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 Justice to detail the number of prisoners on remand in Maghaberry Prison for (i) two to three years; (ii) three to four years; (iii) four to five years; and (iv) six years and over.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount that has been spent on consultancy fees by the active travel section within her Department in 2024-25 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of times he has engaged with the Executive Office in relation to the appointment of a Commissioner for Ulster Scots.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps his Department is taking to ensure children and young people with cancer and their carers receive clear, timely and accessible communication about their disability benefit applications.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will commit to reviewing and simplifying the disability benefit application process for children and young people diagnosed with cancer, including reducing the application burden through the utilisation of medical evidence to evidence eligibility for these patients.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any consideration given to removing the requirement for a three-month qualifying period for disability benefits, such as Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment, for children and young people diagnosed with cancer, considering (i) the immediate impact…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assessment his Department has made of the impact of delays in receiving disability benefits on children and young people with cancer and their families, particularly in relation to (i) financial impacts; (ii) the impact on accessing other benefits support such as…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any assessment he has made of The Cost of Waiting research from Young Lives vs Cancer, in particular the average seven-month wait time between a child or young person's cancer diagnosis and receiving their first disability benefit payment; and (ii) any steps being…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for using the grace time. It is important to hear everybody's voice, and I appreciate that you have done that. The obvious question for people here to consider is this: how many more reports do we need to read on the failure of our Budgets to meet people's needs? How many more reports…
I thank the First Minister for giving way. Did the deputy First Minister make it clear anywhere in the Executive what type of commissioner she and her party would be supportive of?
The previous contribution would have been a good comedy act if the issue were not so serious: the future of the planet and life itself on it. Obviously, there is a need for a robust Climate Commissioner with teeth to act and enforce a change of policy and action, but I remain unconvinced that this legislation will…
I thank the Member for giving way. Is the Member concerned that gorse fires are happening generally but also, seemingly, there is no record kept of how many occur? Leaving aside whether it should happen at all, there is a requirement for farmers to notify the Department before a gorse fire. Beyond two applications for…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any assessment that has been made of the impact of the reconfiguration of the adolescent and young adult cancer services on (i) additional travel needs and costs for patients; and (ii) local hospital services.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps being taken to ensure that children and young people with cancer and their families are not required to pay hospital parking charges, given reports that many are still incurring parking costs despite the existence of concessionary schemes.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any data his Department holds on (i) the distances travelled; and (ii) the associated costs incurred, by children and young people with cancer to access their treatment and care at the patient treatment centres in Belfast in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health whether the financial costs for people travelling for cancer treatment were taken account of in relation to the reconfiguration of children and young people’s cancer services.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the percentage of interest being paid on the loan provided for the building of the Value Car Park on Grosvenor Road, Belfast.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 22987/22-27, to detail the number of times the cross-departmental working group has met since it was formed in February 2022.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether any assessment has been made of the average additional costs borne by families who have a young person diagnosed with cancer.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assessment that has been made of the poverty levels of households before and after a young person has been diagnosed with cancer.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether there are any barriers preventing the Housing Executive from using funds from its Landlord Reserve Account to purchase properties for use as permanent social homes, rather than temporary accommodation.