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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 flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Baby Loss Certificate Scheme and Pathology Service”
Baby Loss Certificate Scheme and Pathology Service - Amendment 2 After ‘free of charge;’ insert: ‘calls on the Minister of Health to increase the number of bereavement midwives and to ensure training for other staff members;’
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment on workforce capacity in Community Dental Services, including what steps are being taken by his Department to achieve workforce growth as detailed in the 2018 report Skills for Health Workforce Review for Dental Services in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) to detail whole-time-equivalent figures for the number of dentists employed in Community Dental Services, in each of the last five years; and (ii) what plans will be put in place to increase this, in light of increased pressures including from a growing ageing population and…
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on steps his Department is taking to address the lack of regional access to special care consultant referrals for Community Dental Services dentists across all Health and Social Care Trusts.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on progress made on the range of dental workforce issues highlighted at the Dental Workforce Review stakeholder engagement session in September 23 and the associated Engage Report.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for an update on the progress of the Developing a More Strategic Approach to 14 to 19 Education and Training - a Framework to Transform 14 to 19 Education and Training Provision.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the funding secured for the resurfacing of the Hilltown and Rathfriland Road, Newry; (ii) when this resurfacing will be completed; and (iii) when he became aware that the resurfacing work was confirmed.
Has the Minister had any meetings with the Minister of Health to try to secure additional funding for nursing staff, following the Royal College of Nursing's decision to turn down the Executive's pay offer?
I support the remarks that numerous Members so far have made about this not being a perfect process — it is far from perfect — in that we are looking at agreeing money that has already been spent. However, given that a significant amount of money is allocated to Departments and that we often just apply flat-cash…
I want to discuss my concern about the removal of the unit for the cleansing of endoscopy equipment at the Downe Hospital. I will go right from the start, because some critics will jump in to say that we are against transformation or we will potentially be accused of engaging in parish pump politics, and I have a…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the active engagement undertaken to develop new courses, broken down by each South Eastern Regional College campus.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the (i) number; and (ii) grades of staff accepting redundancy as a result of the most recent round of redundancies, broken down by each South Eastern Regional College campus.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the (i) number of lecturers; (ii) number of teaching staff; and (iii) overall staff headcount, at each South Eastern Regional College campus, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of students enrolled in the South Eastern Regional College, for each campus, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of (i) new courses; and (ii) courses which have ceased to be delivered, at each South Eastern Regional College campus, in each of the last ten years.
In the Minister's response, we heard about early planning, engagement, new places and additional funds. All that has been done before, but, every year, we face the same problems. Is the Minister is satisfied that something different will be done between now and September so that we will not see the same outcome this…
It is welcome to hear that the Programme for Government on which the Executive parties have been working for over a year will be published in the summer. Given that it is required to be consulted on, will the First Minister give a commitment that it will be published before the summer recess to give people the…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) what budget has been allocated to the Healthy Child Healthy Future universal programme in each of the last five years; (ii) how many nurses service schools in Northern Ireland under the School Nursing Service; and (iii) to detail the schools that have a dedicated school nurse.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) how many staff in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust will be redeployed from administration duties to other roles as a result of the Encompass programme; and (ii) for an update on the timescales for this.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) how many vehicle personal injury claims have been received; (ii) how many personal injury claims against the Department for Infrastructure have been successfully upheld; and (iii) what amount of compensation has been paid out for personal injury claims, in each of the last…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) how many vehicle damage claims have been received; (ii) how many vehicle damage claims against the Department for Infrastructure have been successfully upheld; and (iii) what amount of compensation has been paid out for vehicle damage claims, in each of the last five years,…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the targets that have been set for ASSIST NI; and (ii) whether these targets are published on the Department’s website.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the process by which ASSIST NI was appointed; (ii) whether it was appointed by an open procurement process; and (iii) how many groups or consortia were considered.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) for his assessment of (a) the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign; and (b) the proposed £3,950 compensation cap; and (ii) what plans he has to engage with the Department for Work and Pensions in relation to the compensation scheme.