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Mr Colin McGrath: Assembly records
All of Mr Colin McGrath’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQO 3872/22-27, whether the NIEA can grant a waste authorisation that permits (i) activities; (ii) operations; (iii) waste types; (iv) quantities; and (v) processes, that are not permitted under the relevant planning permission, including…
Be careful what you wish for with Invest NI land. In parts of Downpatrick, we have the land, but we cannot get Invest NI to bring anyone in to put something there. The problem is that there is almost a subregional imbalance that goes down to the new council areas. Often, people see that a lot of the investment is on…
I, too, welcome the fact that this legislation has made its way to Final Stage. For too long, people have watched buildings deteriorate, sites become neglected and once proud parts of our towns slowly go into decline. People then reasonably ask why nothing can be done about it. The sense of frustration in our…
Extension of Sitting on Monday 14 September 2026 under Standing Order 10(3A) That in accordance with Standing Order 10(3A), the sitting on Monday 14 September 2026 be extended to no later than 9.00pm.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of (a) Minor Works; and (b) Special Educational Needs-works projects currently awaiting commencement in schools; (ii) the average waiting time between approval and commencement for each category; (iii) the number of projects that have been awaiting commencement…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of (a) Minor Works; and (b) Special Educational Needs-works requested or approved for Lecale Trinity Grammar School, including (ii) the date each project was requested; (iii) its current status; (iv) estimated cost; and (v) the anticipated commencement and…
To ask the Minister of Education whether the practice of primary schools finishing early on Fridays, including at 2pm, was ended or altered over the summer.
I welcome the Minister to his new role. We arrived in this place on the same day, and I wish him well as he progresses to the role of Health Minister. I also record our thanks to his predecessor, Mike Nesbitt, for his work in the Department. That was the nice bit. Minister, your statement last week generated a lot of…
I thank the Minister for those details. Of course, bringing any number of organisations together is really important in order to deliver on the ground. Sometimes, however, people get strategic oversight group fatigue. They see lots of groups coming together, but tangible outcomes on the ground can be slow to reach…
Extension of Sitting on Monday 7 September 2026 under Standing Order 10(3A) That in accordance with Standing Order 10(3A), the sitting on Monday 7 September 2026 be extended to no later than 9.00pm.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the anonymised annual salary of each Strategic Planning and Performance Group senior executive, in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the anonymised total cash value of pay uplifts received by each Strategic Planning and Performance Group senior executive, in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the anonymised cumulative value of pay uplifts received by each Strategic Planning and Performance Group senior executive, in the last five financial years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the anonymised total amount of backdated pay received by each Strategic Planning and Performance Group senior executive, in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the total cost of pay uplifts and backdated payments for Strategic Planning and Performance Group senior executives, in each of the last five financial years.
Independent Reconfiguration Committee To ask the Minister of Health to outline the timeframe for the new Independent Reconfiguration Committee to become operational, complete its work and for its recommendations to be acted upon.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of residential and nursing care homes that have (i) closed; (ii) opened; and (iii) ceased accepting Trust-funded placements, in each of the last ten years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of occasions where a care home sought to increase its weekly fee above the Trust-determined rate and the Trust declined to communicate that additional charge to residents or their representatives, in each of the last five financial years, broken down by Health and…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any methodology and cost assumptions used to determine the annual uplift in residential and nursing care home rates, including any weighting given to (i) staffing costs; (ii) wage increases; (iii) energy costs; (iv) food costs; (v) insurance; and (vi) other operating costs.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of residential and nursing care homes that requested a fee or rate above the Trust-determined rate, in each of the last five financial years, including the number of these requests that were (i) accepted; and (ii) rejected, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the percentage uplift in residential and nursing care home rates applied, in each of the last five financial years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any reasons why screening for bowel cancer in men doesn't begin until 60 years old, rather than 50 as in the rest of the UK; and (ii) whether there is any clinical evidence of a different age-profile for bowel cancer here; and (iii) whether there are any issues with…