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Mrs Diane Dodds: Assembly records
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 Health to detail the number of staff in (i) his Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, currently on (a) sickness absence; (b) the durations of those absences; and (c) the longest absence in each organisation.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of painters within the health service, broken down by (a) employing organisation; and (b) Agenda for Change pay band; and (ii) any current painter vacancies.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of staff in (i) his Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, currently on (a) sickness absence; (b) the duration of these absences; and (c) the longest absence in each organisation.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of whole-time equivalent employees in each North-South implementation body broken down by (i) function; and (ii) directorate.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of staff in (i) her Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, currently on (a) sickness absence; (b) the durations of those absences; and (c) the longest absence in each organisation.
I thank the Member for giving way. He touched on the issue of the First Minister. On the issue of standards and morals, we must remember that we have a First Minister who has told everyone publicly in Northern Ireland that the killing and slaughter of innocents was inevitable.
The Craigavon part of my constituency, unfortunately, has a high rate of male suicide. It is very distressing. I spoke to those who came to the last all-party group on suicide prevention: it is devastating for families. What can be done specifically about the phenomenon of young, male suicide? How can we get all the…
Minister, I am interested in your assertion that you were aware of the figures and knew the challenges that they would bring, yet you said in the House last week that the people who were bringing the issues to you did not know what they were talking about. Did you mislead the House?
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the (i) total; and (ii) percentage spend, by Health and Social Care Trusts on staff costs, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of cases of acquired brain injuries that have been diagnosed in (i) adults; and (ii) children, in the last six years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
Gynaecology Waiting Lists To ask the Minister of Health, given that almost 60,000 women in Northern Ireland are on gynaecology waiting lists, how he plans to address the delays and imbalances between Health and Social Care Trusts.
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the number of cases that have been added to the backlog due to the ongoing industrial action by the Criminal Bar Association.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on (i) the amount that has been spent on the Waiting list Reimbursement Scheme, since its reinstatement in June 2025; and (ii) the number of people who have availed of it.
Thank you, Minister, for bringing a sense of reality to the House on the capacity in the Republic of Ireland to deal with our problems. You said that you: "have identified additional areas where there is the potential for further development and collaboration". Will you outline what those additional areas are and say…
An Enhanced Regional Eating Disorder Service That this Assembly recognises Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026 takes place from 23 February to 1 March; notes that the theme for this year’s awareness week is Community; acknowledges that as many as 37,500 people in Northern Ireland could have an eating disorder; notes…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of whole time equivalent (a) consultants; (b) specialty and specialist; and (c) specialist trainee psychiatrists, working in acute and community settings, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) the corresponding number of vacancies at each of these…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the average hours worked in each Emergency Department by (i) consultants; (ii) specialty and specialist doctors; (iii) resident doctors; (iv) nurse consultants; and (v) advanced practitioners, on (a) Monday to Friday; and (b) Saturday to Sunday, between October and December 2025.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of whole time equivalent (a) consultants; (b) specialty and specialist doctors; and (c) specialist trainee doctors in gastroenterology, in each Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) the corresponding number of vacancies at each of these grades.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the total amount paid for taxis by (i) his Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, in each of the last five years, broken down by taxi company.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any actions taken to identify patients most at risk due to long waits for cancer treatment, to prioritise them for diagnosis and treatment.