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 for his assessment of the comment made by the Chief Executive of Invest NI at the meeting of the Committee for the Economy on 16 October 2024, that dual market access had not attracted direct foreign investment.
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) for his assessment as to why the number of redundancies are up 30 per cent in the last 12 months, as reported in the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency Labour Market Report October 2024; and (ii) how his Department plans to reduce these figures.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for his assessment of the comments made by the Mineral Products Association at the Committee for Infrastructure meeting on 16 October 2024, that the roads network in Northern Ireland is facing its biggest funding crisis in over 25 years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for his assessment on whether there is correlation between the lack of road maintenance and the increase in vehicle damage claims.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of how changes to the administrative earnings threshold for Universal Credit has impacted on the number of claimants.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the medication trials taking place in Northern Ireland for the treatment of Parkinson's disease; and (ii) the process to be considered for these trials.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the medications that are available in the UK for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease that are not available in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will commit to consulting parents as standard ahead of major policy announcements, as suggested by the Parentkind National Parent Survey for Northern Ireland 2024.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department plans to ban smartphones for children at school, as suggested by the Parentkind National Parent Survey for Northern Ireland 2024.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he plans to set up an independent advisory body on how to reduce school costs, as suggested by the Parentkind National Parent Survey for Northern Ireland 2024.
I thank the Member for making very valid points. That is a huge issue of concern for us all, and it presents to us in our offices every week. Does she agree that there is a disproportionate impact on young single men in particular, who are healthy and well but cannot get enough points to get housed quickly enough,…
I thank the Member for giving way. She has made her points well, and I agree with most of them, but this is a crisis for the Executive. It is up to Ministers to work collectively to resolve the problem of building houses. It is not good enough that one Minister hides from the other; they need to work collectively. The…
I beg to move Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I stand before the Assembly today to address a crisis that has been allowed to grow and worsen by the day under the lack of leadership of the Executive. It is a crisis that is affecting tens of thousands of families right across Northern Ireland. There is no…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any action he and his Department is taking to address the issues raised by the October 2024 Office for Environmental Protection report on the drivers and pressures affecting nature in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any action he and his Department is taking to address the issue of Northern Ireland being the lowest-earning region in the UK.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 16099/22-27, to detail any discussions he and his Department have had with (i) Derry City and Strabane District Council; and (ii) the Department for Infrastructure in relation to the future funding for the City of Derry Airport.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the (i) bus; (ii) rail; and (iii) plane routes that are funded through his Department's public service obligation in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to provide a list of the groups and organisations who have requested a meeting with him but he has declined to meet since taking up office.
A short distance from Strabane town centre is a small, quaint village known as Ballymagorry. It is a tight-knit local community in a rural part of my constituency, where people have lived for a long time and where there has been little disruption, antisocial behaviour or serious incident. All of that changed on Sunday…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the guidelines and risk assessments undertaken before allowing a property to be used for temporary accommodation placements by the Housing Executive.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people placed in emergency temporary accommodation that were placed (i) within 20 miles; and (ii) over 20 miles from their previous residence, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the emergency temporary accommodation available in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 13641/22-27, for an update on his Department's plans to introduce new regulations in relation to electrical safety standard check in all rented homes by the end of 2024.