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 the Northern Ireland Environment Agency will change its practice of not notifying a landowner who is not the licence-holder of breaches of compliance.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in light of a number of breaches, why Re-Gen Waste was permitted an export of waste increase from 116,000 tonnes to 500,000 tonnes a year at Warrenpoint Port.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) why the level of refuse derived fuel waste able to be stored at any one time at Warrenpoint Harbour for waste licence LN/13/35 increased to 20,000 tonnes; and (ii) to detail any consultation that was undertaken by the Northern Ireland Environment…
I appreciate your reiterating those points. Given the positive nature of the debate, I was hoping that we could get to these questions: what can we do, and what do we intend to do? It is only fair for the residents of Warrenpoint that those questions are their measurement for this place. What is it that you actually…
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I welcome the opportunity to open the Adjournment debate today on the NIEA and waste management issues in Warrenpoint. Today's debate has been a long time coming. At the outset, I will say that, as part of our debates in this place, we use our words to paint the most…
I hope that that same protection can be provided for children if we are going to provide it for adults. As the Minister responsible, are you concerned by reports today that the British Heart Foundation was not informed by a political party that a member of staff was being investigated by the police for child…
Minister, I acknowledge your statement. We have had Bengoa, 'Developing Better Services', 'Transforming Your Care' and, today, it is 'Hospitals — Creating a Network for Better Outcomes'. The document, in its summary, details the why, how, what, where and when. We already know the why and the what. There are scant…
The review of public administration (RPA) was not universally popular, with some areas losing out to others in the new super-council model. Given that the Minister's policy suggests developing subregional partnerships, will he insist on guidelines that ensure that new partnerships provide subregional balance within…
I will discuss today the lack of activity to manage the causes of flooding that occurred in Downpatrick last year; flooding that, local people feel, could happen again. Why do we feel that that might happen again? Put simply, it is because nothing much has been done since to address the issues. Our Department for…
Mr McGrath asked the Minister of Health, as a Minister responsible for child safeguarding, what safeguarding obligations rest on organisations, including political parties, when concerns about child sexual exploitation are raised with them and whether they have a duty to disclose that to external organisations.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for a breakdown of the cost of the Independent Review of Children's Social Care Services in each year that it was active; and (ii) for a breakdown of the cost of the Children's Social Care Strategic Reform Programme in each year since it was established.
It is obvious from the debate that a number of the Executive parties are on different pages on this. Does that not underscore the benefit of having some sort of plan that they could all get behind, like a Programme for Government, which all four parties just voted against, including in the vote on the previous motion?…
The Minister, in his contribution, talked about the importance of a mental health champion. It was his idea, and it was important that we have that independent voice. That independent voice was standing out in the Great Hall today saying that it was a priority that does not appear much in the Programme for Government.…
During the collapse of these institutions, I asked the Department for a resolution to the issues. Since the Minister has come back to office, I have asked him, written to him and spoken to him. Each and every time, we are told that something will happen at some point in the future. What message does the Minister have…
I beg to move Thank you very much, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I welcome the opportunity to open this Opposition day and to present this motion on mental health. I pay tribute to the many organisations, groups and professionals with whom the Opposition engaged ahead of today. I am delighted that a number of them…
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will consider commissioning the use of the QbTest for the diagnosis and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) whether the money to fund the implementation of the outcomes in the Review of Flooding in the South East, Autumn 2023 is available; and (ii) whether he has submitted a bid for funding for this purpose.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether an action plan for the implementation of the 22 outcomes in the Review of Flooding in the South East, Autumn 2023, has been published.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he will introduce legislation for the compulsory microchipping of cats, as introduced in England in June 2024.