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 of Health to detail a RAG status of the October 2024 report Enabling Safe Quality Midwifery Services and Care In Northern Ireland, in terms of implementation of recommendations.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any work his Department has carried out with the Western Health and Social Care Trust, since he paused the Public Consultation on Permanent Change to Emergency General Surgery in July 2025.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of ambulance transfers from the South West Acute Hospital to Altnagelvin Area Hospital for emergency general surgery, in the last two years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the average; and (ii) longest, length of time patients have waited for an ambulance transfer from the South West Acute Hospital to Altnagelvin Area Hospital for emergency general surgery, in the last two years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether a Rural Impact Assessment has been carried out on the introduction of the Graduated Driver Licensing scheme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether she has had any direct engagement or intends to have any upcoming engagement with industry bodies, regarding the Graduated Driver Licensing scheme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether a new Voluntary Motor Insurance Transparency Code, which was introduced in the Republic of Ireland, has been on the agenda for discussion when officials from her Department attend their quarterly meeting with Association of British Insurers.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether a new Voluntary Motor Insurance Transparency Code, which was introduced in the Republic of Ireland, has been on the agenda for discussion when officials from her Department attend the monthly meeting with the UK Government Department for Transport and the Motor Insurers’…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any data that would need to be collected by her Department, to support the implementation of a new voluntary Motor Insurance Transparency Code, similar to that of the Republic of Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any discussions his Department has undertaken with the Department for Infrastructure on improving the public road infrastructure between the South West Acute Hospital and Altnagelvin Area Hospital, in the last two years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the cost of the suspension of emergency general surgery at the South West Acute Hospital to the Western Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any discussions his Department has undertaken with (i) Translink; and ii) the Department for Infrastructure, on expanding public transport networks between the South West Acute Hospital and Altnagelvin Area Hospital, in the last two years.
To ask the Minister of Health, further to his announcement on 20 April 2026, to detail any timescales associated with the development of emergency dental services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust.
In February 2025, I secured an Adjournment debate on the lack of dentist provision in Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Where are we in April 2026? What has changed? Quite frankly, nothing has changed on the ground; in fact, the picture has probably got worse since then. As a Fermanagh and South Tyrone representative and as…
Yeah, the costs are real; they are real to each Department. The Minister knows full well that, due to delay, there are increased costs to road projects as a result of inflation. The A5 has been paused, £6·6 million has been handed back from the A4 Enniskillen southern bypass project and the A1 safety measures scheme…
Following on from that, many small and medium-sized businesses feel pushed out of public procurement opportunities because they are advertised as a multi-project spread. Local businesses watch as contractors travel to an area from 40 miles away. It is exactly the same in infrastructure when it comes to filling in…
I thank the Minister for the statement. We all know that there is burnout in the teaching profession, but the Minister is trying to change the system to make sure that it is attractive and that our teachers can continue in the workforce. I welcome the fact that he has been engaging with the trade unions. Are all the…
The A5 is "an absolute priority" for Sinn Féin, and the First Minister has said: "we will leave no stone unturned in making sure that the A5 is built." That was her line on Saturday. On 1 July 2025, the First Minister said in the Chamber: "All options are on the table ... I stand by that. All options must be on the…
Mrs Erskine asked the Finance Minister whether he has worked with the Minister for Infrastructure to assess the value and potential cost of climate change legislation to the Department for Infrastructure?
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the total amount spent on external consultants by their Department in the 2024-25 financial year.