All of Mrs Deborah Erskine’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of applications for Discretionary Support that were rejected; (ii) the reason for rejection, in the last year, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 44823/22-27, to detail the reason and use of external consultants, including a breakdown of cost for each external consultant employed by her Department, in the 2024-25 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of parking charges, associated with wrongly parking in a disabled parking bay, in the last two years, broken down by local council area.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline any recent assessment that has been made of NI Water’s remit in relation to water quality at Lough Neagh.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the reason why she has undertaken to hold two public engagement events on the emerging route options for the upgrade of the A5 Western Transport Corridor, between Newbuildings and Sion Mills, Section 1, given that court proceedings are still underway.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the expected cost to her Department for holding two public engagement events on the route options for the upgrade of the A5 Western Transport Corridor, between Newbuildings and Sion Mills.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of Penalty Charge Notices issued by her Department in Fermanagh and South Tyrone, in each of the last five years, broken down by location.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail whether (i) plans to reduce one carer domiciliary care package visits from four to three visits apply in all Health and Social Care Trusts (HSCT); and (ii) there are any plans to reduce the allocated time spent in a domiciliary care visit, in any HSCT.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any urgent or emergency meetings his Department is having with all Health and Social Care Trusts to mitigate the impact of Connected Health removing their domiciliary care services from rural areas.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any towns and villages that will have patients impacted by the removal of Connected Health domiciliary care packages.
That process has gone quiet. No vision is coming forward from the Department or the trust, and I believe that the clock is ultimately being wound down on decision-making on emergency general surgery. I have heard from campaigners who tell me that the Western Trust is prepared to develop a business case to restore…