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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 flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
As friends and colleagues can attest, I have little interest in sport, and I had little experience of gambling until I attended the all-party group on reducing harm related to gambling, which was an eye-opening experience. We have seen evidence of the damage done to people's finances, relationships and health by…
I thank the Minister for his answer. I certainly agree with that. Given that community pharmacies were a key pillar of his winter preparedness plan of last year and likely to be so again this year, what engagements has the Minister had with the UK Health Secretary on this topic and what he is doing to support this key…
The projects are associated with spiralling costs and ever-increasing delivery timelines. What is the Minister doing to ensure that future projects are delivered on budget and on time?
Mr Donnelly asked the Minister of Health what impact the proposed increase in National Insurance contributions will have on our community pharmacies in Northern Ireland.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the potential impact of climate change on the local food system.
I thank the Sinn Féin members for tabling the motion. Alliance is happy to support it. Unfortunately, stigma persists across our society in respect of mental health challenges, including in our political system and sometimes even in the Assembly. All parties in the Assembly should improve their efforts to support…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any plans he has to (i) open diagnostic services twelve hours per day; and (ii) make diagnostic services available seven days a week.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 19977/22-27, to detail the percentage of eligible groups that have received the influenza vaccine as of 6 January 2025.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of Northern Ireland Ambulance Service paramedics that have retired or left the service in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the status of the Integrated Care Hub operating at the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service control centre; and (ii) whether it is fully funded to continue to operate indefinitely.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of bed days in hospital wards that were lost due to cut offs imposed by nursing homes in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of bed days in hospital wards that were lost due to patients awaiting equipment or adaptations in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of bed days in hospital wards that were lost due to patient or family resistance in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of bed days in hospital wards that were lost due to patients awaiting social care packages or care placements in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will begin by thanking all Members for their contributions. It is an important debate. I welcome the fact that this is the first Assembly motion of 2025. I encourage all Members to vote in favour of it. As the final Member to speak in the debate, I want to discuss some of the points…
The transformation process is clear: a school, once it is granted integrated status, transforms over time and will not be the finished article when making the case for change. Why has the Minister not given those schools the opportunity to transform, including on reasonable numbers, over time?
I will speak briefly on the statutory rule (SR), which we in the Alliance Party are content to support. I thank the Minister for bringing it to the House today and for his contribution. As has already been outlined, the SR will provide an updated regulatory framework for point-of-care and modular manufacture…
I will talk about the importance of vaccination and the need to tackle misinformation about vaccines. The situation is especially concerning over the winter period, as we have seen a rise in infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and the flu, in addition to the usual pressures that our already overstretched and…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQO 266/22-27, for an update on the progress made by his Department on their assessment of the April 2024 Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health report Worried and Waiting.
To ask the Minister of Education what measures will be included in the revised Integrated Education Strategy Action Plan to ensure demand for Integrated Education is effectively monitored.
Ambulance Waiting Times That this Assembly expresses grave concern at the pressure facing the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (Ambulance Service) and the impact on patients with life-threatening or emergency health needs; further expresses severe concern that response time targets for categories one, two and three…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the winter flu vaccination target for 2024/25; and (ii) the number of people that have received the winter flu vaccination to date.
You mentioned two constitutional preferences. There is another group of Members who have no constitutional preference and designate as "Other", although they have been branded by others in the Chamber as having a preference.