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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.
Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank everybody who took part in the debate. Sinn Féin tabled the motion because the current approach to ADHD services is failing children, young people and adults across the North. I appreciate everyone's commentary and the fact that we have consensus across the…
Minister, as you will be well aware, it is well documented that many disabled young people experience a sharp drop-off in support at the age of 18. Given that you have just said that we will have not have legislation in that space in this mandate, what specific conversations are ongoing with other Ministers to address…
I rise today to mark two important awareness days that will occur over the next month. International Epilepsy Day is tomorrow, 10 February, and World Encephalitis Day is on 22 February. Both shine a light on neurological conditions that remain widely misunderstood but have devastating lifelong impacts on individuals…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any plans to improve and expand endometriosis services, including (i) access to diagnosis; (ii) specialist treatment; and (iii) the reduction of waiting times for both urgent and routine patients.
To ask the Minister of Health, given recent reports that testing menstrual blood for HPV could offer a less invasive and potentially more acceptable alternative to traditional cervical cancer screening, improving uptake among people who currently avoid smear tests, whether his Department is assessing this new approach.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the actions he is taking to ensure a successful Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, due to take place in Belfast later this year.
I declare an interest as the mummy of a Gaeilgeoir. I will not presume to speak for the Finance Minister, but I am fairly certain that he would not refuse financial assistance from the Free State Government in whatever form it comes to help people in the North and make their lives better. That would not be an issue.…
I appreciate the Member giving way. Does the Member agree that there is plenty of social mobility in that education system and that many children and young people from deprived, working-class areas do well through the education system in the Twenty-six Counties?
I thank the Minister for coming to the House to address what, I accept, is a difficult issue. Minister, can you give us the assurance that all divisions are looking at potholes and road defects across the piece and that they are prioritising those that pose the greatest risk to the safety of road users?
I appreciate the Member taking an intervention, particularly so early in your speech. Do you agree that that is a very unhelpful conversation? It almost alludes to an idea that, if you have gone to a high school, you are not socially mobile. That is simply not true. I will namecheck my former school, St Paul's High…
Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker, I appreciate what you are saying, but if you review Hansard, it will be very clear. Perhaps others were not listening to the debate in the Chamber, but I was, and the Member was very clear that the party had discussed the matter whilst the Committee was considering it. He…
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I would appreciate it if you could review Hansard to establish whether Mr Brett disclosed that conversations were had by the DUP as a whole about what was being discussed in the Standards and Privileges Committee. It is confidential business. You spoke earlier about the BBC reporting…
Who is this "we"? The confidence of the Committee means that the three members on the Committee should have considered that, not "we", the DUP. If that confidence was broken while the conversation was ongoing in the Committee, there is another question to be answered in the Chamber today.
I thank the Member for taking my intervention. Does he agree, in answer to the comments that were made by the Member who spoke previously, that it is normal practice for the commissioner to engage both human rights and legal advice when she comes to her conclusions in any report? Therefore, we can assume that human…
Accessing Mental Health Data That this Assembly recognises the urgent need for accurate and consistent mental health data to support effective planning, delivery and accountability of mental health, addiction and suicide prevention services across Health and Social Care Trusts; expresses concern that the absence of a…
Does the Member agree that there is no such thing as a "good buyer", and that the very fact that they are buying sex and using women for sex is an act of violence in itself?
I thank the Minister for her proposals around GDL. As a mummy of a 17-year-old girl, I fully understand how keen and eager young people are to get out on our roads, but I also understand the impact on a family of the loss of a loved one on our roads. Does the Minister agree that, as parents, we will have a key role in…
I thank the Minister for taking an intervention. Minister, you mentioned an enhanced focus on safeguarding. Do you agree that safeguarding must be central for all settings that are involved in the care of children and young people and vulnerable adults, regardless of the institution or organisation?