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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.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether there will be a formal link for Further Education lecturers to receive the same pay award as school teachers in future pay awards.
To ask the Minister for the Economy will a pay award to Further Education lecturers restore equity and fairness, by matching the salary of school teachers.
I thank the Minister for giving way. Does he agree that — this is significant — it is not merely about the pay that staff get, in the sense that it is easy to say, "Well, we need more money", but that when you compare their pay with that for other jobs, you see that there are jobs where they would not be out of…
Mr Deputy Speaker, I congratulate you on assuming your role. Our normal contact is through the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (BIPA) and pints, and, if there is latitude to be given, I want you to know that I always paid my way. I also congratulate Sian on her maiden speech. I welcome the opportunity to speak…
I welcome the opportunity to make a statement about the education of our children, which we all know is exceptionally important, and the ability of parents, at times, to get to schools. I am sure that we all have schools in our constituencies where there is often serious congestion outside the school gates that causes…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) when he became aware of the broken scanner at the Belfast City Hospital; (ii) to outline a timeframe for when the scanner will be repaired; and (iii) how many people will lose a cancer scan appointment as a result of this.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) how many designated sites are currently in place that require ammonia levels to be kept below a certain level; and (ii) how many designated sites there have been, in each of the last ten years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what work his Department is doing to address the impact of badgers on the bee population.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what work his Department is doing to limit the adverse impact of badgers on natural wildlife.
I appreciate all that the Minister has done to replenish the funding so far, but does he agree that there needs to be some form of legislative protection for palliative care? Currently, there is not, but there is in other parts of these islands. It would enable people and organisations to have a surety as they provide…
I thank the Minister for coming along to answer the question. I congratulate you on being reappointed as Health Minister, and I wish you well in that. I know that there are many competing issues throughout the whole health arena, and I look forward to being able to work with you as a constructive Opposition Health…
Does the Member agree that, in some areas, planners are under more pressure than in others, owing to the number of applications? There are not the same number of applications in each council area, yet, at the very beginning, when planning was devolved, each council area was given the same number of planning officers.…
I congratulate the Minister on his appointment and wish him well as the Minister of Education and youth services. On Friday, I visited a school in my constituency, Knockevin Special School. It has to operate across three separate sites because it has outgrown its accommodation. Will the Minister agree that such sites…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 5451/22-27, to detail the different contractual arrangements that post graduate doctors are under between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
To ask the Minister of Health how many Health and Social Care nurses are allocated to special educational needs schools, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of special educational needs schools; (ii) how many special educational needs schools are on multiple sites; and (iii) the number of sites they are split across.
Lough Neagh Rescue Plan - Amendment 3 Leave out all after ‘beaches’ and insert: ‘accepts and regrets the role that successive Executives and Agriculture Ministers have played in failing to mitigate the crisis; declares an ecological emergency on Lough Neagh and; calls on the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) what level of funding will be released to Translink for the installation of new bus shelters; and (ii) when this funding will be released.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) what funding will be made available to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council in advance of this year’s Irish Open; and (ii) what funding was made available to Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council in relation to hosting the Open Championship in 2019.
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the National Guardian’s Office in England, whether he would consider establishing an arm's-length body to oversee the new Freedom to Speak Up roles.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for an update on the Duty of Candour and Being Open Framework; (ii) when it is expected to be completed; and (iii) how the framework will be implemented.