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Mr Doug Beattie MC: Assembly records
All of Mr Doug Beattie MC’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Use of Telecommunications in Custody To ask the Minister of Justice to outline how convicted murderer Sean Anderson was able to access and use a mobile phone with internet and social media functionality whilst serving a custodial sentence, including any measures in place to prevent such access.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether the form, Northern Ireland Prison Service Application For Excusal of Sick Absence Due to Industrial Accident, is (i) still in operation; or (ii) has been replaced, including any replacement form.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether her Department has made any assessment on whether prolonged delays deterred applicants from pursuing Medical Appeals Tribunals, including any planned action to ensure those who were deterred can now apply.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the reasons why no Medical Appeals Tribunals (MATs) were heard between 05 February 2019 and 20 October 2022, disregarding the period where the COVID-19 pandemic restricted MATs from occurring.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline any action she is taking to increase Northern Ireland's share of investment in the aerospace, defence, security and space sector.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the (i) minimum; and (ii) maximum, rates currently being paid by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to private landlords, on a single let basis for (a) two; (b) three; and (c) four bedroom properties, broken down by local council area.
To ask the Assembly Commission to detail the number of Assembly Commission staff that are currently working with (i) fully office-based; (ii) hybrid; and (iii) fully remote, arrangements.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether the Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland were consulted, as per Article 7 of The Life Sentence (Northern Ireland) Order 2001, regarding the compassionate release for Gary Anderson.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) whether Rule 27 of the Prisoner and Young Offenders Centre Rules (Northern Ireland) 1995 takes precedence over the Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001, when considering compassionate leave for a life tariff prisoner; and (i) the role of the Parole Commissioners for…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of applications received for Year 8 admission; (ii) the approved admissions number; and; (iii) any approved pupil variation granted; and (iv) the number of additional pupils permitted under each variation, in each of the last five academic years, broken down by…
Minister, the issue goes far deeper than Gary Anderson. I can cite multiple similar failings, not just in this case, that are due to individual elements of our criminal justice system not engaging with one another. That is, in large part, because our Criminal Justice Board still does not have a shared vision or shared…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the average waiting time for a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services assessment, in each Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any progress that has been made in implementing the Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031, including an update on any outstanding actions and associated timescales.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of GP practices that have (i) handed back contracts; (ii) merged; or (iii) required temporary support, in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the current GP vacancy rate, in each Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) any steps being taken to improve GP recruitment and retention.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients currently waiting (i) for a first outpatient appointment; (ii) more than 26 weeks; and (iii) more than 52 weeks, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
Minister, thank you for that information. Getting those answers from you has really helped, but, I have to say, it is a sad indictment of our courts that they have overruled our Prison Service and put public safety in jeopardy. As the Minister knows, I have engaged with her on that type of thing on many occasions,…
To ask the Assembly Commission to detail the (i) number; and (ii) percentage of staff currently approved to work from home on a regular basis, broken down by business area.
To ask the Assembly Commission to detail (i) the number of staff absent through sickness during each of the last three years; and (ii) the average number of working days lost per employee.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the timeline of action that was taken by her Department, from 2019 to 2026, regarding the lack of Medical Appeals Tribunals (MAT); and (ii) given that recruitment is complete, when will MATs restart.