures, in the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of waste management sites have that been referred by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service for (i) operational assessment; or (ii) fire risk concerns, in each of the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of (i) illegal; or (ii) unlicensed, waste sites that have experienced fires, in each of the last five years.
It is about bringing proposals by September 2026. A few Members said that it is almost about the introduction of the service. We appreciate that the introduction would be complex and take time, but the idea of the motion is that the proposals would be there by September.
I beg to move Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. Our health service is under immense pressure. Patients know it, staff know it, the ambulance crews parked outside hospitals know it, and every family sitting in an overcrowded emergency department knows it. The statistics are stark: over 764,000 people attended…