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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.
Minister, you referred to primary social needs points. I know that you received a review of those back in March. Could consideration be given to removing the cap of 40 points on those impacted on by domestic violence, so that the points reflect more accurately the scenario that those in such cases face?
I concur with the previous remarks about them not being wildfires and how we really should stop calling them that. Every time they occur — they have been occurring for many years — Minister after Minister trots down to Newcastle, points up at the fires, promises everything and stands alongside the firefighters, but,…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of formal meetings that have taken place between the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service in relation to (i) waste-site fire prevention; and (ii) response, in each of the last five…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether all licensed waste management sites are required to maintain site-specific fire prevention plans, including how compliance with those plans is monitored.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of (i) enforcement actions; (ii) warning notices; (iii) suspension notices; and (iv) prosecutions, relating to fire risk at waste sites that have been initiated by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in each of the last five…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any waste management sites which were found to be non-compliant with (i) fire prevention; and (ii) waste storage licence conditions, 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 any waste management sites that have been identified by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency as presenting a high risk of fire in each of the last five years.
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices To ask the Minister of Health to detail the immediate actions being taken following the 160+ patients recalled by the Belfast HSCT after a review found they may have undergone a procedure unnecessarily.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “The Irish Government’s Failure to Cooperate on Legacy Cases”
The Irish Government’s Failure to Cooperate on Legacy Cases - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘Assembly’ and insert: ‘recognises the limitations of the UK Supreme Court judgment in the Dillon case; acknowledges that the findings will force victims and survivors of the Northern Ireland Troubles into further court…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of pupils issued with a statement of special educational needs in the last year, broken down by year group; and (ii) the number of applications declined in the last year, broken down by Education Authority sub-region.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to his Written Ministerial Statement on 19 February 2026, in which he stated that from 1 January 2026, Health and Social Care (HSC) is responsible for implementing the new Model Complaint Handling Procedure which has been developed by the Northern Ireland Public Sector…
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of whether under the Regional Framework for Learning and Improvement from Patient Safety Incidents that 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 regarding whether Health and Social Care Trusts should continue to be responsible under the Framework for Learning and Improvement from Patient Safety Incidents for undertaking Patient Safety Incident Learning Reviews.
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am glad to have secured the Adjournment debate because this matters not just to me, but to the people whom I represent and to a town that should be a source of pride for the entire island and, indeed, the world over: I am, of course, talking about Downpatrick. Let us be honest…
Tonight, people across South Down and beyond will be worrying about whether they will get their loved one home from hospital. Families will be wondering whether the care package that they have at the moment will still be there in a month's time. Home care workers, who drive on rural roads in all weathers, will be…
Of course, there are debates in the Chamber where statistics are the things that matter. Then there are debates like this one, where what we are talking about is a matter of exhaustion for families. In our communities there are people who are living with, or caring for family members with, autism and are trying to…
Members may be aware that today is International Nurses' Day. We should think of the nurses who have possibly just finished a 12-hour shift and are probably exhausted and emotionally drained from doing all that they have had to do overnight in what was probably a short-staffed environment. The daytime staff will be…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether all waste processor sites are storing waste (i) with appropriate fire breaks; and (ii) within the time limits set out in their waste management licences.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether planning permission granted for a site that solely stores refuse-derived fuel waste applies to a site that solely stores solid recovered fuel waste.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in light of the recent recycling centre fire in Carryduff, whether he will undertake a review of how all waste management operators store waste to ensure fire prevention is a priority.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether planning permission granted for a site that solely stores refuse-derived fuel waste, applies to a site that solely stores solid recovered fuel waste.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he has any plans to equalise Northern Ireland charity declarations thresholds to those contained in The Charities Acts 1992 and 2011 (Substitution of Sums) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/427), which has been laid before the UK Parliament and comes into force for English charities…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any requirements placed on Health and Social Care Trusts (HSCT) by the Framework for Learning and Improvement from Patient Safety Incidents (FLIPSI) which differ from the requirements placed on them by the Serious Adverse Incident (SAI) system; and (ii) any requirements…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any (i) Department circulars; and (ii) guidance, issued since 2000, which stipulate a requirement that (a) Health and Social Care Trust Boards; and (b) arm's-length-bodies should have a committee focussed on clinical and social care governance and patient safety.