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 Minister for the Economy to detail the number of complaints (i) made to; and (ii) upheld by, the Trading Standards Service, for each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the level of reserves or contingency supply of critical medical gases, including carbon dioxide, currently held, expressed in days of normal usage.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) an estimate of the number of manufacturing and agri-food businesses impacted by carbon dioxide supply constraints, in the last 12 months; and (ii) any associated loss in output or economic value.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) the current level of dependence on externally sourced carbon dioxide, expressed as a percentage of total demand; and (ii) whether any target has been set to reduce that dependence.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) the total value of financial support provided by her Department, in the last five years, to support carbon dioxide (a) production; (b) capture; and (c) related industrial processes; and (ii) any current or planned funding schemes aimed at increasing local supply.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) the total annual demand for carbon dioxide across industry; (ii) the level of local production; and (iii) the resulting supply gap that must be met from external sources.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of recorded disruptions or constraints to the supply of medical gases, including carbon dioxide; and (ii) any associated impact on hospital services or laboratory activity, in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the proportion of medical gases, including carbon dioxide, used within health and social care settings that are locally sourced compared with those that are imported; and (ii) the primary sources of that supply.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any assessment that has been made of future demand for nursing and residential care home beds over the next (a) ten; and (b) 20, years; and (ii) any plans that are in place to ensure sufficient capacity is available to meet that demand.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of care home beds per head of population, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) any steps being taken to address any regional disparities.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the vacancy rate for nursing staff within the independent care home sector; and (ii) any steps that are being taken to address workforce shortages, given they are limiting the availability of care home beds.
Minister, as you well know, SEN families are at breaking point. Parents are not asking for any special treatment here, just basic support. They wait months and sometimes years for that intervention. Children are in limbo and parents are forced to fight. Teachers are stretched beyond capacity. Meanwhile, support in the…
Minister, thank you for your statement. I welcome your acknowledgement that previous interventions have failed to deliver meaningful change, which is a good admission given that your party has led the Department for over a decade. What immediate, measurable actions will be implemented in the next 12 months to reduce…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any provision for step-down or intermediate care placements to support hospital discharge; and (ii) whether consideration has been given to expanding such provision through partnerships with independent care home providers.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of (i) the current fees rates paid by Health and Social Care Trusts; (ii) whether those fees are sufficient to sustain and expand nursing and residential care capacity; and (iii) whether there are plans to review these rates.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any steps he is taking to increase the availability of nursing care home beds, particularly for patients with complex or high-dependency needs; and (ii) a timeline for any planned expansion.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any engagement his Department and the Health and Social Care Trusts have had with private and independent care home providers to increase nursing and residential bed capacity, in the last 12 months, including any proposals brought forward as a result of this engagement.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the estimated number of additional beds required to meet current demand, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
Bovine tuberculosis remains a serious and persistent challenge facing our farming community. It costs in excess of £60 million a year. It puts pressure on family farms, strain on livelihoods and real stress on those working day and night to keep their business going. Behind every breakdown is a farmer dealing with…
He is passionate about the subject, as Members will know. He points to a fundamental concern that people have. A lot of what is happening today that is affecting the cost of living, including energy prices, is beyond our control because individuals in the White House — one in particular — are on a reckless agenda. We…
I support the regulations. The SDLP believes in a just transition. Quite simply, it means fairness. If we are serious about tackling climate change, we also need to be serious about how we bring people with us on that journey. The reality is that not everyone will feel the impact of climate action in the same way; it…
There is growing frustration in my West Tyrone constituency at the delays to the A5 project. People are anxious for its future. No matter how much reassurance is given from the SDLP and others who advocate daily for the delivery of the A5, the actions, or lack thereof, from those in power in the Executive tell a…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of delayed discharge bed days recorded, in each of the last 12 months, broken down by each Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) the number of these delays attributable to a lack of available nursing or residential care placements.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of registered residential and nursing care home beds, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) whether these beds are (a) operational; (b) vacant; and (c) unavailable due to staffing constraints.
To ask the Minister of Health, further to the the latest Emergency Care Waiting Time Statistics, to detail (i) the reason why the number of hospital patients waiting over 12 hours increased from 10,977 to 12,549; and (ii) any actions he is taking to reduce this number.