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.
Gaza Ceasefire That this Assembly agrees that apartheid Israel is engaged in a genocide in Gaza; notes that at least 35,000 of Palestinians have been killed, including over 12,000 children, with many more seriously injured and traumatised; recognises that some two million people are displaced and face a catastrophic…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister how many Victims' Payment Scheme applications are outstanding as a result of (i) information not being provided by or engaged with the PSNI; and (ii) evidence not being provided from counselling services due to (a) GDPR issues; and (b) data being destroyed.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister how many applications have been (i) rejected; and (ii) awarded in relation to the Victims' Payment Scheme.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Relationships and Sexuality Education”
Relationships and Sexuality Education - Amendment 3 After ‘women and girls;’ insert: ‘recognises that regressive political forces have used their opposition to evidence-based and age-appropriate Relationships and Sexuality Education to infringe upon the rights of transgender people and those in need of reproductive…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Addiction and Drug-related Deaths”
Addiction and Drug-related Deaths - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘addiction issues;’ and insert: ‘agrees that an anti-poverty strategy, coupled with concrete action to alleviate poverty, will be crucial to preventing and reducing addiction; acknowledges with concern the NISRA figures which show that drug related…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Ban Petroleum Licensing and Fracking”
Ban Petroleum Licensing and Fracking - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘hydraulic fracturing’ and insert: ‘and the operation of petroleum and oil refineries; notes with deep concern the granting of planning permission for an oil refinery at Cloghan Point, Whitehead; calls on the Minister for Infrastructure to…
To ask the Minister of Health, in light of the number of attacks having been carried out on healthcare staff in the last five years, what plans he has to protect hospital workers.
To ask the Minister of Health, in order to help address the GP shortage, whether he has considered amending university admissions criteria to study a medicine degree.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the rationale in relation to the decision not to intervene in the expansion of the Cloghan Point oil terminal.
Hospital parking charges are attacks on health workers' wages and on the sick. There is no other way to describe it, and that is what the Health Minister wants to revert back to. Wages are down, bills are up across the board and this Executive are once again telling health workers and patients to suck it up. We have…
I am opposed to the Bill. I will go into detail on that later, but logic follows that, if you oppose the Bill, you should oppose the plan to fast-track it. If the accelerated passage motion is passed, Members will have until half past nine tomorrow morning to table an amendment, which does not allow time for anybody…
There are too many landlords in the Assembly. It is no wonder that so many people can be evicted on a whim. The housing crisis is multifaceted, but, ultimately, it boils down to the refusal of the Executive parties to do anything about it. The reason why they refuse to do anything about it is that they have absolutely…
Has the Member considered doing this? The energy companies' profits are out of control. British Gas's profits rose from £72 million to £751 million in a year. Tax the companies or introduce public ownership, and then prices can be reduced.
We have heard that around 45% of people here live in fuel poverty, with many choosing whether to heat or eat. I will hazard a wild guess and say that most MLAs, with their big salaries, are probably not in that category. If they were, we would see much more urgency in tackling fuel poverty. The cost-of-living crisis —…
The Executive have made commitments to improve the visibility of the Irish language. Activists and campaigners cannot be expected to play whack-a-mole with every new building on a case-by-case basis. Will you give a commitment to ensuring that a directive is issued to Translink to implement bilingual signage at all…
I thank the Member for giving way. Does he share my concern that, when the Executive were down, parties made various day-1 commitments, for example, on an anti-poverty strategy, and, when they have had the chance to vote for those exact commitments, they have failed to do so? Does he share my concern about that…
I remind the Member that, in 2014 or 2015, I think, in this Building — I was not here, and I do not think that she was either — her party, alongside the DUP and Sinn Féin, voted for welfare reform. You voted for it. I gave way to you, so I would appreciate it if you did not intervene again and shout at me when I am…