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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.
I welcome the intention behind today's motion to explore a more integrated approach to urgent care in Northern Ireland and help patients access the right care. An integrated 111 service could effectively represent a tidying-up of the existing Phone First and out-of-hours systems. However, without clear evidence of…
Members of the Ladies with Letters group who have been impacted by the scandal described it as: "a blatant refusal to uncover the truth". At a time when your Department is supposed to be championing openness, transparency and accountability through the Hillsborough law and the Being Open framework, can you see how…
Thank you, Minister. Will the Minister acknowledge that there may be legislative gaps in safeguarding? Will he commit to working with the Minister of Health to strengthen protections for children who engage in sport?
I rise to highlight Arthritis UK's first Arthritis Awareness Month. An arthritis diagnosis can open the door to life-changing support: that is the message from the health charity Arthritis UK during its first Arthritis Awareness Month, which is shining a light on the diagnosis of arthritis and other musculoskeletal…
Mr Donnelly asked the Minister for Communities what discussions he has had with the Minister of Health about strengthening safeguarding arrangements in sport for children and young people who participate in community and grassroots clubs in particular.
Failure to Commission a Statutory Inquiry into the Cervical Screening Scandal That this Assembly condemns the decision of the Minister of Health not to commission a statutory inquiry into failings in cervical screening in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust; commends the campaigning of the Ladies With Letters…
I am interested in the Member's example of the lady who was unable to leave that care provision. Does the Member agree that it makes no economic sense to deliver that more expensive care in a nursing home, when what that lady obviously needs is a less expensive care package at home?
I thank the Minister for giving way. We have seen a 14% rise in 12-hour waits in A&Es, primarily because of overcrowding in emergency departments and on wards and the inability to discharge medically fit patients. The numbers do not add up. There are twice as many medically fit patients on wards as there are patients…
Strengthening home care provision is a vital part of the solution to the crisis of hospital flow and the need to reduce pressures on our health service. As Members will be aware, the number of patients waiting more than 12 hours in A&E has increased by 14% since March last year. Recent projections from the Northern…
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I thank all Members who have contributed to the debate. I will highlight some of the points that resonate with how far-reaching and important the issue is. There has been a lot of agreement, which is good. I think that Robbie Butler suggested that the debate was not so much a…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of appointments and procedures that were cancelled or postponed as a result of the computer system outage in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust on 11 May 2026.
Thank you, Principal Deputy Speaker. I speak today as Alliance health spokesperson. There is almost broad agreement across the Chamber about the need for a fairer financial settlement from the UK Government. Northern Ireland continues to be underfunded according to objective need, which places enormous pressure on…
I wish to speak about Mental Health Awareness Week. I begin by recognising the charities, community organisations and front-line staff across our mental health services who continue to do extraordinary work in a system that is not fit for purpose. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of joining my local Extern Embrace group…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any discussions his Department has had with the Department for Communities in relation to the implementation of the industry levy on licensed gambling operators.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 38730/22-27, to detail (i) an update on the scoping exercise regarding the feasibility and sustainability of an industry levy on licensed gambling operators; and (ii) whether his Department has now determined if this levy can be implemented within the 2022-27…
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 36349/22-27, whether he will publish the Gambling Code of Practice before the Assembly's 2026 summer recess.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 38730/22-27 and AQO 2695/22-27, to detail any engagement his Department has had with the Department of Health as part of the ongoing scoping exercise on the feasibility and sustainability of an industry levy on licensed gambling operators.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any role the Department of Health will have in determining the allocation of funding from the industry levy on licensed gambling operators when it is implemented.
The Minister will be aware that the 12-hour target in A&Es is that no patient should ever wait more than 12 hours, but recent statistics show that 12-hour waits have increased by 14% in the past year, from 10,000 to 12,000, whilst the Royal College of Emergency Medicine report referred to by Mr Buchanan showed that…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of people who will be affected by Connected Health’s decision to withdraw from delivering contracted domiciliary care services in rural areas; and (ii) any steps being taking to ensure these people will continue to be supported in their homes.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of times the two hour ambulance handover target has been breached since the commencement of the Release to Rescue protocol, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of times the Release to Rescue protocol has been initiated since its commencement, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of posts currently being recruited for in (i) nursing; and (ii) allied health professions, broken down by (a) speciality; and (b) Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of posts being recruited for that are open to recent graduates in (i) nursing; and (ii) allied health professions, broken down by (a) speciality; and (b) Health and Social Care Trust.