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.
We are constantly told that the North has a world-class education system. In my view, that is only true if you ignore the tens of thousands of working-class children who constantly get left behind every single year. The teachers, education workers, classroom assistants and the people who work in the canteens are all…
Minister, revising the core syllabus is welcome, but many will be concerned that Christianity will remain central to our education system. There should be the right to religious freedom for everybody, but, in my view and that of many others, we should have separation of Church and state. Minister, your proposals do…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the steps they have taken to engage with those who have been subject to sexual abuse in church settings.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people in West Belfast that have been struck off their GP register in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any cross-departmental consideration that has been given to a fund from all departments to protect the organisations impacted by the changes to the Local Growth Fund.
There are many things that Timothy Gaston and many Members across the Chamber should be sanctioned for in my view and, no doubt, that of many other people. The Member for North Antrim stands up regularly and blames migrants for pressures on housing, healthcare and schools, while ignoring decades of austerity and…
Deputy First Minister, we have heard a lot about the benefits of AI, but I do not know how aware Ministers are of its dangers and those of artificial superintelligence, which, people who have worked in the sector say, could threaten the whole of humanity. The use of AI will have an impact on energy supplies and on job…
Thank you, Minister. It is clear from the backtracking that your economic strategy is in free fall. You have withdrawn the increase for hospitality. You talk about supporting workers and families, but your proposals in the Budget will see households paying 15% extra on their rates. When will you withdraw that…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they will publish the three reports by independent experts on clerical sexual abuse, including the set of recommendations agreed by the inter-departmental working group, survivors and public interest groups
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the (i) budgetary allocation; and (ii) timeline relating to the implementation of recommendations formulated by the inter-departmental working group, survivors and civic society groups on clerical sexual abuse.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he has liaised with the Public Health Agency in relation to the use of air filtration, including portable air filters, in schools, particularly in light of the Public Health Agency and Business Services Organisation using this technology in their offices.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he has engaged with the British Government over schemes similar to getting Britain working being made available.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the amount of funding provided by his Department to target economic inactivity in West Belfast in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the British Government’s proposed cuts to the Local Growth Fund on small charities, particularly those operating in economically deprived areas.
Ending Academic Selection - Amendment 2 Leave out all after 'equality of opportunity for all children;’ and insert: ‘further calls on the Minister to commit to phasing out grammar schools, in recognition of their role in entrenching and perpetuating educational inequality; and calls on the Minister to tackle…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount of funding the Education Authority Youth Service Provision received in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of funding opportunities that existed for youth work via the Education Authority in the last five years; and (ii) the number available this year.