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.
I beg to move Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I begin my contribution by acknowledging the stroke survivors and families and representatives of the Stroke Association who are in the Public Gallery, watching the debate. You are not statistics, and you are not case studies. You are people who know, in your bodies and…
Does the Member agree that the community and voluntary sector is left to pick up the pieces, and the fact that the amount of money that it has available is shrinking means that we get a double whammy: fewer services available alongside fewer statutory services?
The debate matters, because ADHD is not a marginal condition that affects a small cohort of people but a growing, life-shaping reality for thousands of people across the North. The evidence shows that the system is struggling to keep up. At the outset, I acknowledge the work of those across South Down who are stepping…
Indeed, Minister. It is 50% in urban areas and 29% in rural areas, and, frighteningly, it is just 14% in my South Down constituency. That is an inequality, and it is an injustice that needs to be made right. Minister, are you up to that task, or are you asleep at the wheel? If you are, what will it take to wake you up?
Many tourists who visit our area go to visitors' centres, such as the Saint Patrick Centre in Downpatrick. Unfortunately, however, funding is often short to maintain those buildings, which can impact the product that we have to offer. Was any consideration given at the meeting to developing a capital grants scheme for…
Mr McGrath asked the Minister of Health whether he knows the disparity that exists between urban and rural areas in how often ambulances reach a category 1 call on time.
To ask the Minister of Health whether, when setting the hourly rate paid to private domiciliary care providers, the Strategic Planning and Performance Group explicitly factors in an allowance for provider (i) profit; and ii) management fees.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail, in each year from 2020-21 to 2025-26, (i) the hourly rate set by the Strategic Planning and Performance Group for privately provided domiciliary care, (ii) the percentage increase or decrease year-on-year; and (iii) the total public expenditure associated with each rate, broken…
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the current domiciliary care hourly rate set by the Strategic Planning and Performance Group, to detail (i) the amount per hour attributed to provider management costs; and (ii) the amount per hour attributed to provider profit.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail when the (i) Rural Micro Capital Grant Scheme; and (ii) Rural Business Development Grant Scheme, will reopen for new applications.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 29726/22-27, to detail when the planting of native trees will commence in Donard Forest.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the rationale for all fishing stands being removed from the Quoile river walk.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any plans his Department has for the Game of Thrones stand, at the Quoile River.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any consultation carried out by her Department with (i) local businesses; or (ii) schools and playgroups, when planning the road closure of the A25 Downpatrick Road and Castleward Road, Strangford.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether an economic impact assessment was carried out when planning the road closure of the A25 Downpatrick Road and Castleward Road, Strangford.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the export list for (i) refuse-derived fuel waste; and (ii) solid recovered fuel waste, for 2025.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any remedial works, currently planned or scheduled for the B8 Castlewellan Newry Road, including patching or resurfacing works near the Stang Road, and (ii) the anticipated timescales for those works to be completed.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) when the B8 Castlewellan Newry Road was last subject to a full structural inspection; (ii) any defects that were identified from this inspection; and (iii) any safety assessment that has been made in relation to (a) potholes; (b) defective gully gratings; and (c)…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to (i) detail a breakdown of maintenance expenditure on the B8 Castlewellan Newry Road, over the last five financial years; and (ii) compare this expenditure with the average spend per kilometre on B Class roads, across (a) Northern Ireland; and (b) within Newry, Mourne and Down.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the average daily traffic volume on the B8 road between Castlewellan and Newry; and (ii) how traffic volume is used when determining maintenance and investment priorities for B Class roads.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) any steps he will take to ensure that flood-affected businesses, whose material damage was already formally recognised within the NI Reval2026 process, are not financially penalised by the pause in revaluation; and (ii) whether he will (a) ring-fence funding; or (b) honour…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 38702/22-27, to detail the percentage rate for recycling, in each of the last five years, broken down by local council.