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Mr Danny Donnelly: Assembly records
All of Mr Danny Donnelly’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
The Minister will be aware that my constituency of East Antrim has a world-famous coastline, and many of the coastal areas there are protected under various regulatory schemes. How will better management of marine protected areas benefit the environment and the fishing industry?
What will the recent Court of Appeal judgement on the A5 mean for infrastructure projects generally, including those related to the functions of the Executive Office?
This month, we mark the 10-year anniversary of the Bengoa report. In 2016, Professor Bengoa described an "unassailable case for change" in the way that we deliver healthcare, and that case has only grown stronger over the past decade. Last week, Alliance held an event with representatives from across the sector to…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps he plans to take stabilise community pharmacy to support its full integration into the Neighbourhood Model, given issues facing the sector and its vital role in providing accessible healthcare within local communities.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) how his Department assesses pressures on community pharmacies, including increased patient demand, medicines shortages and additional workload during winter periods; and (ii) how any pressures are taken into account in winter planning and funding decisions.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any engagement his Department has had with community pharmacy representatives in the development and implementation of winter preparedness plans for 2026-27; and (ii) any specific role community pharmacies will have in supporting the health and social care system during…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department has reported back to the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman within the six-month period specified in the recommendations of its report, regarding the Larne West Distributor Road.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any options her Department has considered to bring about the completion of the missing section of the Larne West Distributor Road; and (ii) whether vesting of the required land has now been formally examined, following publication of the Northern Ireland Public…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any specific actions her Department has taken to comply with the recommendations in the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman report regarding the Larne West Distributor Road, since its publication.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether any meetings have taken place with (i) Mid and East Antrim Borough Council; (ii) developers; (iii) landowners; and (iv) other stakeholders, as recommended in the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman report regarding the Larne West Distributor Road.
Minister, you mentioned the general dental services cost-of-service review that your Department published last month. You have accepted that there is a significant gap between the hourly rate paid to dentists and the cost of providing dental services. What actions are you taking to ensure that the gap can be closed,…
How many times must we hear about another scandal in the health service, and of how it has failed patients, before we take meaningful action? The urology services inquiry cost over £9 million. It found failures in leadership, governance and oversight that allowed patients to suffer serious harm. People waited for…
Extra Costs for Encompass To ask the Minister of Health to outline the extra unexpected cost of £20 million to the Health Service this year associated with the implementation of the Encompass IT system. [R]
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) what the extra £20 million in funding, requested this year for the encompass IT system is intended to fund; and (ii) the reason why this additional funding was not anticipated by his Department.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any unexpected costs for (i) implementing; and (ii) the running of, the encompass IT system in each year from inception to the projected end of the project.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any expected costs for (i) implementing; and (ii) the running of, the encompass IT system in each year from inception to the projected end of the project.
To ask the Minister of Health whether the Northern Trust currently has (i) a neurologist, providing adult epilepsy services; and (ii) an adult epilepsy specialist nurse service.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department has evaluated the impact of replacing the Health and Social Care Board with the Strategic Planning and Performance Group on (i) administrative costs; and (ii) workload.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the total expenditure on staff at (i) Band 8C; and (ii) above, within the Strategic Planning and Performance Group, for each financial year from 2018-19 to 2025-26.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of posts at (i) Band 8C; (ii) Band 8D; (iii) Band 9; and (iv) director level and above, that existed within the Strategic Planning and Performance Group at (a) its establishment; and (b) the latest available date.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the total staffing expenditure of the Health and Social Care Board, in its final full financial year; (ii) the equivalent expenditure of the Strategic Planning and Performance Group, in the most recent full financial year.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any plans his Department has to utilise community optometrists in the prevention and early detection of systemic health conditions and referral for early intervention.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the case for rolling out the PEARS Plus pilot across Northern Ireland, including the costs and potential to reduce demand on eye casualty services.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any progress his Department has made in expanding access to community optometry services across Northern Ireland.