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 for his assessment of any role the agri-food sector has in relation to pollution in Lough Neagh.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail his Department’s plans to prevent agricultural planning fraud, including falsified soil samples.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the membership of the steering group that advises the independent panel on the Review of Environmental Governance; (ii) the terms of reference for the group; (iii) the role of the group; and (iv) the organisations the group represents.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether the Planning Appeals Commission public inquiry into the proposed gold mine in the Sperrins will be livestreamed when it resumes in March 2025.
It is concerning that most Committees have not had the time to properly scrutinise the SSEs. As I understand it, only the Finance and Infrastructure Committees have heard evidence from departmental officials on the SSEs, which is pretty telling. For DAERA, it is stated that there is: "£1.5m for the Environmental…
Thank you, Minister, for your answer. Corporate profits are at record levels. What discussions have taken place in your new Department or at the Executive to move ahead with devolving corporation tax in order to raise it to take account of those record corporate profits?
The deputy First Minister will be aware of the news that broke over the past week or so about the Irish language group's concerns about losing funding . My understanding is that, at the North/South Ministerial Council last year, a new framework was discussed for funded bodies such as Foras na Gaeilge and others. Will…
Two weeks ago, I voted against a motion that noted a 2020 resolution about an independent body for MLA pay. At the time, I said that that was the first step towards establishing an independent remuneration board. I also said that it was laying the groundwork for a potential £20,000 pay increase for MLAs. I was told by…
In recent weeks, unfortunately, we have seen an upsurge in racist graffiti in parts of the North. My constituency has not been immune to that. We have seen the emergence of graffiti in Beechmount and Lenadoon stating, "Locals only". Of course, such graffiti is not misguided or simply ignorant; it is intended to cause…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the amount paid to the independent sector and private sector for procedures to reduce hospital waiting lists in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he plans to work with the Minister for Communities to collect data about poor housing conditions, including damp, mould and overcrowding, in order to analyse impacts on public health.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 20493/22-27, to detail (i) the planned installation timeline of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology at the (a) Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children; and (b) Belfast City Hospital; (ii) whether the expedited installation of ANPR technology at…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any consultation he has undertaken with education unions and education support workers in relation to his proposals to change the current model of one-to-one support for pupils with special educational needs.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail how his Department gathers information of contract works not completed by contractors on Housing Executive properties.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail why the Housing Executive's policy on exceptional circumstances in relation to succession is not publicly available.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of request for repairs have been made to the Housing Executive due to issues related to damp and mould in (i) North Belfast; (ii) East Belfast; (iii) South Belfast; and (iv) West Belfast, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the proportion of children living in poverty after housing costs in 2023-24, broken down by local council area.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the proportion of children living in poverty after housing costs in 2022-23, broken down by local council area.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of GPs that have been trained in suicide prevention in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) Local Commissioning Group area; and (ii) Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail why no households have received the £100 winter fuel payment, despite £17 million being allocated for this purpose in November 2024.