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.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the Minister and Members for their comments and support of the amendment. Members raised various concerns about the plight of unadopted housing developments. The increase in the Strabane area was mentioned. The Member for Foyle said that there had been an almost 50% increase in…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am happy to support the motion, obviously. I think that the amendment strengthens it: I am glad that the proposers of the motion accept the amendment, and I hope that the House does as well. The issue of unadopted roads, developments and alleyways is one that affects our communities on…
Being open and honest when things go wrong is definitely the right thing to do, and I pay tribute to all the families who have campaigned for that — the families of former patients of Dr Watt, the Roberts family and all those who have been mentioned so far. As the motion states, the vast majority of health and social…
On a point of order, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I believe that, at Question Time, the Education Minister misled the House by saying that the House did not pass a motion last week calling for him to review the eligibility criteria for the RAISE programme. The motion, which was passed last week: "calls on the…
I think that it did. Throughout the debate, Members made the point that they are for a change to the eligibility criteria. Can the Minister therefore confirm that no changes will be made to the criteria?
Minister, you said that Departments will have to make savings. You cannot issue a diktat to cut budgets and then wash your hands of the consequences. It is, by any definition, austerity. I share the concerns about money not being allocated to health workers who were promised it. Minister, is the £17 million to…
I extend my sympathies to Anna's family, friends and all her Alliance Party colleagues on her very sad passing. There is no doubt that Anna was a tenacious trailblazer. She had many barriers in her way that were put in place by a society that makes life harder for women, particularly women from a racialised minority.…
Mr Carroll asked the Minister of Education, in light of the fact that the House voted last week to change the eligibility criteria for the RAISE programme, to confirm when that will happen.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any consideration they have given to including death, dying, and bereavement as a key priority in the final Programme for Government.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the reason for the delay in the implementation of the Pay Review Body's recommendation for healthcare workers; and (ii) when this will be implemented.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) whether construction of Grand Central Station is over-budget; and (ii) for a breakdown of costs incurred to date.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the width of (i) the new rail platforms at Belfast Grand Central Station; and (ii) the rail platforms at the now closed Great Victoria Street Station.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, given the unresolved issue of remediation of the Mobuoy site, whether his Department is considering alternative routes for the unbuilt section of the A6 between Drumahoe and Maydown.
To ask the Minister of Education (i) for his assessment of the possible closure of Gaelscoil an Lonnáin; and (ii) to detail any work his Department has undertaken to seek another location for the school.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how the needs of community transport service users and the wider community are considered in the work of the cross-departmental working group on community transport.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) his legislative proposals for sustainable urban drainage; and (ii) an indicative time frame for introducing this legislation.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of Heritage at Risk buildings; (ii) any work he has undertaken to support these buildings; and (iii) any assessment that has been made of the possibility of utilising a portion of these properties for housing.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Tackling the high number of unadopted housing developments and roads”
Tackling the high number of unadopted housing developments and roads - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘Minister to’ and insert: ‘take a joined-up approach, working alongside Northern Ireland Water, Executive colleagues and local councils to develop and publish a new strategy to address the backlog in unadopted roads…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether the decision to appeal the Court of Appeal’s judgment on the No Gas Caverns ruling to the Supreme Court was his decision or taken by the Executive.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Review of Racist Incidents”
Review of Racist Incidents - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘why it happened’ and insert: ‘, who was involved and to what extent local political leaders played a role in stoking racial violence, and to bring forward proposals on how to prevent it happening again.’
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Holiday Hunger and the High Cost of School Uniforms”
Holiday Hunger and the High Cost of School Uniforms - Amendment 4 Leave out all after ‘to provide an’ and insert: ‘update on the outcome of his Department’s recent consultation on school uniform policy, with a view to implementing resulting proposals in time for the 2025/26 school year; and further calls on the…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they plan to correspond with the Prime Minister over a joint response to recent far-right violence and efforts to safeguard minorities.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will publish a consultation document on how co-production will be used in his Department's plans for transformation and reconfiguration.