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.
As has already been outlined, our domiciliary care workers are a skilled workforce; nobody can deny that. Last week, the Health Committee heard from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine that the real issue in emergency medicine is flow. We are not getting people out the other end, and that is because we do not have…
To ask the Minister of Health, given reports of tyres being stored at the Moygashel bonfire site, (i) to detail any steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the health risks associated with the burning of tyres and other toxic materials; and (ii) whether he has made representations to relevant authorities…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any engagement his Department has had with the UK National Screening Committee in relation to its evaluation of newborn screening for metachromatic leukodystrophy.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any actions he will take to ensure Health and Social Care Trusts implement the NI Public Services Ombudsman's May 2026 recommendations following findings of failures in the investigation and treatment of a patient's infection by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.
Is the Member suggesting that, if legislation makes it out of the Executive, let us just forget about debating it in here — do not bother — because what is the point if all those who are in the Executive have already made a decision? There is no guarantee that legislation will be supported on the Floor because it has…
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. I agree with you that, of course, there are bad actors, potentially — in fact, if we go by the figures, almost definitely — even in this Chamber. We need to be honest about that. Do you agree that the swathes of teachers who have contacted us are not all bad actors? They…
There is a suggestion in his last sentence around suboptimal teaching that all of the teachers who have contacted us are content with suboptimal teaching — all of the teachers who said, "This is not the right approach". Is that what you are saying? That is what it sounds like.
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. Did not all the parties here, apart from the DUP, agree a number of weeks ago, when the minimum unit pricing Bill was blocked at the Executive, that that was wrong and that it should have been given the opportunity to come to House to be debated? Why therefore would we…
Thank you, Minister, for the answer. I am sure that, like me, you have been approached by many parents and families whose children are not receiving, whether in specific special schools or in specialist provision in mainstream schools (SPiMS), the speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy…
I thank the Minister for his statement. Minister, did you have any conversations about bringing Lough Neagh under the responsibility of Waterways Ireland? How would doing so help us improve water quality and increase the potential for tourism around the lough?
To ask the Minister of Health whether (i) any assessment has been made of the potential impact of daraxonrasib, a KRAS-targeting therapy for advanced pancreatic cancer, on patient outcomes; and (ii) his Department is engaging with relevant regulatory bodies to ensure timely access to the treatment for eligible…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any guidance that is provided to Health and Social Care Trusts on recording the motivation or nature of abuse directed at staff, including whether incidents are classified as racial, sectarian, sexual, homophobic, transphobic or disability-related.
To ask the Minister of Health whether Health and Social Care Trusts record the protected characteristics of staff who are subjected to violence or abuse in the workplace, including sex, race, religion, ethnicity and disability.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for their assessment of the impact of the Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls in rural communities.
To ask the Minister of Health in light of recommendations from the UK National Screening Committee that only a small number of high-risk men should receive routine prostate cancer screening, to detail (i) any steps he will take to improve prostate cancer screening, early diagnosis and awareness; and (ii) whether any…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of women who were diagnosed with ovarian cancer at stages three and four, in each of the last five years; and (ii) any steps being taken to improve early diagnosis rates.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps being taken to ensure GPs receive enhanced training and guidance on recognising ovarian cancer symptoms at an earlier stage, particularly where symptoms may be misattributed to menopause or other less serious conditions.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any actions his Department is taking to improve public awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms, given reports that only a third of women identify persistent bloating as a key symptom of the disease and that many women wrongly believe cervical smear tests detect ovarian cancer.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any savings that were originally projected under his Department’s plan to reduce expenditure on agency nursing staff across Health and Social Care Trusts; and (ii) whether his Department will meet its targets for reducing reliance on agency nursing staff.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he intends to introduce further incentives to increase uptake of Health and Social Care bank nursing shifts, with the aim of reducing expenditure on agency staffing.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any savings his Department has estimated could be achieved through reducing agency nurse expenditure to levels comparable with UK regions.