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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 Member for giving way. Feel free, any day, to give that leadership. When people burn bonfires in my town, I am standing in the road, gathering tyres and asking the police and the council to come to collect them. That is showing leadership, and it prevents our young people from putting themselves and the…
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. Does the Member agree that it is all very well for all of us who do not have to live beside these bonfire sites to talk about them from an abstract point of view? I dealt with an elderly lady living on her own in Dungannon who, for a number of years, begged the people who…
Drug Testing Schemes That this Assembly recognises the role of harm reduction initiatives in preventing drug-related deaths at festivals and concerts; acknowledges that the Health Service Executive’s rapid drug checking schemes have operated successfully at events such as Electric Picnic for a number of years,…
To ask the Minister of Health to provide an update on his Department’s consideration of the introduction of a practitioner health programme, as referenced by the Chief Medical Officer in November 2024.
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. It is not that long ago that, while there was guidance that allowed female police officers to wear trousers, they had to ask permission to wear them between September and April and their senior office could refuse permission. That is not a place where we want girls to be…
The original question was about the plan to reduce waiting times. The target time for red-flag breast services is 14 days, and some women have waited for eight, nine, 10 and 11 weeks. It might be that, across the board, everybody has to wait, but that is no comfort to those women or their families. Some of the women…
No, but she will clarify that the farmers whom she knows are pig farmers, sheep farmers and cattle farmers. They do not tell me their creed or their voting affiliation before they speak to me: they are farmers.
I thank the Members for bringing the motion to the House. I will start by addressing one of the final points made by the Member who spoke previously, the Alliance Member for Upper Bann. We need to work with farmers. That is exactly what we need to do. We should work not with farmers alone but with everybody, but…
I thank the Minister. Other Members have raised the issue of Lough Neagh, which is a real concern for many of us. Will you give us some sense of what the Shared Island initiative that you have talked about will involve? What stakeholders will be engaged in that? Members have spoken about the agriculture community — I…
Endometriosis Care That this Assembly notes that endometriosis is a serious, chronic inflammatory disease affecting at least one in ten women across the island, with evidence suggesting the number may be higher; further notes the disease often causes severe pelvic pain, infertility, internal scarring, and damage to…
I thank the Member for allowing me to intervene. I welcome the news during the debate that the Education Committee will carry out an inquiry into SEN provision. That is really important. Given some earlier comments from Members about the need for engagement with the Department of Health, I encourage us to have that…
I thank the Member for giving way. Does the Member agree that the biggest challenge that is being outlined to us all is, I suggest, if my connections with business are anything to go by, access to workforce and Brexit's being a block to workforce?
In relation to the previous response, do you agree that, across the Executive, we have been clear, whether we are talking about victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence, victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse, victims and survivors of mother-and-baby homes or those who, unfortunately,…
Will the Minister outline any conversations that he has had with transport providers, including Translink, about ensuring that the pick-up and drop-off points are safe and that providers will be flexible? As the previous contributor outlined, it is not just about getting children to the pick-up and drop-off points but…
On the back of the question that Connie Egan just asked, can the deputy First Minister give a guarantee that the wording on the plaque will be reflective of the experiences and input of victims and survivors, and can she give us some sense of exactly what that engagement looked like?
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the current average waiting time for patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis for (i) review appointments; (ii) mental health services; (iii) neuro rehabilitation; and (iv) physiotherapy, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the current average waiting time from initial referral to diagnosis for multiple sclerosis, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail how his Department’s Health and Social Care Reset Plan will support patients with multiple sclerosis in receiving adequate (i) care; (ii) support; and (iii) treatment.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) what steps his Department has taken to ensure that Operation Begrain is proceeding as a robust and independent inquiry; (ii) to outline why no senior officials from the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust or his Department have to date been questioned in connection with the…
I thank the Member for giving way. Does he agree that that is a reserved matter? It comes under the remit of the Home Office, not, unfortunately, that of TEO. It would be much more preferable if we were able to deal with those matters ourselves. Unfortunately, that is not the case at the moment.
I thank the Minister for that answer. I appreciate that, Minister. I would like to get a sense of whether that evaluation will include physical infrastructure, as I have been contacted by parents who say that physical infrastructure is also a problem in some of the colleges. Research also highlights issues on which…