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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.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether individuals who may not have applied for a Medical Appeals Tribunal (MAT) because tribunals did not take place between 2019 and 2026 be exempt from being time barred from applying for a MAT.
To ask the Assembly Commission to detail (i) the total expenditure on maintenance and repair works across the Parliament Buildings estate since the beginning of 2023; and (ii) any further works still to be completed.
To ask the Assembly Commission to detail the current (i) staff headcount; and (ii) vacancy rate within the Assembly Secretariat, broken down by business area.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline the priority mechanism her Department utilises when dealing with issues relating to roads and public footpaths.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “No Confidence in the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs”
No Confidence in the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘calls on the Minister to’ and insert: ‘outline a programme of measures to build confidence and address the substantive issues raised by farmers, rural communities and the wider public.‘
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of workforce shortages within domiciliary care services, including the impact on hospital discharge times.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any plans to improve access to GP, community nursing and allied health services in rural parts of the Southern Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the average response times for (i) Category 1; and (ii) Category 2 ambulance calls, in the last 12 months, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Assembly Commission whether any assessment has been undertaken of the impact of home working on (i) staff productivity; and (ii) service delivery.
To ask the Assembly Commission whether there has been any measurable difference in sickness absence rates between staff working primarily from home and those working primarily from the office.
To ask the Assembly Commission to detail any assessment made of the impact of hybrid working arrangements on the occupancy and utilisation of office accommodation within Parliament Buildings.
I thank the Minister for his answer. He is right that there is a process to go through, and I accept that. However, he will also be aware of Professor Patrick Wall's report on equine welfare-led reform. That report was not commissioned here but by the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and 11 of its…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any analysis his Department has undertaken of persistent absenteeism trends since 2020, including (i) the key drivers identified; and (ii) whether targeted interventions are being developed for pupils at risk of disengagement from education.
To ask the Minister of Education whether (i) any evaluation has been undertaken of the effectiveness of school based wellbeing programmes; and (ii) any consideration has been given to introducing a standardised approach to mental health support across all schools.
To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department has conducted any modelling on future pupil population shifts, including how this will inform school planning decisions.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any assessment has been made of the impact of financial pressures on schools' ability to deliver the curriculum.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of schools currently operating with a budget deficit, including the value of those deficits, within the Upper Bann area.