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 First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail a breakdown of the amount spent on the prevention of violence against women and girls, in each of the previous five years.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he plans to introduce a legislative requirement for schools to record and report all instances of the use of restraint in educational settings.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how his Department monitors the (i) scale; and (ii) nature of the use of restraint in educational settings, including instances that are not reported and recorded.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail a breakdown of recorded instances of restrictive practices in educational settings, for each of the last five years.
I appreciate that. The Minister talked about becoming a pensioner and maybe not needing a free bus pass. That is fair enough, but I remind him that Age NI has said that around 40% of pensioners are in poverty. I implore the Minister and others Ministers not to place barriers in the way of people, especially when we…
A few aspects of the Bill are concerning and need to be scrutinised a bit further. Obviously, the Finance Committee will do that, but it is worth teasing out some of the aspects this afternoon. The Bill is being presented as dealing with routine financial matters, but some of the provisions are anything but routine…
First Minister, you obviously know that, last August, we saw disgraceful race riots, during which businesses were torched and burnt out in hate crimes. What is your assessment of the fact that it has taken Belfast City Council almost a year to pay compensation to the businesses and organisations affected? The new…
I thank the Minister for giving way. I appreciate those answers. Minister, your North Belfast colleague raised the point about housing, and I refer to compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) as well. Is there any specific intention to reuse buildings for housing as part of the Bill, or is that more of a matter for DFC? Have…
My party supports the broad aims of the Bill. I thank the Minister for bringing it to the House. It is important that councils have more powers to tackle dilapidated and neglected buildings and to ensure that those buildings are utilised for the public good. I welcome the provisions that give powers to councils to…
On the face of it, the broad principles of the Bill are not objectionable. Greater transparency and independent scrutiny of public finances are the bare minimum that the public deserve. The Bill establishes the Fiscal Council on a permanent, statutory basis, as Members have said. Some of the Fiscal Council's…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any consideration he has given to any independent (i) members; and (ii) chairs, being appointed to the Adult Protection Board.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of individuals who used the Family Nurse Partnership in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
I appreciate the Minister's giving way. Minister, I am not on the Education Committee, but you said that the practice under article 4(1)(c) was not regularly used: I hope that that is the case. Does the Minister have a breakdown of the figures for how often it was used over the past number of years?
I declare an interest in that I have three siblings who work in education, including in the SEN sector. I support the motion, which has been well laid out by the Chair and Committee members, and I thank them for tabling it. The root causes of challenging behaviour in the education setting are obvious, or they should…
I appreciate your giving way, Minister, and I also appreciate that smart data is a pretty broad area. Can you clarify for me and others whether the workers' rights concerns that I raised today and in Committee, specifically the App Drivers and Couriers Union's concern about the right not to be fired algorithmically —…
Sometimes; sometimes not. The British Government do not give a damn about people here generally, and, given their handling of the legislation, they do not care about their data and how it is used and protected. My concerns run further than process and procedure, and I hope that I can get some answers to my points from…
There is no doubt that the process for the LCM was a shambles from beginning to end. I do not often agree with my Committee colleagues, but they are absolutely correct on that point.
We have seen the cost of housing on the north coast reaching astronomical levels due to the Open, with the cost of a week's stay in the thousands. That is driving people out of homes and making housing unaffordable. Does the Minister agree that that is further evidence of the need for rent controls and rent reductions?