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.
Prison Service Staff That this Assembly acknowledges the exceptional work of the Northern Ireland Prison Service; understands that members of the Prison Service are regarded as members of the Northern Ireland Civil Service; recognises that the Northern Ireland Civil Service Staff Handbook does not take into account…
To ask the Minister of Education whether every primary school has the infrastructure to provide hot meals for their full school enrolment beyond the present entitlement.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any improvements the continuous improvements team have identified for the Prisoner Transport and Prisoner Escorting Service; and (ii) the cost of the work conducted by this improvements team.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the annual turnover of prison service staff of all grades in the last three years; and (ii) the number of those discharged from the service due to disciplinary issues.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether all roads leading to a school are gritted during wintry conditions, regardless of the classification of road.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will carry out a review to ascertain why repeated errors continue to occur within the Child Maintenance Service.
To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 16655/22-77, (i) why her Department does not routinely capture the data of victims and witnesses accompanied by the Victims Support NI Witness Service to courtrooms and live links; and; (ii) why NSPCC Young Witness Service does not capture the data showing how many young…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of vacant positions currently being gapped within the Northern Ireland Probation Board, including an outline of each post and how long the post has been vacant.
To ask the Minister of Justice when the Outline Business Case, in partnership with the PSNI, to address an urgent need to recover workforce levels, will be presented to the (i) Executive; and (ii) Assembly.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of cases referred to the Public Prosecution Service in relation to unduly lenient sentences in the last three years; and (ii) the number of these applications that where upheld.
During COVID, the Department of Justice necessarily had to spend £4 million on a mass mortuary on the Kinnegar site. Upon the sale of Kinnegar, was there any clawback for the Department of Justice for that investment?
I was, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I will briefly contribute to what is a very short debate about a very important issue. The motion is factual in its truth but narrow in its content, and I have to say that it points at just one party — in this case, the DUP — when the issue of breaches of the ministerial code of…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) whether the Access and Inclusion Programme will open for applications this year; (ii) when it will open; and (iii) the budget that has been allocated to it.
I thank the Minister for that answer. I have asked about that on multiple occasions, particularly given the lack of openness, transparency and integrity from some Ministers over the past months, especially with regards to the McMonagle affair and child safeguarding. Does the Minister agree that it is really important…
Minister, from a question for written answer, we know that the set-up costs for the commissioners' offices is £8·3 million, with annual running costs of £9 million. Has that money been set aside for this financial year, or, really, are we looking at it not happening until we go into the next financial year?
Mr Beattie asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister when Members will be able to see the amended ministerial code and debate it in the Chamber.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the differences, relating to the work of the Executive Office, between the Intergovernmental Relations structures and the Council of the Nations and Regions.
Minister, robust sentencing is another tool for ending violence against women and girls. Does the Minister agree that, when it comes to sentence credit, which is a useful tool for getting the guilty to admit their guilt early, leaving it until the last moment to admit guilt while still getting the same credit is quite…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the level of sick absence in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, by percentage, in the last 12 months, broken down by department.