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.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what action he will take to ensure that schoolchildren in Northern Ireland can benefit from the Woodland Trust School Scheme in the same way as other children in the UK.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the Treasury and Executive earmarked funding packages for (i) 2023-24 spend; and (ii) 2024-25 requirement for both Resource and Capital Department Expenditure Limits, which each Department has submitted for spend relating to the Windsor Framework.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) what progress has been made to date with the implementation of the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate; (ii) the timeframe for implementation; and (iii) his assessment of what action is required by (a) car manufacturers; (b) car garages; and (c) customers to progress the…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline their Department's plans to support isolated minority communities living along the border.
To ask the Minister of Health, further to the extension of the Nexus NI contract, what measures he has put in place to monitor performance and operational issues.
To ask the Minister of Health how the specialist therapy previously provided by Nexus will be delivered as part of his Department's mental health provision.
I add my support to the motion and the amendment. I will say a few words on this really important issue. We have all had to deal with high inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. The cost of food, particularly for families, has rocketed dramatically. In recent times, food inflation has peaked at 19·1%. That is a…
I thank the Member for giving way. He has made some important points about democracy and the issue of democratic consent. Does he agree that the greatest democratic deficit is the fact that hundreds of EU laws identified in annex 2 of the protocol are imposed on Northern Ireland, governing our manufacturing industry,…
I thank the Minister for his clarification of some of the issues that I was going to talk about. We should acknowledge that the debate today has fewer implications for personal freedoms than the more draconian powers that the Assembly rejected last week. It is important to put that on the record. I note that we were…
Increasing the Number of Foster Carers That this Assembly commends the vital contribution of foster carers throughout Northern Ireland; believes that the provision of a safe, loving and nurturing home can transform the lives of children and young people in care, helping them to reach their full potential; is deeply…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of (i) the peer-reviewed scientific analysis entitled difference in differences analysis evaluates the effects of the badger control policy on bovine tuberculosis in England; and (ii) the effectiveness of badger culls on the…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the business cases taken forward in the absence of an Executive and which relate to spend in the 2023-24 budgetary period; and (ii) how many of these business cases have been progressed without a fully-funded or guaranteed budget.
To ask the Minister of Health what actions he is taking to encourage GPs who have left or retired from the profession back to work, even on a part-time or sessional basis.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of how many hospital beds are currently occupied by individuals deemed fit for discharge; and (ii) whether he plans to establish a dedicated team in his Department to work on resolving this issue.
As a preface to my comments, I want to repeat words that I have said in the House many times. We all aspire to having a Northern Ireland that is more peaceful and more prosperous and where our children can learn and play together; to having a society in which we value education as the means to a good job; to providing…
I thank the Member for giving way. We all sit here in relative comfort — some of us will feel that more than others — but many women across the world suffer violence for their faith. Last week, in northern Nigeria, 200 women were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists. Those women will suffer violence, rape and forced…
Before I address the SR, I want to say that the Minister did an incredible amount of work during the COVID pandemic. Those were very difficult days for the Minister and the wider Assembly and Executive, but most of all for our constituents, the people of Northern Ireland. We are debating whether we should continue…
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on the agreement with Kingsbridge Healthcare for 2,000 red flag endoscopies and 1,000 urology procedures, to be carried out by the end of March 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether he will consider multinational healthcare providers from outside Northern Ireland to assist with our capacity in addressing waiting list backlogs; and (ii) what discussions his officials have had with these healthcare providers about assisting in Northern Ireland.