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 Infrastructure to detail (i) why he bid for £25 million of capital funding for Structural Maintenance NI in the October Monitoring Round; and (ii) the implications of this not being fully funded.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) why he bid for £30 million of capital funding for NI Water in the October Monitoring Round; and (ii) the implications of this not being fully funded.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Revised Wording)”
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To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) why he bid for £30 million of capital funding for Statutory Minor Works in the October Monitoring Round; and (ii) the implications of this not being funded.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) why he bid for £12.5 million of capital funding for Major and School Enhancement Project works in the October Monitoring Round; and (ii) the implications of this not being funded.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) why he bid for £4.4 million for Tackling Rural Poverty and Social Isolation in the October Monitoring Round; and (ii) the implications of this not being funded.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) why he bid for £53.3 million of capital funding for Investment in New Build and Housing for all in the October Monitoring Round; and (ii) the implications of this not being fully funded.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) why he bid for £12.7 million of capital funding for Retention of House and land sales in the October Monitoring Round; and (ii) the implications of this not being funded.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) why he bid for £30.5 million of capital funding for the Pandemic Preparedness Stockpile in the October Monitoring Round; and (ii) the implications of this not being funded.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) why he bid for £26.7 million of capital funding for Education ICT Infrastructure in the October Monitoring Round; and (ii) the implications of this not being funded.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any discussions he has had with the UK Government in relation to securing a financial contribution to the revised costings for Casement Park.
Minister, March 2025 helps no one today. You know fully about the struggles that people face. Today, £100 buys 150 litres of heating oil. That really does not go far enough to help those who are struggling. Will you clarify for the House whether the support is per household or per pensioner?
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any discussions he and his Department had with the Education Authority in relation to the decision not to proceed with the IT contact with Fujitsu.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any additional costs that will be incurred by the delay in delivering the IT services to schools due to the cancellation of the Fujitsu contract.
Will the Minister outline whether the staff shortages contribute to delays in the planning system, including the progress of housing developments across the region?
I thank the Minister for the answer, in particular his reference to action 7. I appreciate your long-held commitment to this, Minister, and I know that you feel strongly about this, but surely every day of delay is putting further lives at risk? Why can we not just test people now? That, undoubtedly, will save lives.
We tabled this important motion because of the determination in the July report, which very clearly indicates that there was a breach of the ministerial code. That is unacceptable, but I know that it would suit some Members or parties if we were to continue down the road of simply brushing everything under the carpet…
In recent weeks, the Minister for Infrastructure rightly made a positive announcement about the A5 upgrade. Unfortunately at the end of last week, news emerged, which the Minister has confirmed publicly, that pre-action correspondence of a potential legal challenge has been received against the upgrade. Rightly, that…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the evidence given by his predecessor at the Covid-19 Inquiry; and (ii) to detail any changes in structure that have been put in place to manage future crises.