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.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) any practical mechanisms his Department will take to allow the continued supply of essential veterinary medicines from Great Britain to Northern Ireland; (ii) any measures to address excessive price disparities; and (iii) any interim…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assessment he has made of the impact on the community and voluntary sector, should the Local Growth Fund remain underfunded.
I thank the Member for giving way. He does not have to wait to hear that: he can ask his party colleagues on the Committee who voted for the sanctions why they deemed it proportionate to do so.
This debate deserves — deserved — to be approached calmly and seriously because what is at stake is not a single exchange or a single individual but the credibility of our standards system and the public's confidence in the Assembly. We established an independent standards commissioner precisely to ensure that matters…
I thank the Minister for that response. Over the past couple of years, we have seen disinvestment in our mental health strategy and our suicide prevention strategy. In my constituency, vital support services have been stripped of funding, and yet more cuts loom for the sector in the shape of the local growth fund.…
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. Minister, will any wider review include consideration of the inequalities that exist across the region and of the unfair impact that an ever-reducing rates support grant has on businesses and, indeed, on all rate payers in less affluent council areas?
To ask the Minister of Health whether he has given further consideration to issuing a public consultation into mandatory licensing for non-surgical cosmetic procedures.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 36504/22-27, to detail the number of Serious Adverse Incidents raised in relation to missed abnormal cervical screening tests in the Western Health and Social Care Trust, in the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister of Finance, in relation to the recent Civil Service recruitment drive in the north west for Administrative Officer posts, to detail (i) the number of candidates currently on the merit list; and (ii) the expected timeframe for candidates to be informed of the outcome.
To ask the Minister for Communities, following the Arts Council survey published in October 2025, which shows a 30 per cent decline in the number of performances over the past three years, due to rising running costs, to detail any interim measures that will be introduced to protect arts organisations in the absence…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps he will take to ensure that Housing Executive decant properties, which have been left vacant because planned maintenance schemes have not been funded or have been delayed, are being effectively utilised.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in relation to the resurfacing of the Strand Road, Derry, whether her Department will consider conducting works at night.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of properties, sold under the House Sales Scheme, which have been repurchased by the Housing Executive, in each local council area, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister for Communities, in relation to the House Sales Scheme, to detail (i) the number of instances where properties were sold within the first five years of purchase; and (ii) the total discount recouped, for the last ten years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of new social homes which have been delayed, in each local council area, due to (i) outstanding planning; or (ii) water connection issues, in each of the last 3 years.
Ending Academic Selection - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘environment;’ and insert: ‘expresses concern that the Minister of Education’s programme of educational reform will be unsuccessful in addressing educational disadvantage without an end to academic selection; acknowledges the progress made in the Republic of…
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the impact that the proposed delivery of the Local Growth Fund will have on mental health services and support.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of people employed in the hospitality industry, in each local council area, for the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department will introduce the four new earned income disregards into housing benefit for supported housing and temporary accommodation residents, scheduled to be introduced in England, Scotland and Wales in Autumn 2026.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on Rates Support Grant funding, following his meeting with the Minister of Finance on 29 January 2026.