All of Mr Gerry Carroll’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 for Communities, as part of the awarding of the Northern Ireland Functional Assessment Service contract, to detail (i) the number of organisations that (a) applied; and (b) expressed interest in providing the service; and (ii) any consideration his Department gave to providing this service in-house.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the Northern Ireland Functional Assessment Service contract being awarded to Capita, in light of concerns raised about the organisation and its assessment practices.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of providing purpose-built accommodation to support women who have been through domestic violence or abusive situations.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 16391/22-27, (i) why the level of recruitment agency staff employed by his Department increased by 54 per cent between 2023 and 2024; and (ii) why these workers were not directly employed by his Department.
Thank you. If I heard you correctly, Minister, with regard to £400 per month on average for childcare, I think that your figures are way off. People are paying way more than that. That is not the first time in the past week, I think, that you might be incorrect on that. You may want to check the figures that I…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. High-quality, accessible and affordable childcare is one of life's basic essentials, but for too many families across the North, suitable and flexible childcare is too hard to find or the costs are simply far too high. Employers for Childcare reported that the average cost of a full-time…
I thank the Minister. In relation to problem-solving, does the Minister agree that the solution is public investment in NI Water? Will he expand upon any work that his Department has done to engage with Treasury around the new capital borrowing rules, which could allow NI Water to remain public but get access to more…
Mr Carroll asked the Minister for Infrastructure why the sewerage infrastructure problem that exists in Belfast and across the North, which has been alluded to, does not seem to apply to new hotels or other forms of housing and building but does apply to new homes.
To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of the policing operation used at the Palestine protest at Queen's University Belfast on Thursday 14 November 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he consulted with (i) trade unions; and (ii) health service workers in relation to his Department’s plans for a bodycam pilot programme in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister for Communities how the £24 million allocated in the October Monitoring Round will be enough to build up to 800 social homes, when the £20 million allocated during the June Monitoring Round funded the construction of up to 200 social homes.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the actions he is taking to reduce spend on temporary accommodation and towards the prevention of homelessness.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) how the £17 million allocated in the October Monitoring Round will be used to support those affected by the withdrawal of the Winter Fuel Payment; and (ii) whether this support will be means-tested.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 17407/22-27, to detail (i) the two sites referenced; and (ii) the extent of the work carried out in relation to relocating Gaelscoil an Lonnáin to the sites.
To ask the Minister for Communities, in advance of the outcome of the current review of welfare mitigations, to detail any preparations his Department is making for the extension of the benefit cap mitigation beyond 31 March 2025.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of responses his Department received for each public consultation related to (i) the Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022; and (ii) the outworking, including regulations, of the Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.
To ask the Minister for Communities how the provision in the Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 to limit rent increases to a maximum of once every 12 months will be monitored and enforced.
To ask the Minister for Communities, in order to address housing waiting lists, whether he has considered introducing a pathway scheme for people who live in houses that are too big for their current situation and would like to downsize.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Breaches of the Ministerial Code of Conduct”
Breaches of the Ministerial Code of Conduct - Amendment 1 After ‘good faith;’ insert: ‘accepts that by meeting with groups representing paramilitary organisations, ministers are failing in their duty to uphold sections 1.4 (cf) - (cj) of the Ministerial Code;’
Universal, Affordable Child-centred Childcare - Amendment 2 Leave out ‘reduce costs for all families by 50 per cent’ and insert: ‘provide universal free childcare’
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Protecting Farming Families Following the Autumn Budget 2024”
Protecting Farming Families Following the Autumn Budget 2024 - Amendment 1 Insert after ‘efficient farming practices;’: ‘affirms its support for the practice of sustainable, nature-friendly farming;’