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 of Finance (i) why INSPIRE Index Polygons for Northern Ireland have not been publicly released, having been mandated under European law pre-Brexit; and (ii) when he will commit to publishing them.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any plans that exist to use the bog meadows in West Belfast for water capture and flood prevention purposes.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the UK Government’s broader definition of public debt; and how this will impact on the Housing Executive’s ability to invest in the construction of social homes.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people living in West Belfast that have had their application for a tenancy succession rejected by the Housing Executive in the last five years, broken down by (i) legal succession rejections; and (ii) policy succession rejections.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any plans to ensure an adequate standard of living and the right to housing for young people leaving the care system.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department collects data in relation to the proportion of patients or health service users in (i) primary care settings; and (ii) secondary care settings whose first language is not English.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether his Department has considered developing a flood alleviation scheme for the St. James area of West Belfast.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount that developers have paid towards (i) roads; and (ii) other infrastructure costs in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of his Department’s introduction of the new Planning Portal, (i) whether the Gunning principles on public consultation apply to planning applications; and (ii) whether these principles informed the design of the new online system.
I appreciate the Member giving way. It is slightly facetious, but the point that I made to his colleague was that, while you have repeated the mantra that there is no money, corporate profits are at a record high, and if you really wanted to fund universal free school meals, you could do it with measures. That is the…
As has been said, at the start of the pandemic, the North introduced holiday hunger payments with a cash-first approach, which gave struggling families some dignity and control over their finances during school holidays. Despite some of the counterpoints, tackling poverty is not complicated. Over 100,000 children…
Leaving aside the obvious moral benefits of universal access to free school meals, does the Member agree that an economic saving could be made because it would prevent children from having to go to dentists, A&E and so on and that, therefore, even in that limited context, it has benefits?
I thank the Minister. I appreciate that you may not have the information, but what have you and your officials done to get it? There can be no passing of the buck, given that airports fall under your remit. What have you and your Department done to get information about what is on those planes? There is serious public…
I thank the Member for giving way. I agree with her point about deprivation. Going back to her comment about genuinely held concerns, does she agree that that strategy and comment often help to feed racism, meaning that people think that it is OK or legitimate to bash migrants or asylum seekers? Does she agree that…
I support the motion, but I feel that it is a bit too little too late. It is also worth saying that the Executive's disapproval of racist violence did not force the far right and loyalist forces off the streets this summer. They were forced off the streets this summer by organised counter-mobilisations of tens of…
I want to disassociate myself from all the positive platitudes that have been meted out to Donald Trump on his re-election to the White House. Trump is a racist, sexist bigot who gives a damn only about himself and the American ruling class. Ministers in this Building should not operate a cosy, business-as-usual…
Mr Carroll asked the Minister for the Economy, having tried to ask five different Ministers about the use of US military planes at Belfast International Airport and having written to him and given that, to his knowledge, there having been at least 24 landings and departures of US military planes in the past few months…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 17237/22-27, whether his Department collects information on the clinical reasons for, or circumstances behind, birth before arrival at hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 17237/22-27, for his assessment of whether the reconfiguration of maternity services has an impact on instances of births before arrival at hospital.
To ask the Minister for Communities for a breakdown of the number of households on the social housing waiting list for each Common Landlord Area in West Belfast in the last five years, broken down by (i) those with Full Duty Applicant status; and (ii) those in housing stress.