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.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he received any correspondence from the former British Ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, in relation to Dalradian’s mining application.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any ethical procurement guidelines the PSNI considered when awarding an Israeli company a £5.5 million contract in 2019.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail each time he has contacted a representative of the British Government in relation to upcoming cuts to Local Growth Fund employability support programmes.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any plans his Department has to change Commissioner roles to Statutory Officers of the relevant Department.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail each time he has contacted a representative of the British Government in relation to upcoming cuts to Local Growth Fund employability support programmes.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether her Department has carried out an assessment of the PSNI’s £5.5 million contract with an unnamed Israeli company.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether the PSNI plans to renew its £5.5 million contract with an unnamed Israeli company, upon its expiration in November 2026.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether her Department has any responsibility or oversight for ensuring that arm's-length bodies, such as the PSNI, engage in ethical and human rights-compliant procurement processes.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) whether her Department has identified any companies that use regulatory loopholes to divert tips and service charges out of the local economy; and (ii) whether there will be any repercussions or enforcement action against companies.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether her Department has estimated (i) the total annual value of tips and service charges in Northern Ireland; and (ii) the proportion that is administered through third-party tronc systems or companies outside the jurisdiction.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of pupils in mainstream education currently awaiting a statement of special educational needs, with suspected speech and language issues.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) whether her Department has assessed the extent to which customer tips and service charges collected are routed through UK-based third-party tronc companies; and (ii) any estimates available for the total funds leaving the local economy each year.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) any differences that exist in oversight or worker protections between traditional hospitality businesses and pop-ups; and (ii) how any gaps are being addressed.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any oversight that exists to ensure hospitality workers can take their statutory breaks and ensure access to break and welfare facilities.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any action being taken to stop employers topping up staff wages with tips routed through third-party tronc systems.
Will the Member agree that the parties that are raising their opposition to the Iranian regime do not understand that bombing the people in Iran will lead to more people supporting the Iranian regime, as they will see it as an alternative to America, while that sugar-coating misrepresents what the regime was about?…
I will address the motion and the amendments. The motion addresses some of the key issues in the very challenging and disturbing global situation, and it also outlines that the main aggressor in the world today is the United States. Despite all the scaremongering about China and other states across the world, while,…
I thank the Member for tabling the motion, and I welcome her back here and wish her well. Obviously, I wholeheartedly support the motion, and I do so as someone who represents a constituency where the consequences of a broken, underfunded health system are hardest felt. It is a shame that the Health Minister is not…