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Mrs Deborah Erskine: Assembly records
All of Mrs Deborah Erskine’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the projected contribution of the agricultural sector towards meeting each of Northern Ireland’s three carbon budgets, expressed (i) as a percentage of the total emissions reductions required; and (ii) in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any assessment his Department has made of the impact of Northern Ireland’s carbon budgets on the agricultural sector, including any implications for (i) farm incomes; (ii) farm viability; and (iii) the competitiveness of local food production.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any targets which have been set to reduce waiting times for first outpatient appointments over the next 12 months, within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, broken down by department.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the length of time the Notice of Intention Award for the A4 Enniskillen Southern Bypass can remain in place before a decision is made to proceed with the project.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the level of spend on infrastructure roads maintenance, within the Western Division, since the beginning of the 2026-27 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the level of spend on infrastructure roads maintenance, within the Southern Division, since the beginning of the 2026-27 financial year.
Temporary Release Scheme To ask the Minister of Justice, in light of the Police Service of Northern Ireland appeal for help to locate a remand prisoner who absconded from HM Maghaberry Prison over seven months ago, to outline the steps she will take to restore public confidence in temporary release schemes.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any targets to reduce waiting times for first outpatient appointments over the next 12 months within the Western Health and Social Care Trust, broken down by department.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients in the Western Health and Social Care Trust, that are currently waiting more than 52 weeks for an (i) outpatient appointment; (ii) diagnostic test; and (iii) inpatient or day-case treatment.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any additional (a) staffing; (b) theatre capacity; and (c) diagnostic capacity, that has been provided at the South West Acute Hospital through the additional investment in the last two financial years; and (ii) any plans in place to sustain this capacity.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any funding allocated to the Western Health and Social Care Trust for elective care services, in each of the last three financial years, broken down by year and hospital site.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any measurable impact the £10 million invested in elective care services has had on waiting times for patients in the Western Health and Social Care Trust, particularly those awaiting treatment at the South West Acute Hospital.
A lot of Members do not want me to talk for 10 minutes, but thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank my constituency colleague for securing the Adjournment debate. I will probably go off script. How we treat our most vulnerable shows how much we care. This has been a long-running saga. Expectations have been raised and…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. My speech was going to be different, but I will start with this first: one would think from some of the commentary in the Chamber so far today that nothing is being done about race relations. Quite frankly, there is not enough time to discuss the matter today, because the issues are…
Last week, the Infrastructure Minister, Liz Kimmins, told the Assembly that landowners would know in a matter of days when their land would be re-vested, who would own it and who would have access to it. We are approaching a week from that statement, and landowners are still waiting for answers. The way in which they…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of applications for Discretionary Support that were made in Fermanagh and South Tyrone during the last 12 months, including the number that were approved.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of empty Housing Executive properties currently in Fermanagh and South Tyrone; and (ii) any action that is being taken to return them to use.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assessment his Department has made of fuel poverty levels in rural areas of Fermanagh and South Tyrone.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether any contracts awarded by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive have subsequently been (i) varied; (ii) re-tendered; and (iii) cancelled, because works did not commence within the expected timeframe, in the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people currently recorded as living with dementia in each constituency, broken down by the type of dementia.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any progress that has been made in compensating landowners for the use and occupation of their land for the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme, between 25 November 2024 and 27 June 2025, including the (i) number of claims received; (ii) number settled; (iii) total…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any arrangements her Department has put in place to assess and compensate landowners for demonstrable losses arising from the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme, including loss of agricultural income, disruption to farming operations, professional fees and other…