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 for Infrastructure to outline how her Department's spend on active travel is meeting departmental targets under the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Mother and Baby Unit”
Mother and Baby Unit - Amendment 3 Leave out all after ‘establishment of a mother and baby unit;’ and insert: ‘including a timeline for delivery; further calls on the Minister to work with his Executive colleagues to allocate ringfenced funding for the unit; and calls on the Minister to put in place interim measures,…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Reducing Household Energy Costs (Revised Wording)”
Reducing Household Energy Costs (Revised Wording) - Amendment 3 Leave out all after ‘all Executive parties;’ and insert: ‘further recognises that nationalisation is the only way to adequately address the climate and cost of living crises; calls on the Minister for Communities to bring forward proposals for the…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount of investment his Department has allocated in the last five years to addressing health inequalities faced by women.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any consideration he has given to bringing the Initial Teacher Education bursary scheme forward for current PGCE students.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he has a low-carbon agricultural model that could be rolled out across the sector.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of implementing Friends of the Earth’s Fairness Test to address the climate crisis.
Drug Testing Schemes - Amendment 2 At end insert: ‘; further calls on the Minister to develop further the Needle and Syringe Exchange Service and to introduce legislation to permit the establishment of safer drugs consumption facilities; and calls on the Minister for Communities to amend licensing legislation to place…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they plan to write to the British Government regarding the proposed plans for a digital ID scheme, requesting that the North is exempt from the implementation of such a scheme.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any processes in place to ensure his Department realises the educational rights of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of schools in West Belfast with sensory or quiet rooms available for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail his assessment of the incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into domestic law.
I appreciate the Member's giving way. She is much more courteous with giving her time than the previous contributor. She mentioned the fact that the criminalisation approach alone does not work, and I agree with that. Does she have concerns about the amendment, which mentions: "that there are no safe ways of taking…
I thank the Members on the opposite Benches for tabling the motion. It is very important that we discuss the topic, as well as the fact that the state's current zero-tolerance approach to drugs is not working and that the war on drugs has categorically failed. Criminal penalties for drug possession are not working.…