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Mr Mark Durkan: Assembly records
All of Mr Mark Durkan’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 for Communities when his Department will bring forward welfare legislation to (i) scrap the two child benefit limit; and (ii) address the 5-week wait for Universal Credit.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to provide an update on the investigation into why WhatsApp messages relevant to the Covid-19 Inquiry were deleted from Ministers' phones.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) what provision is in place for the post-operative monitoring of patients who access bariatric surgery outside the NHS; and (ii) for an update on the Regional Obesity Management Service.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) for a date for the resumption of the stocking programme for the Public Angling Estate (PAE); and (ii) whether he will consider reducing the permit fee for anglers until stocking resumes at all 27 PAE fisheries.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will engage with the Department of Health to retain an automatic entitlement to assistance with healthcare costs for Universal Credit claimants.
To ask the Minister for Communities how many housing association properties have been sold under the House Sales Scheme for each year between 2012 and 2022, broken down by Council area.
To ask the Minister for Communities what plans his Department has to (i) provide financial assistance to local councils; and (ii) increase the Rates Support Grant for less well-off local council areas.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on (i) the Equality Impact Assessment into cuts to Discretionary Housing Payments; and (ii) whether he will consider reinstating the provision for tenants whose payments were stopped in 2023.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the average waiting times for (i) hip replacement surgery; (ii) knee replacement surgery; and (iii) shoulder surgery, in each Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients in each Health and Social Care Trust awaiting a first consultant-led appointment for (i) hip replacement surgery; (ii) knee replacement surgery; and (iii) shoulder surgery.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will introduce legal requirements for social housing landlords to address damp and mould within their properties.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the costs of Home Starter Pack provision for (i) the Northern Ireland Housing Executive; and (ii) Housing Associations, for each of the last five years.