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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.
Strengthening Homecare Provision - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘unmet care;’ and insert: 'and calls on the Minister of Finance to ring-fence funding for the introduction of the real Living Wage for social care workers as part of an agreed multi-year budget.’
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) a timeline for the appointment of a Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; (ii) any delay in the appointment which was advertised on 10 November 2025; (iii) whether interview processes for applicants, including final interviews by the First Minister and…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the current breastfeeding rates at (a) birth; (b) hospital discharge; (c) six weeks; and (d) six months; and (ii) how this compares with (a) England; (b) Scotland; and (c) Wales.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount of funding that has been provided to promote breastfeeding by (i) his Department (ii) the Public Health Agency; and (iii) his Department's arm's-length bodies, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he plans to introduce a new breastfeeding strategy following the conclusion of Breastfeeding - A Great Start Strategy for Northern Ireland 2013-2023.
The first step towards identifying the solution to a problem is to acknowledge that there is a problem and then to determine who is causing it. I have asked you time and time again who is causing health service problems — you, through a lack of decision-making, or the Executive, through lacking the finance to deal…
I thank the Minister for the statement on this most important issue. Of course, our thoughts are with Katie's family. Katie was let down by the system, but the system is made up of individuals who operate within it. We have a complicated tapestry of justice agencies. Some of those agencies are the responsibility of…
Mr McGrath asked the Minister of Health, after noting that Members have heard from Connected Health that, as a result of the Minister's failure to fund the independent care sector properly, domiciliary services in rural areas are at risk of being cut, resulting in a mess, what he is doing as part of his neighbourhood…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the current annual cost of administering intravenous pembrolizumab, including (a) staffing; and (b) facility costs; and (ii) what the estimated cost would be under a subcutaneous delivery model.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the average administration time for intravenous pembrolizumab treatment; (ii) what the projected administration time would be for the subcutaneous form; and (iii) the estimated total hours that could be saved annually across health and social care.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients who would be clinically eligible for treatment with the subcutaneous form of pembrolizumab, based on current prescribing criteria.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients receiving pembrolizumab, broken down by (i) cancer type; and (ii) Health and Social Care Trust.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the last time the Horse Racing Fund was reviewed; and (ii) whether he has any plans to review this payment (a) at present; or (b) in the future; and (iii) the type of statutory instrument required to uplift this payment.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any (i) outcome of the James Hutton Institute research piece entitled Mournes - A long term sustainable future; (ii) actions identified for Executive Departments in the research; and (iii) cost to his Department to commission the research.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether his Department has assessed the effectiveness of current governance arrangements for the Mourne mountains, given concerns that management of them is fragmented across multiple agencies and bodies.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any consideration has been given to establishing a single, formalised cross-departmental structure or task-force for the Mournes.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of vehicles that have been seized by the PSNI, in each of the last five calendar years, broken down by (i) local council area; and (ii) the reason for the seizure, including (a) without insurance; (b) not having a driving licence; (c) untaxed vehicles; (d) used in…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) whether the Framework for Learning and Improvement from Patient Safety Incidents will have ringfenced funding to implement it; and (ii) whether staff who undertake a Patient Safety Incident Learning Review will (a) be given protected time to participate in the Review…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the recommendations of the Inquiry into Hyponatraemia Related Death (IHRD) which reference Serious Adverse Incidents and which his Department asserts have now been fully implemented; and (ii) the recommendations of the IRHD which reference Serious Adverse Incidents and which…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) whether any clinical or policy review has been undertaken on extending access to the bowel cancer screening programme beyond the age of 74; and (ii) the rationale as to why a disparity exists between Northern Ireland and England, where individuals over 74 can request…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any policy of the bowel cancer screening programme regarding age limits for routine screening; and (ii) the rationale as to why individuals aged over 74 are unable to request a home screening kit.
What we saw in Dunmurry was not just reckless but utterly indefensible. A vehicle was hijacked, and a terrified civilian was forced to drive what was effectively a bomb. That device was planted in the middle of a residential community. By any measure, it was an attempt to kill. It was not some abstract act against the…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Support for Special Educational Needs Coordinators”
Support for Special Educational Needs Coordinators - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘ongoing reforms’ and insert: ‘are placing even further pressure on SENCOs and have been heavily criticised by key stakeholders due to concerns around legal compliance, lack of capacity within schools and support services, and the…
I am delighted to speak on behalf of the SDLP in my second North Belfast Adjournment debate. I am the son of an Ardoyne man, and I am a former resident of Ashley Gardens on the Antrim Road, off Somerton Road and Lansdowne Road, so I feel like I am almost a local. I have been so impressed by these Adjournment debates…