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 Health whether his Department will consider working with (i) Health and Social Care NI; (ii) the Royal College of Radiologists; and (iii) the Association of Cancer Physicians to develop a recruitment campaign to attract trainees to oncology training posts.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail his Department's plans to ensure Health and Social Care Trusts have sufficient funding to maintain and expand the number of training places they offer for clinical oncology and clinical radiology trainees.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will meet with the Royal College of Radiologists and Health and Social Care NI to discuss recommendations in the 2023 Clinical Oncology and Clinical Radiology Workforce Census report.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of estimates from the Royal College of Radiology that 25 per cent of clinical oncology consultants and 18 per cent of clinical radiology consultants in Northern Ireland are forecast to retire in the next five years; and (ii) what plans he has to retain more clinical…
To ask the Minister of Health whether he plans to increase specialty training places for clinical radiology and clinical oncology to avoid the projected shortfalls of 44 per cent and 12 per cent respectively by 2028, as highlighted in the 2023 Clinical Oncology and Clinical Radiology Workforce Census reports.
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the Royal College of Radiologists’ 2023 Clinical Radiology Workforce Census that states there is a 26 per cent shortfall in interventional radiologists, to detail his plans to increase the number of interventional radiologists.
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the Royal College of Radiologists’ 2023 Clinical Radiology Workforce Census that states interventional radiologists only account for 15 per cent of the total clinical radiology consultant workforce, compared with 17 per cent across the UK as a whole, to detail his plans to…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of children that were unable to access Irish Medium education due to a lack of provision to support children with additional needs in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the modular buildings that will be erected by September 2024 to assist in the allocation of school places to children with special educational needs, broken down by location.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 12645/22-27, whether all relevant considerations referred to included a legal opinion on the soundness of his Department’s approach.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline what measures they can take to promote human rights considerations for journalists among public authorities.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the projections in the Royal College of Radiologists’ 2023 Clinical Oncology Workforce Census that the shortfall of clinical oncologists could rise to 12 per cent by 2028.
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the Royal College of Radiologists’ 2023 Clinical Oncology Workforce Census, to detail his plans to ensure the 9 per cent shortfall of consultant oncologists (i) is addressed; and (ii) does not impact patient safety or the quality of care.
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to projections in the Royal College of Radiologists’ 2023 Clinical Radiology Workforce Census that the shortfall of clinical radiologists could rise to 44 per cent, or 128 radiologists, by 2028, to detail his plans to expand clinical radiology.
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the Royal College of Radiologists’ 2023 Clinical Radiology Workforce Census, to detail his plans to ensure the 27 per cent shortfall of consultant radiologists (i) is addressed; and (ii) does not impact patient safety or the quality of care.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the evidence presented to him by representatives of the Royal Town Planning Institute during the meeting on 12 June 2024 to discuss addressing misinformation about the planning system; and (ii) whether he will initiate steps to address these claims.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether she has requested a full breakdown of the journalists and others who had their communications data accessed by the PSNI.
To ask the Minister of Education, in light of the findings of the NASUWT survey into the special education sector, to detail how schools in West Belfast have been impacted.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to list the organisations that his Department (i) has consulted with; and (ii) will consult with as part of his Good Jobs policy.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail who he directly consulted with regarding the implementation of an application fee for a Translink SmartPass.