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.
Thanks to the Minister. I know that he is personally aware of the huge role that faith-based organisations play in our community. Too often, they have to sort of have their faith as a secondary element in order to ask for grant support either from government or from wider agencies. Will the Minister commit to looking…
As the previous Member did, I offer my sincere condolences to those who have lost loved ones. I thank the proposer of the motion for the beautiful poem, which describes the chaos and difficulties of someone caught in the trap of addiction. I start by reflecting on the number of drug deaths in Northern Ireland and the…
As the Member who spoke before me said, we do not — I made this absolutely clear last week — resile from the original Bill. That Bill was voted through with our support, and we do not resile from it. We cannot state that clearly enough. We supported the aims and objectives of that Bill. However, we are in politics to…
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) what welfare assistance is available to parents of children with a terminal illness; and (ii) how this compares with other parts of the United Kingdom.
We all have to acknowledge that never before in our society have children been under such pressure and had such difficult choices to make. It is up to us to help support them in every way that we can. RSE is a tool that can be used. It can be taught in a sensitive manner, encouraging children and young people to have…
Minister, this is a complex issue, and the picture is developing; I accept that. However, will you confirm that Northern Ireland will be subject to the EU CBAM rules unless the UK Government deny that or if the UK Government align with the European Union's CBAM? It seems to me that this is an example of the lack of…
Thank you, Minister. Reflecting on that incident with the Metropolitan Police, I am sure that you will agree that the language that we use is extremely important. Your colleague from Upper Bann referred to a meeting in Portadown on relationships and sexuality education (RSE) and the people who attended it as a "dog…
Mrs Dodds asked the Minister of Justice to outline how she is working with the Police Service of Northern Ireland to ensure that the mistakes that were made by the Metropolitan Police last week, along with its attitude to the Jewish community, are not replicated here and to state whether she will issue a public…
To ask the Minister of Health how many under-18s from Northern Ireland have attended adult gender services (i) in Northern Ireland; (ii) elsewhere in the United Kingdom; and (iii) outside the United Kingdom, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the (i) average; and (ii) longest ambulance handover times at each Type 1 Emergency Department, in each of the last six months.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of (i) adults; and (ii) under-18s from Northern Ireland that have attended the Tavistock Clinic, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health what actions he has taken to minimise under-18s accessing puberty blockers from providers not registered in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Minister of Health whether there are restrictions in place on puberty blockers being prescribed to under-18s in Northern Ireland through private clinics.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the role and objectives of communications teams in (i) Health and Social Care Trusts; and (ii) other health bodies.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the communications spend in each (i) Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) arms-length body of his Department, in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of (i) children; and (ii) adults awaiting an autism assessment, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
The Member who spoke previously stated that all the parties in the Assembly supported the original Bill. I reiterate our support for it; we do not resile from it. I say to the Minister that we are disappointed that we are having to defer the provisions of the Act. There are genuine questions to answer about how much…