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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 any special measures the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust was placed under by his Department in relation to the new regional Maternity Hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any regular discussions that have taken place between the Permanent Secretary in his Department and the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust senior management in relation to the new regional Maternity Hospital project.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any independent consultants commissioned to advise on remedial works required at the new Maternity Hospital following pseudomonas contamination.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 16683/22-27, and given the Water Safety and Usage Group had no role in the contractual handover of the building, why a senior official from his Department advised the Committee for Health on 26 September 2024, in response to queries over the expertise of those signing off…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of occasions that any Health and Social Care Trust has been placed in special measures in each of the last five years, including the basis for placing each in special measures.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 16742/22-27, whether it would be considered normal practice for those who advised on the handover from the contractor to be involved in (i) conducting an independent review examining the handover; and (ii) advising on remedial works required.
Thank you for the answer. I note that it is silent on MLAs and their staff. I know that we want a Parliament Buildings where everyone is comfortable, but I note that a number of Members wear sports gear, particularly in Committee meetings. What is the Assembly Commission's view on that issue, and will guidance be…
Minister, I am incredibly proud of my time at Laurelhill and of all the pupils who went through that school. It was truly a child-centred school, which is really important for education.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Safe Use of Non-Surgical Cosmetic Products and Procedures (Revised Wording)”
Safe Use of Non-Surgical Cosmetic Products and Procedures (Revised Wording) - Amendment 1 At end insert: ‘and to make it illegal to administer botulinum toxin or a filler, by way of injection, for a cosmetic purpose to a person under the age of 18 in Northern Ireland.’
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the interim report into the water systems at the new Maternity Hospital, which was co-led by independent consultants, as referenced in the Assembly on 26 November 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health when the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust first became aware of difficulties with the medical gases infrastructure in the new maternity hospital.
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Before the break, the Health Minister alluded to another serious problem with the maternity hospital. Would it be in order for you to allow the Health Minister to brief the Chamber on the issue? Given the tone, nature and subject of the debate, that would, I think, be appropriate.
Thank you for your response, Minister. You know the importance of the library in my town. It is good to hear that work is progressing and that the site has been acquired. Can you narrow in on a timescale for the progression of the project? Perhaps the Minister would like to come and see the library in Banbridge and…
On a point of order, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I appreciate that the Minister is maybe upset by the motion, but if he indicates that there is another problem, in the context of the debate, he should share that information with the House.
I beg to move Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. The motion is wide-ranging and covers a number of elements of the problems that we face in the health service. However, I will concentrate my remarks on the maternity and children's hospital project. We are all supportive of the ambition to have a new children's…
I am glad to support the amendment. I take issue with the Member who spoke previously: this is not a cynical intervention. If we are serious about protecting people with disabilities, we will be serious about protecting them from when they are preborn through to their final breath. A society will always be judged on…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Revised Wording)”
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Revised Wording) - Amendment 1 After ‘our society;’ insert: ‘recognises that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities affirms that every human being has the inherent right to life; notes that selective abortion on the…
Opposition to Legalisation of Assisted Suicide That this Assembly recognises the need to compassionately support families tragically affected by terminal illness; opposes the legalisation of assisted suicide in Northern Ireland; believes such a law could lead to terminally ill patients and other vulnerable citizens…
I thank the Member for giving way. What you describe is a situation that came to me this morning. A small business owner in our constituency came in great distress to say that she now has to apply additional taxation due to EU tariffs, because her goods arrive from another country via Great Britain. The root cause of…