All of Mrs Diane Dodds’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 Justice whether she has made any assessment of the potential to include the functions of the Office of Public Guardian as envisaged by the Mental Capacity Act 2005, within the Office of Care and Protection.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he has made any assessment of the level of implementation of independent advocates, as outlined in the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
Like many in the House, I rise with mixed feelings to support the Bill. I acknowledge that there is broad support for free hospital car parking, and we approached the Bill in good faith. However, I also believe that the public want decisions about our health service to be based on and rooted in the reality of the…
Thank you for that answer. It is good to hear that there is now a preferred company in place to take forward the work. How much will that work cost, including the cost of providing scaffolding from 2024 onwards?
Minister, thank you for your answers. You have outlined a severe issue in funding and in whole-Executive cooperation to enable you to do that housebuilding. Do you not find it a bit strange that the Communities Committee, which is chaired by a Sinn Féin MLA, has endorsed the earmarking of funding to meet the Programme…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people who are held under a Deprivation of Liberty Order in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of human resources staff in (i) his Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, broken down by role.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of human resources staff in (i) her Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, broken down by role.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of human resources staff in (i) his Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, broken down by role.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of; and (ii) percentage of, doctors in specialty training posts who were international medical graduates, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of (i) assessments; (ii) treatments; and (iii) diagnostics, provided through the £85 million for red flag and time-critical assessments and treatments, in 2025-26.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any (i) process; and (ii) timeline, to appoint a specialist to produce a report on water ingress at the Acute Mental Health Inpatient Centre.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of health and social care negligence cases which remain open, broken down by (i) Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) other health body, including legacy organisations.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Like many across the Chamber, I am grateful for the tone and supportive nature of the debate on the issue. As my colleague Peter Martin reflected, it is not a contentious issue, but it is important, and it is important to shine a light on it. It is not often that it gets such prominence,…
The other issue that came across very clearly was that the maintenance division is short of staff by about 30%. That is not just maintenance staff; it is also the people who design roads for the future. Therefore, the delivery of new schemes is impacted as well. When will the recruitment campaigns begin? Where will…
Minister, I will take you back to the state of our roads, which is one of the most pressing issues that I have in my constituency office every day. I met the southern division recently to discuss the programme and how things were working out. It was indicated to me that the road maintenance budget for the division was…
Mrs Dodds asked the Minister for Infrastructure, after acknowledging that the Minister does not have her budget as yet, whether she will give priority to the maintenance budget so that we do not fall into the same issues over and over again.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail a breakdown of health and social care negligence costs, in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) other health body.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of hospital beds that are (a) funded; and (b) currently open; and (ii) the maximum number that have been open this winter, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. Funding is very important. However, 75% of PEACE PLUS funding, amounting to more than £730 million, came from the UK Government, and only a very small amount came from either Europe or Ireland.