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.
Last week, a £1·6 billion deal with Thales for 5,000 air-defence missiles was announced. The deal will involve the creation of 200 new jobs — — and the opening of a third Thales site in the North. The contract will be funded by a deal that is underwritten by UK Export Finance. Last October, the UK Government announced…
To ask the Minister of Finance whether the UK Government has engaged with him or his officials over the reported policy which plans to dismiss failing civil servants.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 23656/22-27, to detail (i) the relevant oil products; and (ii) the duration of outage or shortage.
To ask the Minister of Justice, in light of the £2.19 million public transformation funding for her Department's modernisation of electronic monitoring proposal, to detail (i) who controls the GPS data on individuals; and (ii) where the information is stored.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will conduct an equality impact assessment in relation to his Department’s decision to maintain the 50 per cent cut to core grant funding, which was originally made in 2023.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the impact of the loss of core grant funding to 94 per cent of applicants on (i) the service users and communities these organisations support; and (ii) the stability of the wider community and voluntary sector.
To ask the Minister of Education for his assessment of the financial and operational sustainability of childcare providers funded through Bright Start.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Paramilitary Groups Transition from Violence and Crime”
Paramilitary Groups Transition from Violence and Crime - Amendment 3 Leave out all after 'disbandment;', and insert: ‘expresses alarm that paramilitary organisations play an unacceptable role in the stoking of racial hatred in our communities; notes with concern that those living in nationalist areas are unjustly…
To ask the Minister of Health, in light of the £61 million public transformation funding allocated to his Department's Primary Care Multidisciplinary Team proposal, to detail any work that will be carried out to ensure this includes access to mental health support in GP services.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of recorded cases of red-categorised risks that the Northern Ireland Civil Service has dealt with in the last ten years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of individuals in the Northern Ireland Civil Service that have availed of the Scottish Independent Appeal panel for a complaint against a senior colleague in the last ten years.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the total spend across Belfast on interface engagement youth-led programmes in the last five years, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the planned capital spend on new build or maintenance for youth provision services in the 2025-26 financial year.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any early intervention considerations he has given to investing in youth services in the Divis and Lower Falls area.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any economic appraisal that has been made in relation to investing in a capital build of St. Peter’s Immaculata Youth Club.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department is responsible for the recent felling of a significant area of trees at the Caw roundabout, Derry.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail how she intends to address the issue of public transport from Parliament Buildings finishing at 6:10pm in the evening, given that sittings often finish later than this time.
I extend solidarity to all women for International Women's Day, and I commend the work of the Women's Caucus and the Chair for moving this important motion. International Women's Day has deep socialist, feminist and radical roots that should not be forgotten. It was first celebrated in 1909 by the Socialist Party of…
I appreciate the Minister's giving way, and I agree with his agreement with me, if that is the right way of phrasing it. Will he comment on the fact that 10,000 people were prosecuted for personal possession of cannabis between 2019 and 2023? Does he think that that is an adequate use of public resources for tackling…
I support the motion. We need a fully funded, purpose-built addiction treatment and recovery centre in the north-west. People in areas such as Strabane and Derry have some of the highest levels of poverty, deprivation, housing stress and inequality in these islands. It is worth saying that, despite repeatedly having…