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Mr Declan Kearney: Assembly records
All of Mr Declan Kearney’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any assessment that has been made on the adequacy of psychological and mental health and wellbeing services for vulnerable adults within the prison system; and (ii) any arrangements to ensure appropriate access to medication.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any engagement his Department has had with the Northern Health and Social Care Trust in relation to actions to reduce the average waiting list time for initial dermatology consultant appointments.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Delivering the Belfast City Airport Master Plan”
Delivering the Belfast City Airport Master Plan - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘any airport’ and insert: ‘on the island; believes these steps are essential to strengthen our reputation as a leading destination for tourism; recognises the importance of air connectivity to the island as an economic driver for…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, further to his meeting with representatives of the Lough Neagh fishing community on 22 April 2026 in relation to the 2026 eel fishing season, to detail when he will provide an update about measures to support the sustainability of the Lough’s…
Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Repeated warnings about what Brexit would mean to us here in the North were scoffed at by the DUP and their fellow Brexiteers. It is not for the first or the last time that we are debating one of the consequences of that disastrous decision. Predictably the British…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Voluntary and Community Sector Funding”
Voluntary and Community Sector Funding - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘Local Growth Fund by the British Government;’ and insert: ‘notes the failure of the British Government to adequately replace lost European Structural and Investment Funds; and calls on the British Government to properly resource the Executive to…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the reasons for the delay in notifying successful applicants to the Central Good Relations Fund.
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht a fhreagra. Today is Workers' Memorial Day, and, this weekend, the trade union movement will celebrate International Workers' Day. The North remains a low-wage economy. Minister, based on what you have just said, how will you seek to prioritise in the coming period the absolute…
Support for the Good Jobs Bill That this Assembly expresses support and solidarity to workers and trade unions who have long campaigned to strengthen workers’ rights and entitlements; acknowledges the landmark legislation that has been already implemented in this mandate to give workers paid miscarriage leave;…
Minister, in light of the current global insecurity, the horizon scanning that you have said has been undertaken by your officials and the consultations that have been carried out, can you outline specifically what supports are being developed to assist high-intensity energy manufacturing businesses?
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any investment allocated by his Department to individual community-based projects in the South Antrim constituency between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026, including the streams through which funding was delivered.
Go raibh maith agat, a LeasCheann Comhairle. "I have been clear and consistent throughout" — this process — "that we should follow the advice of experts and set targets on the basis of the evidence." — [Official Report (Hansard), 9 March 2022, p2, col 2] So said the former leader of the DUP and then DUP Environment…
I beg to move Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The European Union has played a pivotal role in securing the success of the Good Friday Agreement. Since the original Peace I funding of 1995, financial support from the EU has underpinned the progress of our peace process. Since 2021, over £1·1 billion in…
Does the Member agree that, for those of us who have raised children with special educational and complex needs who have become adults and live with us today, a U-turn on the summer schemes is not enough? We need a reset in how our children and adults with educational, complex and additional needs are treated, not…
Cancellation of Summer Schemes in Special Schools That this Assembly expresses grave concern that the Education Authority has announced the cancellation of summer schemes in special schools in 2026 due to concerns about healthcare provision for participating children; recognises that these schemes provide a lifeline…
To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on the policy relating to the funding and deployment of speed indicator devices through policing and community safety partnership structures.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will meet with two of my constituents and me to discuss a recent diagnosis of Ewing sarcoma in their family, further to the request I sent to him on 16 February 2026.
The fallout from the US/Israeli war against Iran has resulted in a global energy shock that is directly impacting on the least well off in our society, placing hard-pressed families into deeply precarious situations. In the midst of the existing cost-of-living crisis, workers and their families are now faced with…
That is very good news, Minister. Thanks for the update. Can you indicate how those outcomes will give us further resilience in continuing to attract jobs, improve the economy and expand those particular growth sectors?
Previously, DUP Economy Ministers delivered the renewable heat incentive scandal, which led to a black hole in our public finances, and a scathing report on the workings of Invest NI. With regard to your earlier comments, how systemic at a cultural, management and operational level are the reforms that you have…
Mr Kearney asked the Minister for the Economy to update the House on the importance of her recent visit to the States for the promotion of the North's strengths, with particular regard to the tourism, screen and trade sectors and the prospects for continued inward investment.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Renewables to Enhance Northern Ireland’s Energy Security”
Renewables to Enhance Northern Ireland’s Energy Security - Amendment 2 At end insert: ‘; and further calls on the Minister for Communities, as the Minister of the Department responsible for tackling fuel poverty and administering existing fuel support schemes, to urgently bring forward a scheme to ensure the £17…