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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 you, Minister, for giving way. I will make it brief, as I do not want to eat into your time. Do you agree that Right Care, Right Person becomes even more important in relation to stigma? It should not be the police that respond to people who are victims and addicts. We should have a health service response for…
I thank the Member for giving way. I am going to give away my age now, but I remember, in 2007, before I was elected, the very gentleman who sits in front of me and who is now Finance Minister was part of a discussion about fiscal freedom. A motion came before the House, and the SDLP did not think that we were ready…
The Minister will be aware that while some people are waiting for their surgery, some people have had their surgery but unfortunately are no longer with us. I hope that this provides us with an opportunity to reassure people that their loved one is not deceased because of what was happening in the cardiac surgery…
Access to Givinostat To ask the Minister of Health, given the recent announcements that eligible patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in England and Scotland will be able to access Givinostat via the Early Access Programme in some hospitals. Can the Minister confirm if his department will be making Givinostat…
To ask the Minister of Health, given the recent announcements that eligible patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in England and Scotland will be able to access Givinostat via the Early Access Programme in some hospitals. Can the Minister confirm if his Department will be making Givinostat available to eligible…
I appreciate the Member's giving way. Like him, I did not intend to say anything. I have heard a lot in the Chamber about the cost of the migrant population. I have heard nothing about what migrants have added and the value that they have brought here. I am not just talking about the value in diversity but about…
Minister, I am sure that everybody thought that everybody was on their game and doing their very best when we had the cervical smear scandal in the Southern Trust. What we really need is some reassurance on the accountability mechanisms. I think that you will agree that the most important element of tackling health…
I welcome the Minister's statement and his previous answer in particular. Can the information that will be shared with Mr Donnelly about those projects be shared with Health Committee members? That will be really important. It is really welcome that the Council approved the child protection work programme for 2025-28.…
Today, I mark Dementia Action Week. I thank the Alzheimer's Society for the pin that it gave me as I came in here today and for all the work that it does with families and those who, unfortunately, suffer from the effects of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. The issue is a serious challenge for our health and…
Minister, you outlined in your statement — you just said it again — that there could be catastrophic cuts that cost lives. The inability to access a GP and to have fully functioning, sustainable GP services is costing lives and will cost lives into the future. Evidence was given at the Committee last week about the…
I will speak about the British Heart Foundation's commentary on 'Good Morning Ulster' this morning on the results that show increasing numbers of people being diagnosed with heart failure, and I am glad that the Minister is in the Chamber to hear this. The increasing number of diagnoses is very concerning. I know that…
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Thank you, Minister, for your answers so far. We know about the very concerning waiting times for cancer referral, diagnosis and treatment. Will you give us detail on how the combined initiatives will begin to have a positive impact on waiting times? How impactful will they be on bringing those waiting times in all…
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. It is true to say that anybody will be able to access the new certificate, and I am sure that the Member will agree that it never should be the case that one mother's pain be pitted against another mother's pain in order to prove a point, so I ask him please not to do…
Last Wednesday, an email was issued in error by the Education Authority regarding preschool and primary 1 placements. The error in itself caused confusion and anxiety. The start of a child's educational journey is a significant milestone for families, one that is already stressful. The email only added to the concern…
School Admission Emails To ask the Minister of Education for an update on how the notification error by the Education Authority regarding nursery and P1 placements for next year occurred given the significant confusion it caused to many parents.
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. I know that the issue is close to her heart. It impacts on those with illnesses and disabilities, but it also impacts on their carers, who are the very people whom they rely on. Where can they turn? There is a serious, wider impact across our system and our people.
I thank the Minister for her answer. I agree with Mr Harvey: we need to move outside North Antrim and all of Antrim. I am going to focus on Mid Ulster, which, I am sure, will not come as any surprise to you. Minister, what engagement have you had, particularly with the engineering sector in Mid Ulster, on the work…
While I understand the Minister's point about geography — I absolutely agree with you on that issue — we can see clearly, as identified in the reconfiguration, that Craigavon will be needed as an acute hospital. Does the Member agree that it is not about where it is but about the need for the hospital to service the…
I was too quietly spoken — I never thought that I would be accused of that. Does the Member agree that, if it can be shown that those costs are being incurred to the benefit of patients — the service users — that is fine? If plans are years in the making, in that period, new ideas and innovation may come along that…