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 of Health, pursuant to AQW 18565/22-27, to detail the budget for encompass in the last five years, broken down by (i) year; and (ii) Health and Social Care Trust.
Whilst I can hear in the answer that the Minister agrees that something needs to be done, can we get any sense of a timescale for when it will happen? The problems are mounting up, and people are suffering as a result. All that we seem to hear is, "We need extra funding, but we're not going to generate any extra…
We have a three-year plan that is packed with statements such as, "opportunities to reform", "I am committed to", "There is more I can do", "I will publish", "I will review", "I want to see" and all of it subject to funding that is yet to be allocated. Does the Minister agree that we need a concrete, tangible, fully…
Given the conversations about flooding, did the Minister pick up any tips about any speedy interventions that could be made? We are one year down the road from the flooding in Downpatrick, with little to no evidence of any interventions that could help to prevent a recurrence of flooding. Local residents and…
I rise to congratulate the Downpatrick Dramability group, which is a mixed-ability group that puts on various performances throughout the year and has a pantomime at Christmastime, which I attended on Saturday past. MLAs get the opportunity to do lots of things during their tenure, but I wonder whether I can top it…
That is a really important point to raise. I congratulate and thank Nexus for their work. However, I know that, for some constituent cases that I have been dealing with, the parents of children who have been abused feel that there are very limited support services for them. They have also gone through a very traumatic…
I acknowledge what the Minister has said. Does he believe that some of the 149 people were part of the 97,507 individuals who, while waiting for an ambulance to arrive, had to have the category of seriousness of their case upgraded because they had been waiting so long? What are we going to do to get our Ambulance…
Santa-like or not regarding the delivery of those houses, the proof of the Christmas pudding will be in the eating. At a meeting last week of the all-party group on youth participation, the issue of young people not being included in the design of homes and social housing projects was raised. Houses are built, and…
Mr McGrath asked the Minister of Health, having received this information from his Department, whether he agrees that having 149 people die while waiting for an ambulance here in the past five years is totally unacceptable.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 18405/22-27, whether regular testing is carried out to determine if any discharges are contaminated.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of whether a property that is adjacent to a school should be utilised as a place of emergency accommodation.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether the Health and Safety Executive were consulted by the NIEA as part of the initial waste management licence application LN/13/35.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 18405/22-27, to detail (i) whether the discharges into the Quoile River are measured; and (ii) the levels of discharges that take place.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 18405/22-27, to detail each discharge from this pipe into the Quoile River in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) month; and (ii) the nature of discharge.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for an update on the proposed school street scheme for Edward Street, Downpatrick; and (ii) when his Department will meet with locally elected representatives on this issue.
I thank my constituency colleague for securing this important Adjournment debate. I reflect that, as a party health spokesperson, after about six or seven weeks of Adjournment debates on health matters, I spoke to the Whips and implored them to move on to different subjects. We have now had about five weeks of South…
I thank the Member for his supplementary question. As I understand, there are no plans currently for any North/South work on the education programmes, but I am sure that we can write back to the Member if there is anything on the agenda that might be able to be approved by the Commission.
I thank the Member for his question. The Assembly Commission's Education Service has been very successful in encouraging participation by young people in democracy education. Since September 2023, 7,000 pupils have visited Parliament Buildings and a further 1,500 joined one of our online sessions. Those pupils came…
I thank the Member for his supplementary question. Estimated costs of £2·4 million for the remedial works have been provided by experts employed by the Assembly Commission. Accurate costs and timescales for the proposed works will be provided when the works are tendered for. The work is to fix previous problems, so…