All of Mr Daniel McCrossan’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 First Minister and deputy First Minister how many meetings took place with parties now in the Executive on a Programme for Government, between May 2022 and January 2024.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the amount of funding distributed to community groups through the Asset Recovery Community Scheme in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether any policies are in place in the rest of the United Kingdom that allows drivers from Northern Ireland, who are unable to attain a valid MOT certificate due to the delays, to be exempt from prosecution for not having a valid test certificate.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether drivers from Northern Ireland, who are unable to attain a valid MOT certificate due to the delays in getting an appointment, are legally allowed to drive in Great Britain.
To ask the Minister for Communities how his Department plans to support people in the private rented sector, following the latest Office for National Statistics figures that show rents had risen by 10.1 per cent in the last year.
To ask the Minister for Communities what funding models he is considering to enable the Housing Executive to borrow money in order to build more social housing.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the policy report entitled Equal protection from assault in England and Northern Ireland: The health, education and legal case for legislative change to remove the reasonable punishment defence and to prohibit all physical punishment of children; and (ii) whether…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the projects his Department has discussed with the British government as part of their connectivity review.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the feasibility studies, funded by the British government, as part of their connectivity review.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will publish the breakdown of his Department’s estimated £56.4 million cost for the removal of the two-child cap.
I thank the Minister for that answer. Minister, I know that you will join me in offering your condolences to the family of Oonagh Burns from Strabane, who died last week on the A5. Fifty people have died on that road since 2007. I know that you agree that delays are leading to further deaths. Will the Minister update…
I beg to move Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. This is an important motion on eradicating fuel poverty. I begin by thanking the various groups that met with SDLP colleagues this morning, in the Great Hall, and others who we have been engaging with over the past number of months and, indeed, years on this very important…
I thank the Member for giving way for the second time. Will he agree that the attendance in the House today by MLAs from the DUP, Sinn Féin and Alliance is disappointing given the nature of this important debate? Will he also agree that it is equally disappointing that Alliance, as it did in 2015, is once again acting…
The Member raises an important point and I thank him for giving way. Maybe it is the case that the main parties' track record of failure on poverty and on resolving some of the problems is an embarrassment for them, and that is why they have not shown up in the Chamber. Does the Member agree?
It will come as no surprise to the House that I rise again today to raise the important issue of the A5, particularly after another life was lost on the road last week. Oonagh Burns, aged 35, died on 7 April when travelling from Derry towards Strabane. She went off the road and sadly lost her life. Her death marks 50…
To ask the Minister for Communities how many households in the private rented sector are in receipt of Local Housing Allowance, through (i) Universal Credit housing costs, and (ii) housing benefit.
To ask the Minister for Communities how many households in the private rented sector have rents that exceed the Local Housing Allowance, broken down by constituency, in the last three years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the average gap between rent and the Local Housing Allowance for households in the private rented sector, broken down by constituency, in the last three years.
I thank the Member for giving way. She is right to point out that Tory austerity has had a crippling impact and been detrimental to the development of children here. Does she also agree that this House, when it sat, was also detrimental, in that it implemented severe welfare cuts from the Tory Government? They were…
I thank the Minister for giving way, and I welcome his comments. Does he agree with me that one of the biggest obstacles that he will face in ensuring that the strategy is effective is ensuring that there is a cross-departmental approach and consensus on eradicating child poverty? He will agree with me that that has…
Does the Member agree that constituencies that are mainly west of the Bann have suffered discrimination for countless years and that our children, in particular, have suffered decades of neglect from this place and have paid a heavy price as a result of a lack of leadership?