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.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline when the consultation on action plans for hospital reconfiguration will begin with staff and members of the public.
To ask the Minister of Education to outline how his Department is working with the Department of Health to ensure that all necessary provisions are in place to meet the needs of children with special educational needs.
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. Does he agree that those immigrants are the people who are working in our hospitals and our healthcare systems and that some of them, due to inflammatory language, had their homes attacked recently? We need to be careful about what we say and about the leadership that we…
Thank you, Minister, for your answer. Operation Encompass, as you outlined, came in under the Domestic Abuse Act, and it has been valuable. Do you see merit in broadening it out in its referrals to children who go into school?
International Women’s Day 2025 That this Assembly welcomes the theme of Accelerate Action for International Women’s Day 2025; recognises that focusing on the need to accelerate action emphasises the importance of taking swift and decisive steps to achieve gender equality; and supports increased momentum and urgency in…
I thank my colleague Emma Sheerin for bringing the Adjournment debate to the House. The Member who spoke before me referred to the fact that this could save the Government money. It actually could save schools money. Procurement costs come out of the school budget, and we know how difficult schools are having it and…
Minister, with regard to Mrs Guy's questions about the protocols, are you saying that something has changed and that something new has been implemented to ensure that the PHA has that overarching responsibility to ensure that what happens in the trusts' screening programmes is being done effectively and properly and…
To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on the operation of Section 26 of the Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 in relation to information sharing with schools.
I associate myself with most if not all of the commentary that has been made. You could not put a sheet of paper between what any of us are saying, to be fair. That is because there really is an agreed approach. As the Member who spoke previously just said, we need to show that we care about our carers. I thank the…
Last Thursday, at the High Court in Belfast, the coroner, Mr Justice Michael Humphreys, made a ruling finding that, in each of the killings of the four young men in Clonoe chapel car park on 16 February 1992, the use of lethal force by SAS soldiers was unjustified. In simple terms, that means that their actions…
Does the Member agree that we need a cultural change? We need to acknowledge those young people who do not go on to university in the same way. They should have the same acknowledgement and recognition and the same passing out process, whatever that might be. We need to have something that recognises the hard work…
Commissioned Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Services That this Assembly recognises the need for commissioned services dedicated to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); further recognises the need for a regional diagnosis service and specific ADHD mental health services to cater for those with…
I thank the proposers of the motion and those who tabled the amendment for bringing the issue to the Floor. We need to be solution-focused. As the proposer of the motion said, let us take the politicking out of this. I do not think that anybody in the Chamber has ever said, at any point, that the Health Minister has…
Minister, I congratulate you on your new post and wish you the very best. In Coalisland, in my constituency, a number of businesses and GP surgeries lost connectivity. Thankfully, we were able to speak with engineers fairly quickly and get them reconnected, but it was a worrying time, particularly for the GP surgeries…
I thank the Minister for her answer. Minister, can you confirm that the review will go wider than the justice bodies? I understand that it is your review, but there were failings across the piece, including in Health. Can you confirm that that will be the case and that there will be a North/South element to the review?
I begin by offering my apologies. I understand that I was called for a question last week. It was my understanding that the question had been withdrawn, so apologies. I am not sure where the confusion was, but I was not here due to a family emergency. I want to put on the record the really valuable contribution that…
I thank the Minister for his answers so far. Minister, you referred to the independent review on a number of occasions. The independent review recommended that we look at simplifying things and having a single management authority for schools. Was that part of your considerations? Why are you pressing on with your…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline any steps he will take to ensure that the ring-fenced agricultural budget, agreed by the Executive, prioritises Direct Payments.
I thank the Member for giving way. Does the Member agree that, for all the reasons that he has outlined, it is vital that the Minister stays loyal to his commitment to tackle inequalities in health? It is absolutely one of the biggest issues. The Member for Foyle Mark Durkan referred earlier to the issue of addiction…
I thank the Minister for his answer. Minister, as you will be well aware, the pay issue goes much wider than just our teachers. Our classroom assistants are very frustrated by their pay increase. Have you met classroom assistants and engaged with them directly? They are among the lowest-paid workers across society,…
Minister, you mentioned the fact that you met MEGA just before Christmas. It was a good meeting, and anybody would attest to the work that MEGA has done. Will you confirm that MEGA, which is the organisation that I know most about as it is in Mid Ulster, and other organisations are taking a leading role? Industry…
Minister, on the point that you have just made, it is necessary for us to see a plan for the winter pressures and a plan to fix the health service as a whole, with a time frame for that plan. Is that what we need to see now? As an Assembly, we have been clear that we want to support the Health Minister and work with…