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.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Tackling Disrepair, Damp and Mould”
Tackling Disrepair, Damp and Mould - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘retaliatory eviction;’ and insert: ‘further expresses serious concern that single let temporary accommodation utilised by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive is not subject to routine, ongoing inspection beyond initial acquisition; notes that…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the rationale as to why there is no routine public reporting of waiting time and activity data for (a) adult mental health services; (b) psychological services talking therapies; (c) counselling provision; (d) eating disorder services; (e) electroconvulsive therapy services;…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the total value of departmental contributions to comparable programmes under the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, in each year since its introduction.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the annual match funding provided collectively by Departments under the European Social Fund in each year from 2016-2017 to 2022-2023.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number (i) of applications for emergency accommodation made to the Housing Executive; and (ii) of these which could not be accommodated, within the last 18 months.
I thank the Minister for that answer. The information that I have received from one of the front-line organisations that helps people in the darkest of hours and that, I presume, the Minister will meet shortly is that the protocol had not been activated, so there is some confusion there. Given the loss of 58 lives and…
I thank the Minister for giving way. Does the Minister envisage that the clawback could be applied only to regional stadia, or would recipients of the Northern Ireland Football Fund, for example, be expected to cough up too?
I oppose the motion. We are speaking about the redevelopment of Casement Park, a long-promised, long-delayed project that represents far more than the construction of a stadium. It is about regeneration in west Belfast and parity of esteem in how we support our sporting infrastructure. The Executive have previously…
Mr Durkan asked the Minister for Communities, in light of last night's ice warning and the deeply troubling and shameful fact that 58 deaths occurred among the homeless community last year, who made the decision not to activate the severe weather emergency protocol (SWEP), what criteria were applied and how were the…
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will consider introducing Benedict’s Law, a proposed safeguarding measure to address the gap in protections for children with allergies.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount of compensation that her Department has paid for damage to cars, due to potholes or other road defects, in Foyle, for each of last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol, including (i) the decision-making process; (ii) the authority responsible for activating it; and (iii) any mechanisms used to communicate its implementation to (a) individuals experiencing homelessness; and (b) homelessness support…
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 35235/22-27, whether the Housing Executive report on processes and controls over both block booked, and routinely used non-standard accommodation, as per recommendation three of the NI Audit Office report on homelessness, will be made publicly available.
Across the North, our roads are failing. Potholes are not just inconvenient; they are a visible symptom of crumbling public services. We can all see and feel that. Sometimes, it seems as though DFI does not repair potholes any more but just moves them around so that motorists cannot memorise them. After years of…
The issue is about more than a mere billboard, despite the attempts from the Minister and her colleagues to downplay the importance of it; it is about public confidence in politics and public services, and the need for transparency, accountability and the equal application of the law to everyone. Does the Minister…
I thank the Minister for his reference to the success of the deposit return scheme in the South. We are due to see it in October next year. What conversations has the Minister had with his counterpart in the South about how the scheme that we will implement here can harmonise with theirs?
To ask the Minister of Justice whether she has considered introducing legislation to restrict or ban access to social media platforms, for children under the age of 16.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of hospital bed-days for those with an eating disorder; and (ii) the number of emergency eating disorder cases, in the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for an update on the implementation plan for Action 29d of the Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031 to enhance regional eating disorder services; and (ii) whether this provision will be secured before the end of the 2022-27 Assembly mandate.