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.
Mr Carroll asked the Minister for Communities, having noted that there has been a lot of hand-wringing by the Minister to try to distance himself and his Executive colleagues from his decision on Friday 30 August at 3.30 pm to cut the winter fuel payment and without knowing whether that is the result of a guilty…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) when Translink and his Department became aware of weight issues with the new rail tracks at Belfast Grand Central Station; and (ii) how long it will take to rectify the problem.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for his assessment of the (i) criticisms; and (ii) recommendations in the Northern Ireland Audit Office's report, Public Bodies’ Response to Misrepresented Soil Analysis, in relation to potential agricultural planning fraud.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any action his Department has taken in response to the Northern Ireland Audit Office's report, Public Bodies’ Response to Misrepresented Soil Analysis, since it's publication in July 2024.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Funding for Health Service Transformation”
Funding for Health Service Transformation - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘June 2024;’ and insert: ‘recognises that 14 years of reduced budgets and austerity has played a detrimental role in creating higher waiting lists, deepened health inequalities and played a role in exacerbating the mental health crisis;…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of health service workers from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community that are on the board of a Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the paediatric gastroenterologist teams that exist in each Health and Social Care Trusts; and (ii) any changes that have been made to these services in the last four years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any conversations the Minister has had with any IT provider or software technology firms in relation to implementing a localised scheme to administer Winter Fuel Payments.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) to provide further detail on the plans for an Enhanced Investment Zone; and (ii) to detail how the allocated £150 million will be used.
I appreciate the Member giving way. I agree with her on the need to keep good pressure on the Treasury. Will she urge the Finance Minister to put pressure on the Irish Government, who have just come into £13 billion as a result of Apple's non-payment of tax? Does she think that that would go some way towards covering…
Thanks, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I apologise for not being in earlier. I had a meeting to attend. The fact that there is a deep crisis in our health and social care system is news to no one. The chronic underfunding of our schools is not a new problem. This is not the first time that we have discussed the…
Minister, there is a lot of hand-wringing this morning, but you and your Executive colleagues are complicit in the decision. You made the decision to cut winter fuel payments. There was no gun to your head. You could have said no, but you buckled shamefully. What assessment have you and your Department made of the…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking families and advocacy groups that were consulted on the new Intercultural Education Service Arrangements for children living in Housing Executive Non-Standard Accommodation before it came into effect.
To ask the Minister of Education, further to communication received from the Education Authority, to provide the source that indicates that the average stay for migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking families in hotel accommodation has fallen to four to five weeks.