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.
Mr Speaker, I apologise: my phone went off; I forgot to put it on silent. The protocol and its successor, the Windsor framework, have overshadowed political and economic life in Northern Ireland for far too long. We have heard a range of views on that today. We have seen the sneering — I see it again from the Member…
I thank the Minister. This is a sensitive and difficult subject. I reflect on the fact that we were not on our own in expressing some concerns, given that two very senior members of the Minister's own party expressed the same concerns. My question is very specifically about consent, because that is a really important…
Deputy First Minister, many of us are really angry at the Secretary of State for running to Dublin for an agreement on legacy but not addressing the fact that Dublin has never admitted its role in IRA terrorism. It has not cooperated with the Omagh inquiry, and there has been no justice from the Dublin Government for,…
I thank the deputy First Minister for her reference to the conference that we attended on Friday. One of the issues that is really important to families who have experienced that type of terrible violence is the justice system and, in particular, the length of time that it takes for cases to come before the courts.…
Thank you very much: you are always generous in giving way. I recognise that, when the Member was in Downing Street, as he often tells us, he was fulfilling the Tory party's wishes at that time. That may not have been his personal wish, but it is what he was doing. It is interesting, however, to hear nationalism in…
FlaggedDecided on a second assessment.Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereigntyCriteria met: Identity framing.
I thank the Member for giving way. You have described very eloquently the cost of border posts and the implementation of the agreement. However, that is only one element of it; we also have the Trader Support Service and all the ancillary services. We are probably in the region of £500 million now for costs. Do you…
Mrs Dodds asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, after stating that, this summer, we have endured the spectacle of the First Minister for all doubling down on her attendance at IRA memorials, her colleague, rather ironically, urging Sinn Féin to embrace the IRA more fully and the Secretary of State…
To ask the Minister of Justice for a breakdown of the (i) number; and (ii) associated costs, of industrial tribunal payments by her (a) Department; and (b) each of its arms-length bodies, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of (i) current; and (ii) former, employees of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust currently engaging in constructive dismissal proceedings.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of farm businesses that would be subject to the requirement of providing a phosphorous balance based on 170 kg rather than the suggested 150 kg per hectare per year of livestock manure production contained within the consultation on…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the amount of chemical nitrogen fertiliser imported into Northern Ireland in (i)1995; and (ii) 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he can provide a date for when the new maternity hospital at the Royal Victoria Hospital will be open and operational.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether his Department has carried out an assessment of the provision of abortion pills from international providers; (ii) whether such provision is legal in Northern Ireland; and (iii) for his assessment of whether abortion statistics for Northern Ireland account for such abortions.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the British Pregnancy Advisory Services’ online advice to women from Northern Ireland on accessing abortion pills from overseas, given its role in the provision of abortion services in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Education for a breakdown of hospitality costs for (i) his Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, in each of the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the methodology used in selecting the limit of 150kg per hectare, per year, of livestock manure production, including imports as a metric for introducing the requirement for a phosphorus balance, contained within the consultation on the…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for a breakdown of hospitality costs for (i) her Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail when it was first discovered that (i) black mould was forming on plasterboard; (ii) the roof edge needed to be sealed, at the new Belfast Acute Mental Health Inpatient Centre, as well as (a) who was informed and (b) what actions were taken.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) all associates registered with the HSC Leadership Centre; and (ii) how much his Department and each of its arms-length bodies have paid to the HSC Leadership Centre, in each of the last six years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail a breakdown of the (i) consultancy firms; and (ii) individuals, used to support projects by the Department and each of its arms-length bodies over each of the last six years, including the details of each project and the sum paid per project each year.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 28323/22-27, to detail: (i) confirmation of whether one or more of the cardiac surgeons in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has an uncompleted appraisal outstanding from 2020; and (ii) the number of doctors who have an uncompleted appraisal outstanding for 2020,…
To ask the Minister for the Economy for a breakdown of hospitality costs for (i) her Department; and (ii) each of its arm's-length bodies, over each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the composition of the multi-professional group referenced by Belfast Health and Social Care Trust senior management while giving evidence to the Committee for Health on 12 June 2025, which advised on the preferred way forward for remediation work at the new Maternity…