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 (i) whether the environmental damage being caused to the Lisnarragh Area of Special Scientific Interest, Donemanagh, from unauthorised sand extraction is a criminal offence; and (ii) to detail any action his Department is taking to stop the harm.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any assessment that has been made of the effectiveness of the PSNI’s response to disorder and racially motivated attacks in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether his Department provides scope within in year monitoring rounds for Departments to make emergency or transitional bids to address acute public sector workforce retention issues where high attrition or cross-border loss is identified
To ask the Minister of Finance whether his Department's guidance on the Proposed Draft Budget 2026-29/30 precludes the Department of Education from reallocating internal budget headroom or applying in year reprioritisations to establish targeted workforce retention schemes for specialist undergraduate teachers.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether the Department of Education has submitted any formal funding bid business case, or in year monitoring round request, in the 2025-26 financial year or 2026-27 financial year seeking financial provision for transitional or tapered bursary support for students enrolled on Initial…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any assessment made of the role of social media misinformation in contributing to recent public disorder; and (ii) any actions being taken to address this issue.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any assessment that has been made as to whether individuals connected to loyalist paramilitaries were involved in the anti-migration protest in Lisburn on 9 June 2026.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people that were identified as having left the country under his benefit fraud £60 million reduction programme.
Will the Member elaborate on why he thinks that it is the business of a sports coach, regardless of whether it is GAA, football or rugby, to change a member of a club's sexuality?
Yes. I also wish the Member well and congratulate him on his maiden speech. The Member for North Antrim is known to give quite long speeches, which he is entitled to do. Can he maybe condense it a wee bit today so that some on this side of the House can, hopefully, get our speeches in tonight? I know that he is a…
I thank the Member for giving way. To go back to his earlier point, does he agree that teachers are already under a lot of pressure, given their huge workload, which is growing by the day? Does he also agree that teachers, although great educators, are not best placed to give advice or guidance on gender or sexuality…
Minister, you said that you would not negotiate in public, but you need to not show contempt for the public. It is people's lives that we are talking about. There is some talk of £1·5 billion or £3 billion extra over the next period of years. When, in your assessment, will it be "Job complete" on proper funding and an…
I will speak about the proposed Translink transport cuts. Across Belfast tonight, if workers are cleaning offices, closing bars or coming off hospital wards, they may finish their shift at 10.00 pm or later. Depending on tonight's proceedings, people may be leaving this Building at 10.00 pm as well. Under the current…
I thank the Member for bringing the Matter of the Day to the House. It is an important matter for us to discuss. I join others in paying tribute to Robert Hamill's sister Diane, his other sisters and the wider family for their continued brave stance for truth and justice. They stood strong in the face of opposition…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any discussions with the UK Government regarding reforms to Universal Credit childcare support, including increasing reimbursement rates and reducing upfront childcare costs for working parents.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) a breakdown of the amount of people displaced from their homes due to recent racist hate crimes and pogroms; and (ii) any support provided to affected households.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the amount of emergency financial support provided to local councils and community organisations in response to disorder in June 2026.