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 whether additional signage advising dog owners to keep their pets on a lead can be installed at the Quoile Nature Reserve, Downpatrick.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail how many enforcement staff the NI Environment Agency employ at nature reserves, broken down by location.
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I thank everybody for their contributions to the debate. I hope that they go to show that not every Opposition debate has to turn into a slinging match and that, while Members have disagreements, there is an opportunity for us all to galvanise around a subject, have the…
I welcome hearing that, Minister, because many in the Health Committee who heard from the trust last week were less than assured that matters are being dealt with. When the chair of the trust refers to a complaint as potentially being just a "gripe", it makes me feel that what we are seeing is that, from the very top,…
Notwithstanding all the good work that is, you say, taking place in lieu of there being a mother-and-baby unit, Minister, has any consideration been given to providing a temporary unit? Most of the backbone of the work is provided by the staff. Whilst we wait to get the perfection of a brand new building and service,…
Mr McGrath asked the Minister of Health, who is aware of the serious issues facing the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, including persistent reports of bullying, racism and inappropriate behaviour, and has introduced a level 5 intervention, whether he can confirm that that includes a mechanism that will allow…
Will the Minister accept that there can be a problem where these hubs can be in towns where there is no banking provision? If there is one bank left, it means that, disproportionately, it is having a bigger slice of the pie of local people, and that is not good for competition. Might the Minister raise in discussions…
I am trying to get some concept of parity here. Did the Member's party leader, who sits in Westminster and was given a pay rise by a board that has a former Member of Parliament on it, take that pay rise without questioning it? What did he do in that situation? Did he disagree with that payment in the House of Commons…
To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of the impact that the current number of PSNI officers and civilian staff will have on delivering commitments to hold accountable those people responsible for the recent disorder in Ballymena.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail which companies are in receipt of a rates exemption through industrial derating, for each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the amount of rates that have been exempted for companies availing of industrial derating, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) how long the temporary traffic lights on the B27 at Shannon Park, Hilltown, have been in place; (ii) the amount her Department has spent on the temporary traffic lights; and (iii) how much longer the traffic lights will be in place.
To ask the Minister of Health whether the recommendations of the STRONG-HF trial will be applied in Northern Ireland following in the footsteps of St. George's Hospital, London.
To ask the Minister of Health what plans he has to enable patients to receive better and more rapid diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease through the introduction of the N-Tidal Diagnose device.
To ask the Minister of Health whether the Public Health Agency will commission an independent review in smoking cessation services (i) to establish why service uptake has reduced so steeply; and (iI) to consider how delivery models could be redesigned to increase demand.