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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 qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Thank you, Minister. I welcome your answer. It fleshed out a wee bit what we had been told about the funding. Will you give an assurance that accountability mechanisms have been put in place to ensure that the funding makes a real difference to young people with additional needs and their families, particularly given…
I thank the Minister for her statement. Minister, I know that you are well aware of the hurt, pain and loss experienced by so many women and girls who were in mother-and-baby institutions, Magdalene laundries and workhouses and their children. Can you give us detail of any conversations about both Governments working…
I thank the Minister for taking my intervention. Will you agree, Minister, that being open is one part of it but that staff seeing the changes that need to be made when they are open, visible and in front of them is what will encourage them to be open? It can be disheartening when you tell the truth about something…
I thank the Minister for her answers so far. I welcome the follow-through on the commitment to prioritise Health, because you have prioritised it in the allocations. I welcome that, and I look forward to finding out how that money is going to be spent and prioritised. You outlined some of the consequences if the level…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Statutory Duty of Candour”
Statutory Duty of Candour - Amendment 1 At end insert: ‘; and further calls for any statutory duty of candour to be co-designed and co-produced in partnership with health and social care workers, alongside families who have endured the distressing experiences of Serious Adverse Incident investigations, as well as…
To ask the Minister of Health, given his recent allocation of up to £13 million to enhance services for children with disabilities, what measures will be put in place to ensure that families are positively impacted by this funding.
I support the motion. We have repeatedly called for a human rights-compliant approach to legacy cases and issues for all conflict-related incidents. Our focus has been and remains on creating a suite of options to meet the varied needs of all victims, survivors and families that is human rights-compliant and…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the current average waiting times for individuals seeking fertility treatment, specifically (i) the waiting time from GP referral to the first appointment with a consultant; and (ii) the waiting time from the initial consultation with a fertility specialist to the commencement…
When we talk about violence against women and girls, we need to be clear that it is by men. When we talk about it in the domestic setting of men and boys, it is mostly by men. We need to be honest about that. For those on remand, who are mostly, in these cases, men, what can we do to put something in place? Very…
I thank the Minister for taking an intervention and apologise for asking for one so early in his response. Can we ensure that the consultation process is easy and accessible for carers? We know that they have a lot on their plate, so, the easier the process can be, the better, even if it is actually a personal…
I thank the Member for giving way. I should have said that we will support the amendment. Will the Member agree that, where the PSNI is being called to a child, that is often a failure of our health system to deal with that and that the PSNI is not the right response for a child with a learning difficulty and complex…
I beg to move Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. We tabled the motion to call on the Minister of Health to urgently address the critical issue of respite provision for adults and children with learning difficulties, complex needs and challenging behaviour. I know that we have discussed the topic on many…
I thank the Minister for her answer. Minister, can you give us a rough idea of the timeline? As we know, many of the women, who were girls at the time, are part of an ageing population.
It has been 30 years since the loyalist ceasefires and 26 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, which provided a historic and inclusive political process aimed at ending conflict and building a peaceful, stable and prosperous future for everyone across our society. The process offered everyone in our…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the next steps in the process of establishing a statutory Inquiry and a financial Redress Scheme for those affected by Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses.
Minister, I welcome these jobs and the fact that they are being dispersed, but many, particularly women in the Civil Service at those grades, are working to keep their jobs, particularly when their families are young. We are looking at reducing the cost of childcare. Is there the potential for people to work from home…
I thank the Members who tabled the motion. I support the motion and the amendment. We know the problems that face countless families across the North who are being failed by the current social care system. It is overstretched and underfunded. The issues affect everyone from our elderly and the most vulnerable to the…
I thank the Minister for giving way; I appreciate that he has already given way a number of times. Can we get some reassurance that that provision will not be privatised and that it will be provided under your Department? The potential for privatisation is a real fear, particularly for the Reimagine Children's…
I thank the Member for giving way. Does she agree that a good start would be to expand the Sure Start programme? We know that it works, we know that it is effective and we know that it can be done. The work is done in communities and is really impactful for families.
Minister, you talked about the chill factor, and I accept that, but we need to ensure that there is not a chill factor for people who feel that they have been harmed in some way by the health service. They need to feel confident in coming forward, so what reassurance can you give to people that, when they come…
I appreciate that, Minister. Will you give us a timeline for that, if you have one, and some assurance that vulnerable women will be protected in any scheme or change of policy?
I thank the Minister for his statement. Action 7 states: "Consideration to be given to moving suitable activity out of ... Regional Centres into Area Hospitals." Can you give us some sense of what those activities might be? Is there an estates plan? As I have outlined before, Craigavon Area Hospital is bursting at the…