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.
It should be uncontroversial to say that everyone living in Ireland should have the right to vote for the Irish president, but that is obviously not the case. Several hundred thousand Irish citizens in Belfast, Derry and across the North are being denied their basic democratic rights in elections on this island. That…
Minister, you talked about building the workforce and the infrastructure required to tackle waiting lists in the long term. Many will ask how that can happen with more and more investment being funnelled into the private sector, as the statement makes clear, and more and more people being trained within the health…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) to detail the amount that Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has paid Alliance Healthcare in each of the last ten years; and (ii) for a breakdown on this spend.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, in relation to the Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill, to provide a definition of what is meant by genuinely casual or seasonal work.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how much square footage of undeveloped land (i) Translink; and (ii) the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company currently holds.
To ask the Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 25789/22-27, to detail the number of prisoners currently on remand for (i) two years; (ii) three years; (iii) four years; (iv) five years; and (v) more than five years.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the sustainability of the field of social work, given that levels of support through the Social Work Student Incentive Scheme have remained unchanged since 2008.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Voting Rights for the Election of the President of Ireland”
Voting Rights for the Election of the President of Ireland - Amendment 1 After second ‘presidential elections;’ insert: ‘acknowledges the political significance of President Michael D Higgins’ support for Irish neutrality, opposition to the genocide in Gaza and sustained criticism of Ireland’s neoliberal economic…
To ask the Minister of Finance whether he has considered introducing a rates discount for single occupants, similar to the council tax discount in operation in Britain.
To ask the Minister of Education to outline any work his Department has carried out alongside other agencies to ensure that the collapsed fence at the entrance of Gaelscoil na bhFál and Ionad Uíbh Eachach will be repaired.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of the high electricity and water demands of data centres and their impact on statutory emissions reduction targets under the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, whether his Department will (i) consider classifying large scale data centre proposals as regionally…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of times housing benefit was reduced or withheld to landlords due to maintenance or repair issues in the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether current Personal Independence Payment deadlines will remain for applicants following the latest changes announced by the Department for Work and Pensions.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount Translink spent on IOH, the Association of Occupational Health and Wellbeing Professionals, for staff related matters in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount Translink spent on recruitment for (i) Metro; and (ii) Glider services in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the rates of sickness absence for staff working in (i) Metro; and (ii) Glider services in each of the last five years.
I appreciate the Member's giving way, and I share his view on England and Wales. Does he agree that it needs to be included in the debate that, just down the road, when the Irish Government considered introducing separate water charges, there was a huge uprising of people power there? People decided that they would…