All of Mr David Brooks’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Mr Brooks asked the Minister for Infrastructure to undertake to talk to relevant colleagues and review the weekend's traffic chaos, which impacted his East Belfast constituency, in particular, and was largely due to poor traffic management in the area, in order to ensure that it does not happen again.
To ask the Minister for Communities, further to the completion in North Belfast of the first housing executive scheme in 25 years, whether the Minister intends to enable the Housing Executive to deliver new homes in other areas impacted by the Tower Block Strategy.
I thank the Minister for coming to the House on behalf of his colleague. He will know that Harland and Wolff is not just a large employer in my constituency but an iconic industry for the whole of Northern Ireland. The situation will have caused some disquiet among the workforce, even though they know that there has…
Harland and Wolff To ask the Minister for the Economy for an update on his engagement with Harland & Wolff following the announcement of the holding company entering administration, to help secure a positive outcome for the Belfast yard.
To ask the Minister of Health, given current gaps with data from the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust and the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, (i) whether he anticipates quarterly diagnostic waiting times becoming unavailable for the (a) Northern Health and Social Care Trust; (b) Western Health and…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) why the roll-out of encompass has led to incomplete data from (a) the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust; and (b) the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in the most recent diagnostic waiting times statistical release; and (ii) when the full data sets will be available for…
The point about language is an important one, because not only does Ticketmaster use the term "dynamic pricing" but it talks about "platinum tickets". The implication is that there is something extra or special about those tickets, but really they are the same tickets that others have bought at face value being raised…
You will be glad to know that I got rid of most of my puns. I think that we all had a similar idea on those grounds. A few weeks ago, I sat in front of a computer, watching my hoped-for tickets 'Slide Away'. Yes, that was poor. Although this is a growing trend in the industry, we should not be focused on just one…
I, too, support the motion. I have concerns about dynamic pricing, which seems to be a polished and marketing-agency-approved term these days for price gouging. It is equally important to address the dominance of Live Nation, Ticketmaster's parent company, and its subsidiaries. I declare an interest, as Matthew did,…
Will the Member agree that 'Some Might Say' that, when people are being ripped off, it does not matter too much to them whether that is through ticket resale sites or through Ticketmaster and Live Nation adopting the very systems that touts and resellers have used before them?
Will the Minister outline what avenues he is supporting to ensure that young people who want to seek a career as a primary producer have a pathway and support to get into the industry in that way?
Today, we mark World Suicide Prevention Day. It is a subject on which we can unite, as it is a tragic reality that strikes many of our communities. There will be few inside or outside the Chamber who have not experienced its tragic impact in some way — a friend, a colleague, a family member or someone you know through…
Mr Brooks asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether, in view of recent statistics that show that the number of dairy farmers is in decline across the UK, as he will know, with 440 farmers exiting the industry in the year preceding April 2024, he will outline what steps he is taking to…
The US has been a vital economic partner for Northern Ireland in foreign investment, and we have our cultural linkages through the Ulster-Scots and Irish diasporas. As we approach the 250th anniversary of United States independence, perhaps the first step to looking at pre-clearance should be to re-establish a…
Mr Brooks asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, while welcoming, as the Ministers have done, the focus in the draft Programme for Government on growing the economy, to state what it contains on global connectivity and to encourage further route development from our airports.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he plans to reintroduce the Cross-border Healthcare Directive that allows residents of Northern Ireland to seek and pay for treatment in the private sector in the Republic of Ireland and have it reimbursed by a Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health whether consideration is being given to the introduction of a required length of service to Health and Social Care Trusts following qualification in order to receive full course funding and bursary, to prevent newly-qualified doctors and nurses from seeking employment outside Northern…
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether short-term let owners are required to hold Tourism Northern Ireland certification to accept bookings from outside Northern Ireland.