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 flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.

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  1. Debate contribution: Unadopted Housing Developments and Roads

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Member for giving way and for raising that point. I know that, in some circumstances, homeowners are then left with a bill that can run into tens of thousands of pounds because a developer has either gone into liquidation or gone bust. Homeowners are left counting the cost of that, which is huge when you…

    Not flagged

  2. Debate contribution: Unadopted Housing Developments and Roads

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Member for giving way and for raising the issue of alleyways. Being a Belfast rep, he will know that it becomes an issue because nobody seems to want to take responsibility for it, yet it has a huge impact on residents, with health and safety concerns. There is a lot of fly-tipping and nobody is taking…

    Not flagged

  3. Debate contribution: Unadopted Housing Developments and Roads

    • Private Members' Business

    I beg to move At the outset, I declare an interest as a homeowner living in an unadopted housing development. Today's motion is nothing new to the Chamber, but it is an issue that I know Members deal with on a regular and frequent basis. To date, we have been unable to fully implement a road map on it. We are failing…

    Not flagged

  4. Debate contribution: Integrated Advice Partnership Fund

    • Ministerial Statement

    I thank the Minister for his statement and welcome this move. Given the cut to the winter fuel payment, we could see increased demand for debt services this year. I thank the Minister, because he is thinking about support for people on the ground. Will he clarify exactly how much Fermanagh and Omagh District Council…

    Not flagged

  5. Debate contribution: Access to Cash

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    I thank the Minister for her answer and welcome the fact that the round table will be happening. The Minister will know that I have asked about the issue before, because banking facilities are vital in rural areas. I note that, since the rules were confirmed in July, LINK, which manages the UK's cash access and ATM…

    Not analysed

  6. Member's statement: Fivemiletown United Football Club

    • Members' Statements

    I want to give some good news from my constituency. I put on record a massive "congratulations" to Fivemiletown United Football Club, which secured a win at the Irish Football Association Grassroots Football Awards held recently at Belfast City Hall. Fivemiletown United was deservedly crowned amateur club of the year.…

    Not flagged

  7. Debate contribution: Sexually Motivated Attacks in the North-west

    • Question for Urgent Oral Answer

    Like everybody else around the Chamber, I condemn the attacks against women and girls. We have the strategy and the framework, but we need funding to ensure that the likes of our community and voluntary sector can do the work and implement the aims of the strategy and the framework. In Fermanagh, Women's Aid had to…

    Not flagged

  8. Debate contribution: Inclusive Language Guide

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    I thank the Minister for his answer. Given the amount of pressure that there is on our public services and given the fact that there probably will have been a cost to put the document together, what is the Minister's advice on this guide to civil servants in his Department?

    Not analysed

  9. Debate contribution: Public Expenditure: Outcome of Chancellor's Statement

    • Ministerial Statement

    I thank the Minister for her statement. Like her, I welcome the fact that the Government have un-paused the Mid South West growth deal. The Minister is well aware that without capital and resource investment for our waste water treatment works, we will not be able to deliver on key Programme for Government…

    Not flagged

  10. Topical question AQT 707/22-27

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    Mrs Erskine asked the Minister for Communities, whose Department has more civil servants than any other Department, for his view on the inclusive language guide for the Northern Ireland Civil Service that was produced by the Department of Finance, which advises against using phrases such as "ladies and gentlemen",…

    Not flagged

  11. Debate contribution: Programme for Government: Justice

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    I thank the Minister for her answer. Minister, you talked about how the pressures need to be looked at collectively. However, we need to increase police numbers. Sadly, 42 females have been murdered in eight years. We have had an increase in hate crime, and we need to look at prevention and rehabilitation measures.…

    Not analysed

  12. Debate contribution: Maternity and Neonatal Services

    • Ministerial Statement

    Thank you, Principal Deputy Speaker. There seems to be a bit of work to go on the recommendations in Professor Renfrew's report. You have referenced the funding that is required quite a bit. I am looking specifically at the regional action plan. How does that fit in with your hospital reconfiguration framework…

    Not flagged

  13. Member's statement: City and Growth Deals

    • Members' Statements

    Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I want to draw attention to an event happening tomorrow at Westminster that will highlight the importance of two paused growth deals for which we are still awaiting confirmation on funding. As we all know, the Causeway Coast and Glens and Mid South West growth deals are the only two deals…

    Not flagged

  14. Motion or amendment: Tackling the high number of unadopted housing developments and roads

    • Motion · Private Members' Motion

    Tackling the high number of unadopted housing developments and roads That this Assembly expresses alarm at the high number of unadopted housing developments across Northern Ireland; regrets that some roads and footpaths have been left for decades without full adoption; highlights the significant challenges faced by…

    Not flagged

  15. Debate contribution: Respite Provision for Adults with Learning Difficulties, Complex Needs and Challenging Behaviour

    • Private Members' Business

    I thank the Member for giving way. I have dealt with families whose family members have very individual needs. There can be an anxiousness for families when they put their children into facilities. Does the Member agree that there are anxieties about not just the family member but the attached needs and making sure…

    Not flagged

  16. Debate contribution: Respite Provision for Adults with Learning Difficulties, Complex Needs and Challenging Behaviour

    • Private Members' Business

    The importance of adequate short-break provision for families and the most vulnerable cannot be stressed enough by those in the Chamber today. It should not be treated as an added extra. I thank those who tabled the motion. For our part, we have included an issue that, sadly, we see too many times as constituency…

    Not flagged

  17. Debate contribution: Institutional Abuse: Statutory Inquiry and Financial Redress

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    The First Minister rightly said that institutional abuse is a source of shame and that the inquiry focused on the need for truth. She mentioned listening to victims and survivors. It is also a source of shame that, last week in the House, the First Minister refused to say that she believed Máiría Cahill. Will she…

    Not flagged

  18. Member's statement: Driver and Vehicle Agency: Contract

    • Members' Statements

    I bring the attention of the House to something that has been bubbling under the surface for quite some time and will have a major impact on drivers in Northern Ireland: the news that the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) has terminated its contract with Worldwide Environmental Products Inc, which was to service the new…

    Not flagged

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