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.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) whether she will review the current regulatory and enforcement approach to road safety for waste in transit, including cross-jurisdictional haulage into Northern Ireland; and (ii) to detail any actions she plans take to prevent a serious injury or fatality occurring, as a…
To ask the Minister of Health whether funding taken from Health and Social Care Trust budgets for tertiary services and allocated to the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, is accounted for separately from secondary care expenditure.
To ask the Minister of Health whether the number of secondary care surgical consultants is aligned with current and projected surgical demand, broken down by (i) Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) available surgical list capacity.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any assessment his Department has made of current surgical capacity, in line with the Bengoa recommendation to count before reforming, specifically in relation to (i) the number of available theatre lists; and (ii) the number of secondary-care general surgeons.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 36804/22-27, to detail the breakdown of allocations for the non-recurrent funding allocations listed in Table 2, broken down by (i) specific programme; and (ii) Health and Social Care Trust, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail why the traffic lights at the A25 Barnmeen, Newry Road, Rathfriland, have remained inoperable, including any (i) assessments carried out; and (ii) actions taken to date.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail on which date the traffic lights at the A25 Barnmeen, Newry Road, Rathfriland, (i) first became inoperable; and (ii) were last fully operational.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 36624/22-27 and AQW 36625/22-27, to detail the specific (i) legal; and (ii) policy grounds, under which her Department has deemed the financial cost of roadworks on the B27 outside Shannon Park, Hilltown, to be commercially sensitive, including (a) which…
To ask the Minister of Health whether there are plans to increase the £4.7 million budget in-year for GPs to carry out local enhanced proactive care in care homes.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount that has been spent on locum consultants, in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of days of the year each building in Tollymore Forest Park has been open for, in each of the last ten years, broken down by building.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the amount spent on buildings within Tollymore Forest Park, in each of the last 20 years, broken down by building.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any action her Department has taken, in each of the last five years, to improve sightlines at the blind corner on the B1 Ardglass Road, particularly given the heavy traffic volumes and previous widening works that excluded this section.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any statutory responsibility her Department has for ensuring adequate sightlines and road safety, on B Class roads.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of bids submitted to (i) his Department; (ii) the Strategic Planning and Performance Group; and (iii) the Public Health Agency, by GP Federations and GP Practices for (a) recruitment; and (b) training of (i) Advanced Nurse Practitioners; and (ii) General Practice…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of business cases submitted to (i) his Department; (ii) the Strategic Planning and Performance Group; and (iii) the Public Health Agency, by GP Federations and GP Practices for (a) recruitment; and (b) training of (i) Advanced Nurse Practitioners; and (ii) General…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail whether his Department is aware of reports that some Foundation year two doctors expect to be without employment when their placements end.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any analysis conducted on the causes of oversubscription to specialty training programmes, including (ii) the impact of increased medical graduate numbers; and (iii) any constraints on expanding training posts.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any assessment made of whether there are currently sufficient specialty training posts for junior doctors progressing from Foundation Year two.
I am pleased to take part in the debate, not least because it impacts on and reflects the needs of thousands of people across the places that we represent and the many thousands in their families who support them every day. The crisis that we face is not new, and it is certainly not hidden. It was laid bare in the…
Last week, at the Health Committee, we were told that the maintenance bill for our health estate had blown past £1·6 billion, with £251 million of that judged to be high-risk, 40% of the estate failing to meet statutory standards and nearly a fifth of it in a physically unacceptable condition. Does the Minister…
I will speak about a treasure of the Lecale coastline; a sentinel that has watched over generations and guided countless fishermen and sailors safely home: St John's lighthouse. It is the tallest lighthouse on the island of Ireland and one of the last to maintain that beautiful and iconic sweeping beam. It is a piece…