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 of Health, pursuant to AQW 26838/22-27, (i) what specific measures are included in the strategy Implementation Plan 2025-28 to improve cancer services for children and young people; and (ii) to detail the (a) timeline; and (b) funding allocated to paediatric, teenage and young adult cancer…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any plans he has to provide guidance to schools on the responsibilities of staff for intimate care practices, to ensure staffing ratios support this.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any plans he has to improve the resources and support available to the parents of a child who is going through the process to obtain a statement of Special Education Needs, with a focus on (i) clarity; and (ii) accessibility.
To ask the Minister of Education to outline any guidance or support which is available to (i) parents; and (ii) schools on the introduction of a reduced timetable.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail his assessment of (i) the possible closure of Riverside Theatre; and (ii) its impact on access to local art and culture.
I appreciate the Member's giving way. Does he agree that a moratorium will be completely pointless if licences are granted and approved for companies to begin and extend the process of extraction?
I welcome this important motion. The decision to grant seven mineral licences despite overwhelming public opposition flies in the face of reason, logic and science. Friends of the Earth and Save Our Sperrins — I welcome Fidelma, Cormac and others who are in the Public Gallery — have highlighted multiple worrying…
I thank the Member for giving way. Does the Member have a concern that there appears to be a circling of the wagons by the Executive parties on the amendments, which try to remove the part in your motion that says: "believes that the Executive are failing to address the housing crisis"? Do the Member and the party…
I appreciate the Member's giving way. Does the Member share my concern that the Minister has refused to introduce a no-fault eviction ban to ensure that constituents such as hers, whom she mentioned, and mine are protected, given the lack of such legislation?
The housing crisis is one of the greatest scandals that the Executive oversee. Despite recent events and what we have heard over recent days, the housing crisis and the wider crisis in public services are not caused by migrants, migration or asylum seekers. The crisis in public services is caused by a cruel economic…
Amidst all the bluster with the statement and the strategy, no new money or resources have been announced. The only way to reduce poverty is to reduce prices or put more money in people's pockets, and the Minister is not proposing to do either of those things. Will the Minister indicate whether the co-design group…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any plans he has to reduce the waiting time for a Statement of Special Educational Needs in situations where children have available medical records and a diagnosed condition.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail a long term strategy for meeting the needs of students with special education needs with school-based services and support.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail his plans for funding of one-to-one support, if required, to allow children to fully access the curriculum while the Statement of Special Educational Needs process is ongoing.
I pay tribute to Alma and all the campaigners in my constituency who stand for proper support and services for people with SEN. Minister, your statement referred to different pathways for young people, apprenticeships and other items. I am concerned about reports that I hear — I wonder whether you hear them too — of…
In the House, we often hear attempts to blame migrants or asylum seekers for the real crisis in our public services, which is caused by underfunding, not by migration. Will you, Minister, take the chance to distance yourself from those comments and say clearly that migration adds to our communities and to the fabric…
Minister, there have been, unfortunately, plenty of victims over the past week. You are not one of them. There are only two possible explanations for your actions over recent days: either you are so ignorant and lacking in judgement that you did not foresee the risk of violence occurring as a direct result of your…
I thank the Minister for that answer. I hope that he agrees that there is a lack of services. There is no NHS-funded centre for endometriosis treatment despite the efforts that have been made by campaigners. Do the Department, the EA or schools have a database on the number of days that are missed by people suffering…
Minister, you said that an extra £600 million would be made available. How much, if any, of that will be used to address and resolve the housing crisis, and, if there is money, what will those plans be?