All of Mr Doug Beattie MC’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 Justice to detail (i) the associated cost for a sentencing council to be established in Northern Ireland; and (ii) whether her Department is considering its establishment.
To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 21187/22-27, to detail (i) who made the final decision to move a transgender prisoner from a male facility to a female facility; (ii) where the decision was recorded; (iii) whether she was involved in the most recent example of the movement of a transgender prisoner from…
It is an important issue. Minister, do you intend to review the destruction of healthy dogs if they have been seized and held in a council pound for a time, which I think is something like five or seven days?
Does the Minister agree that the statistics on paramilitary attacks do not tell the whole story? When you add moneylending, racketeering, extortion and intimidation, all that activity has a negative effect on society and can be just as harming as paramilitary-style attacks.
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline any advice he is giving to applicants of the Northern Ireland Football Fund in relation to the impact of the EU Regulation preventing the sale of polymeric infill materials from 2031 on 3G and 4G football pitches.
To ask the Minister of Justice, in relation to any case where an individual identifies as a transgender female while already on remand, whether (i) that individual will be afforded the same rights as those committed to prison who already identify as transgender; and (ii) that individual will be able to attend their…
To ask the Minister of Justice, in relation to any relevant previous cases, to detail (i) who makes the decision to move a transgender prisoner from HMP Maghaberry to HMP Hydebank Wood women's prison; and (ii) the make up of the special case conference in relation to that prisoner.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether decisions made by the special case conference in relation to transgender prisoners is supported by legislation that provides legal standing.
To ask the Minister of Justice to the detail the items, apart from clothing, made available to a transgender prisoner by the Northern Ireland Prison Service.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in light of the reported case of Max the puppy, whether he will commit to ending Breed Specific Legislation to ensure dogs are not mistakenly judged as a banned breed based on their physical characteristics.
I beg to move Thank you, Mr Speaker. Some will think that this is an unnecessary or contentious debate, but the reality is that the conversation on the matter is happening right across our society. Therefore, it is important that we, as legislators, debate the issue and lay out our position. I hope that the debate can…
FlaggedGender, sexuality, abortion and related social issuesCriteria met: Identity framing, Sectarian or communal antagonism, Dog-whistle messaging.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the process for a short promotion, known as a substitution, in the Prison Service to cover critical roles; and (i) the role that a Prison Governor has in those promotions to ensure critical positions are filled at short notice.
To ask the Minister of Justice (i) whether Prison Officers are subject to the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953; and (ii) whether the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 takes precedence over the Northern Ireland Civil Service Handbook.
To ask the Minister of Finance when the Northern Ireland Civil Service Human Resources will (i) cease using the term inefficiency as part of their Sickness Absence Management; and (ii) stop the issuing of written warnings to members of the Northern Ireland Prison Service who are suffering from diagnosed mental health…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) when the Northern Ireland Prison Service booklet entitled Sick Absence - A Guide to Your Roles and Responsibilities, was replaced by the Northern Ireland Civil Service Staff Handbook; (ii) any consultation that was conducted with the Northern Ireland Prison Service in…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on any plans to enhance the roads infrastructure leading to Craigavon Area Hospital, to facilitate the construction of a rear entrance to the hospital.
Violence against women and girls and serious sexual offences in particular are an issue that we will have to face head-on. Lots of Members have mentioned the fact that it is a cross-departmental issue — it is not just for Justice but for Health, Education and the Executive Office. The framework for ending violence and…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of post-mortems that have been carried out on children from Northern Ireland in (i) Northern Ireland; and (ii) England since 2019.
Thank you, Minister. You are right, and, in many ways, I am looking at training our workforce. The Northern Ireland Civil Service has implemented a domestic and sexual abuse e-learning package for staff. Can the Minister confirm whether that e-learning package has been rolled out in the Northern Ireland Prison Service…
Minister, I acknowledge the hard work that your Department has done in dealing with paramilitarism. I fed into that work, particularly the language used for paramilitaries. Has the Minister had any discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland or the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) on ending the separated…
Mr Beattie asked the Minister of Justice whether, in respect of the strategic framework to end violence against women and girls, there are plans to have trained safe space advocates in the Prison Service, given that, at present, the Northern Ireland Civil Service has 69 trained safe space advocates, none of whom comes…