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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, regarding the Affordable Rent Scheme, whether the 20 per cent rent reduction is based on advertised market rents or rental costs currently being paid by private rented tenants.
To ask the Minister for Communities, in light of his announcement on the Affordable Rent Scheme, to detail the 6000 new social homes currently under construction, broken down by local council area.
I thank the Minister for his answer. However, the point must be made that the Minister's perceived inaction on or indifference to the issue up until this point has been in stark contrast to the heroic efforts of the housing workers, his departmental officials, the voluntary and community sector, churches and the…
Mr Durkan asked the Minister for Communities, after expressing his hope that that is the end of the Punch and Judy politics when it comes to discussing an extremely important humanitarian issue, and adding that he is glad to have now heard more specifics on the action that the Minister and his Department have been…
To ask the Minister of Justice whether police officers remain under a duty of care to attend incidents, where an individual is in mental health crisis, regardless of whether the incident is classified primarily as a health matter.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of the experiences of Right Care, Right Person implementation in England, including any issues raised by coroners, mental health organisations and NHS bodies in relation to patient safety and service capacity.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department will review the frequency of gully cleaning across Northern Ireland, with a view to returning to bi-annual maintenance.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of applicants currently on the social housing transfer list who have been waiting for (i) more than one year; (ii) more than three years; (iii) more than five years; and (iv) more than ten years, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 33826/22-27, to detail any engagement he has had since this response with the Minister for Infrastructure around improving public transport links for rural communities to access sexual health services.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the total number of road gullies scheduled for cleaning, in the Foyle constituency; (ii) the number that have been successfully cleaned; and (iii) the number that could not be cleaned, due to access issues or obstructions, including parked vehicles, over the last…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any work his Department has undertaken to address the rural urban divide in (i) sexual health; and (ii) HIV, awareness and access to services, in the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Education, given the success of the Healthy Happy Minds pilot project, as demonstrated by the evaluation report, to outline when he intends to implement its recommendations.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the rationale behind the decision to suspend bus services in Derry, on Wednesday 10 June 2026; and (ii) whether there was any engagement with local Translink staff, prior to this suspension.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 37906/22-27, to detail when her Department will make a decision on the potential regulation of e-scooters.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) whether any assessment has been made of the situation at Damien House, First Housing Project in the Foyle constituency, regarding the provision of detoxification beds, whereby individuals experiencing homelessness risk losing their temporary accommodation if they enter…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of people waiting for talking therapy; and (ii) the average waiting times, in the last three years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the availability of talking therapies, including the types of therapies available, in the last three years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the relationship between increasing antidepressant prescribing rates and the availability of talking therapies.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any engagement his Department has had with (i) suicide prevention organisations; (ii) mental health charities; and (ii) voluntary sector providers, in relation to the implementation of Right Care, Right Person, in the last two years.