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Mrs Linda Dillon: Assembly records
All of Mrs Linda Dillon’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
I thank the Minister for giving way. What is disingenuous are the comments of the previous speaker. During the Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Bill, I brought forward an amendment on Operation Encompass, which allowed for schools to be notified where children were involved in a domestic abuse incident. The…
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. Far be it from me to say that the British Government have ever done anything positive, but, during Brexit, they said that the one group among all the farmers that they would support was those farming in uplands and areas of natural constraint. They said that there were…
Minister, I heard a female entrepreneur and leader in the world of business say this week that the most important thing to her business was the contentment and happiness of her staff. Given that the 'good jobs' Bill is about ensuring that all staff are content in their work, will you outline how the Bill will benefit…
— far too high a number of children. Will you give a commitment to meeting those at the primary school in Galbally to look at what is happening there from a health and safety perspective and at the access to outdoor space —
I thank the Minister for his answer. I say that I thank him, but, if I am being honest, I am not sure that I do. I acknowledge the work that your officials are doing to progress the new build at Gaelscoil Uí Néill. It is very welcome that you visited that school, and we look forward to seeing ground cut there very…
First, I offer my sincere condolences to the families of Ellie and Amy and to the families of all the other women who have died in the North at the hands of men. That is the thing that is missing from this conversation: it is violence against women and girls by men. Who are those men? They are mostly men who are…
I thank the Member for taking the intervention. On that very point, it is important to have such a document in order to address the institutional and medical misogyny that the Member who spoke previously mentioned. To take only one instance that Órlaithí Flynn mentioned, the mesh was used as a last resort on men with…
I will start by thanking the proposer of the motion. Women and girls across the North are being failed by our health system. Women's symptoms, pain and experiences have been ignored, dismissed and minimised. Many women have had to fight simply to be heard, to be believed and to receive the care that they need. The…
I thank the Minister for the update on the timeline. It is very important that parents who want to access a baby loss certificate can do so. Can you confirm that the baby loss certificates will be available retrospectively, with no time limit on the years to be included, given that we have been contacted by parents…
I thank the First Minister. We are approaching the 16th anniversary of the transfer of policing and justice powers to the Assembly. First Minister, do you agree that a return to 50:50 recruitment and the appointment of the next Justice Minister by the d'Hondt process would go some way towards building community…
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. Does the Member agree that that is specifically highlighted by the number of drop-offs in cases of domestic and sexual violence against women and girls?
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any referral pathways in place for patients, from each Health and Social Care Trust, to access specialist endometriosis services, including any multidisciplinary team services; and (ii) any guidance that has been issued to General Practitioners and Emergency Departments in…
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. I take personal umbrage at being called sectarian. I have never said anything in the Chamber or outside the Chamber — in any setting — that was sectarian. I am not sectarian. I am not a member of a sectarian party. I will not be accused of being sectarian.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department (i) is monitoring the development of new urine-based diagnostic tests for conditions such as breast cancer, endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome; and (ii) has had any engagement with researchers on their potential future use within the health service.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, further to their work towards a united and shared society, whether an assessment has been made of how community relations can be strengthened by having the composition of the PSNI reflect the diversity of the community it serves.
Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank all the Members who contributed to the debate. I thank our male colleagues who joined us, particularly those who spoke. Gerry has just finished, and he made a very welcome contribution about the women of West Belfast. It is the same for women across this…
Does the Minister agree that the Member opposite, having been a Minister herself, should know exactly what a Finance Minister's remit and powers are over any other Minister or Department? Does he agree that it is necessary that the Health Minister and the Department are held to account in relation to all the issues…
I appreciate the Member taking an intervention. I am sure that the Education Minister and the Communities Minister do not want to give up any of their budgets. Given her earlier commentary about not asking the British Government for any more money because, "How dare we?", does the Member agree, and might she like to…
I appreciate the Member's taking an intervention. Does he agree that, like every other Department, the Department of Justice has a responsibility to ensure that it saves money where it can? For almost seven years, I have been raising with the Minister the need to address ill-health retirement and injury-on-duty issues…
Does the Member agree that that same British Government care little for their own constituents — the people who actually elect them — so there is absolutely no chance that they will be concerned about the issues that are of concern to the people here in the North, who do not elect them?