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 of Health to detail a breakdown of what the £158 million allocated for high-risk backlog estates management within the Western Health and Social Care Trust covers.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) whether she has considered appointing a dedicated Road Safety Commissioner with statutory authority and a mandate, to deliver casualty reduction targets; (ii) whether her Department has made any assessment of governance models in Norway and Sweden, where designated…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail how high risk routes are identified and prioritised for inclusion in the speed camera programme, including the criteria used to target areas with the highest incidence of serious and fatal collisions.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department has explored (i) the potential; and (ii) a programme, to redesign the highest risk road sections across Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 36425/22-27, for an update on the further analytical work undertaken by his officials, to determine the wider impact of the removal of the two-child limit.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of incident reports filed, when two healthcare assessments and a mental health triage assessment were not completed within seven days of an individual's arrival into custody, for each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister for Communities, in light of the significant increase in oil prices over the past week, and Northern Ireland’s over-reliance on home heating oil, to detail any immediate actions he plans to take to protect low-income and vulnerable households from fuel poverty.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any engagement he has had with the Minister for Infrastructure regarding the draft Disability and Work Strategy, specifically in relation to improving access to public transport for people with disabilities.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any expenditure on security staff provision for Housing Executive offices, in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any steps being taken to address repeat perpetrators of anti-social behaviour in social housing; and (ii) whether any assessment has been made of the impact of such behaviour on the number of transfer requests in areas with high levels of anti-social behaviour.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the rationale as to why additional funding has not been provided to independent homecare providers to meet the Government-imposed increase in Employer National Insurance Contributions for 2025-26.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the rationale as to why an uplift to deliver the Real Living Wage for independent domiciliary care workers and the wider social care sector has not been implemented.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether the road markings for the loading bay on Shipquay Street, in the Foyle constituency, will be amended to Loading Only, in order to facilitate effective enforcement against improperly parked vehicles.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any cost savings achieved by switching to LED street lighting, broken down by constituency, for the last three years.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department intends to (i) review; and (ii) replace, Small Pockets of Deprivation and Neighbourhood Renewal Funding allocations, as part of the People and Place Review.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any steps his Department is taking to introduce a moratorium on the eviction of individuals and families from properties managed by Mears PLC on behalf of the UK Home Office, until the end of Ramadan.
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the Medicines Regulatory Group, to detail the number of (i) investigations; (ii) prosecutions; and (iii) pending prosecutions, around the unlawful possession, importation, advertisement or supply of unlicensed prescription medicinal products for use in the non-surgical…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps his Department is taking to safeguard and enhance Small Pockets of Deprivation funding, recognising that it supports many youth and community organisations.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the Small Pockets of Deprivation funding awarded, in each of the last three financial years, including (i) the areas funded; (ii) the amount allocated to each area; and (iii) the organisations in receipt of funding within each area.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any expenditure lost as a result of (a) benefit fraud; and (b) benefit error; and (ii) the number of individual claimants involved in each of these categories, for each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any steps her Department is taking to improve safety at the junction of Coshquin Estate and the Buncrana Road, in the Foyle constituency.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any expenditure on tackling fraud and error; and (ii) the amount of that expenditure allocated to (a) staff training; (b) system improvements; (c) investigations and enforcement activity; and (d) external consultancy or contracted support, in each of the last eight…
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department currently utilises Artificial Intelligence technologies in the detection of welfare (i) fraud; and (ii) error.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of properties currently used as temporary accommodation by the Housing Executive, which have had kitchen facilities removed within the last five years, broken down by constituency.