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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, and I thank the Minister for the Bill's Second Stage today. Does the Member agree that what is not included in the Bill but would strengthen it is the duty of candour? That would allow for many of the issues that the Member outlined to do with whistle-blowing to be dealt with. If we…
I add my condolences to the family, wider family and friends of Sarah Montgomery. A theme that was dealt with in the conversations in the NSMC was women and babies and girls. Women and girls and their children continue today to suffer at the hands of men — often, the very men whom they should be able to trust.…
I thank the Member for giving way. He mentioned grassroots activists. It is clear that the movement to support Gaza and Palestine is not a Sinn Féin movement. It is not a political movement at all. It is the movement of people: the Mothers Against Genocide and the Gaels for Gaza. Those are the activists on the ground.…
I thank the Minister for her answer. She touched on the point that I wanted to raise. What can be done by her Department and by the Education Minister to raise that awareness? There was a programme called "Talk PANTS", which was absolutely excellent. What more can we do in that space so that parents, young people and…
I welcome the fact that we have finally got to a point at which we have legislation before the Assembly to provide for an inquiry and redress for the victims and survivors of mother-and-baby institutions, Magdalene laundries and workhouses. It is a testament to the mothers and adoptees who have campaigned over many…
In the conversations on victims and witnesses, particularly on domestic abuse and sexual violence, was there discussion of the giving of character references to those accused of such crimes and of maybe doing something more into line with what they do in the South, where character referees have to take the stand,…
A Cheann Comhairle, I apologise for not being in my place yesterday. I thought that my question had been withdrawn. Minister, will the cost of the works at the new maternity hospital be borne by the public purse, or will it be possible to get the money back from the contractor in any way? If you do not know, when will…
I thank the Minister for his statement. I refer to a couple of comments made by the Member for North Belfast and the Member for South Down about delay and hypocrisy. There has been no hypocrisy so great as the hypocrisy hanging clean out of the DUP, which blocked the anti-poverty strategy for a long number of years…
I appreciate the fact that the Minister has engaged with the unions on the issue. That is positive, and I hope that it continues throughout the process, either through Peter McBride or the Department. Minister, you have yet to receive the Belfast Trust's action plan. Will you reassure me that, in the interests of…
Minister, you disengaged from the anti-poverty strategy co-design group, which was a mistake, because you might have had a much more worthwhile document had you engaged fully with that group. How will you engage with the expert groups during the consultation? For the consultation and strategy to work, you need to work…
I thank the Member for her supplementary question, because it is important for us to understand the evaluation process to make sure that we get the best value for money. Will the Minister please outline how TEO is working collaboratively across the Executive to ensure that we tackle violence against women and girls?…
Mrs Dillon asked the Minister for Communities, after agreeing with the Member for West Tyrone who spoke previously about the anti-poverty strategy, whether, given that he said that we will see the document next week, he can tell us when the consultation will be launched thereafter.
To ask the Minister of Health for a timeline for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence approval for Givinostat for eligible patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank everybody who took part in the debate and those who tabled the motion and amendments. We cannot overstate the significance of the issue, which is most vividly expressed by the attendance in the Public Gallery of families who have been impacted on by serious road…
I thank the Minister for that answer. I am glad to hear that the sentencing Bill will finally be coming to the House, because it is really important. Can you give us some sense of what will be included in the Bill? I am really happy to hear that Charlotte's law will be included, but, when it comes to violence against…
To ask the Minister of Health to outline the average time between National Institute for Health and Care Excellence approval of a treatment and its availability to patients through the NHS.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Improving Safety at School Bus Stops”
Improving Safety at School Bus Stops - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘increase risk;’ and insert: ‘acknowledges the Minister for Infrastructure’s commitment to improving road safety around buses through the launch of an advertising campaign on school buses and at bus stops, to warn and remind drivers of the dangers…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the timeline for the introduction of the Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses redress scheme legislation.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any preparatory work his Department has carried out in advance of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence consideration as to whether to approve access to Givinostat for eligible patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the timeline of the process for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to consider whether to approve access to Givinostat for eligible patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he intends to make Givinostat available under the (i) Early Access to Medicines Scheme; and (ii) Early Access Programme.