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Ms Joanne Bunting: Assembly records
All of Ms Joanne Bunting’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the mental health support that is in place for prison officers; and (ii) whether she will work with the Minister of Health to develop a mental health strategy for prison officers.
To ask the Minister of Justice, given that the nature of work in the Prison Service is different and distinct from other roles in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, and that the risk is higher, whether she will take steps to have post-traumatic stress disorder recognised in terms of sickness and ill health.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the mental health support that is in place for prison officers; and (ii) whether he will work with the Minister of Justice to develop a mental health strategy for prison officers.
I am grateful to the Minister for his answer. My constituents, along with many others across Northern Ireland, are living in damp and mouldy conditions, and because they are in poverty, they are not able to pay for remedial works themselves. The Trussell Trust points out that just over four in 10 people claiming…
I welcome the strategy and trust that, as it is taken forward, work will also be done with men and boys. What processes have been put in place to effectively evaluate the strategy to ensure that it is actively making a difference for women and girls?
Ms Bunting asked the Minister for Communities what action he is taking to deal with the causes of poverty, given that we often deal with the effects, and although Members have heard a lot about his anti-poverty strategy today, we all recently received an email from the Trussell Trust that said that almost four in 10 —…
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the Hyponatraemia Inquiry, for an update on the O’Hara recommendations, particularly on an individual duty of candour.
To ask the Minister of Justice, given the publication of Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency's statistics for sickness absence in the Northern Ireland Civil Service for 2023-24, which indicates that her Department had the highest levels of sickness absence across the Northern Ireland Civil Service, to…
To ask the Minister of Health, given the difficulties its exclusion presents for criminal justice partners and those in the criminal justice system with the disorder, whether he will legislate to include personality disorder in the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.
To ask the Minister of Health why personality disorder is not included as a mental illness or disorder or disability of mind as per the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.
I am grateful to colleagues for tabling the motion. I declare that I have an immediate family member who works in the legal profession. I will bring forward a matter relating to the topic that has been raised with members of the Justice Committee. As part of our induction into all things justice, the Committee heard…
Being a Chief Constable of the PSNI has never been a position for the faint of heart, and that is especially the case at present, although not entirely for the traditional reasons. The service is beset by the perfect storm: poor morale, the lowest numbers in its history and an appalling and unsustainable financial…
The majority of violence against women is perpetrated by men, and men with problems seldom seek help or talk about the issues that they are facing. What work is being done to engage and educate men on those issues and the things that they face that lead them to such behaviours?
The statement rightly makes many references to life, but, as Benjamin Franklin said: "Nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes." We are not responsible for taxes, so I will come to the issues of death, dying and bereavement and their inclusion in the PFG. In the previous mandate, the Assembly…
To ask the Minister of Justice (i) for a breakdown of costs and specification of the new kitchen and cafe in HMP Magilligan; (ii) to detail the extent of the increases in price; (iii) whether the specification has been reduced as a result in the increase of price; (iv) , on completion, how these facilities will…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the (i) number; and (ii) percentage of prisoners who have been released without accommodation in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Finance for her assessment of the benefit of a wider spectrum of voices in highlighting the financial needs of Northern Ireland for service provision.
Thank you, Minister. This follows a similar debacle involving prison officers' pensions, which is rumbling on. Clearly, something is going badly awry if those pensions are being miscalculated to that extent and errors have not been noticed for as long as 16 years. I am aware that there is also DOJ involvement. Will…
Ms Bunting asked the Minister of Finance whether she is aware that numerous retired police officers are being contacted to inform them that their pensions have been overpaid, some for as long as 16 years.