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 Infrastructure to detail any work that has been carried out to improve public transport links to the Ulster University campus, in Foyle.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the reason why non-returned ballots are considered as negative responses in the Residents Parking Scheme policy.
I welcome the Minister's announcement today, although I do understand why some Committee members might have concerns that it was not flagged to them first. As the Minister said, the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill was subject to extensive consultation and, indeed, significant amendment as it went through the Assembly.…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the waiting times for an initial consultation with a fertility specialist for (i) males; and (ii) females, in the last 12 months, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in relation to Graduated Driver Licensing changes, whether her Department will engage with the Minister of Justice to ensure that the PSNI has the necessary resources and capacity, to effectively enforce the proposed changes for new drivers.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail how the £4 million funding allocation, specifically targeted at the rural road network, will be spent.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will launch an independent review into Carer's Allowance overpayments, similar to the Sayce Review, commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Sinn Féin told us that it was going to do something about the cost of doing business, and it has done that all right. Bizarrely, and maybe not reading the room too well, one of the Minister's colleagues asked what he is doing to help businesses that are looking to expand. What is the Minister doing to help businesses…
In isolation, some people — definitely not all people — may be inclined to accept the Minister's explanation and pleas of innocence, but, in the context of some of the same Minister's utterances and those of his party colleagues about immigration, it is a little harder to swallow. The Minister naturally continues to…
I thank the Minister for his answer. That case is far from unique. In November, an independent review of carer's allowance that focused on the issue in England and Wales — the Sayce review — was published by DWP. It found that unclear rules had resulted in thousands of carers' minor earnings breaches having led to…
I know that a question for urgent oral answer has been tabled on the Minister's latest breach of the ministerial code, so I will ask about something else.
I thank the Minister for the statement. Schools and communities on both sides of the border face similar challenges with deterioration in an ageing schools estate. The management and maintenance of the schools estate in the North has been criticised by the Audit Office and a subsequent Public Accounts Committee (PAC)…
Mr Durkan asked the Minister for Communities, after noting that debt recovery actions for carer's allowance overpayments seem to be increasing in frequency and scale of overpayment and therefore in the debt accrued and that his constituency office had recently been visited by a working, single mother who had, through…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) the cost of maintaining the former Regional Government Headquarters Site, in Ballymena, in the last 12 months; (ii) a breakdown of these costs; and (iii) any future plans for the site.
To ask the Minister of Education, in relation to Bunscoil Cholmcille in the Foyle Constituency, to detail (i) his Department's (a) plan; (b) timeline; and (c) funding mechanism, for replacing the existing huts and classrooms; and (ii) whether it will be delivered as part of a defined project, rather than an open-ended…
To ask the Minister of Education, in relation to approved works for Bunscoil Cholmcille in the Foyle Constituency, to detail (i) when construction will commence on the approved multi-purpose hall scheme; and (ii) the confirmed construction programme.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 33731/22-27, to detail (i) the grounds on which applications were disallowed; and (ii) the number of unsuccessful applicants who were deemed ineligible due to having received a Discretionary Support payment, within the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of new build social homes which met wheelchair design standards, in each local constituency, in each of the last three years.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQW 38104/22-27, whether officials reviewed the assessment of options provided by the inter-departmental working group in early 2022.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 37609/22-27, whether his Department will implement the routine reporting of deaths occurring whilst patients are waiting in emergency departments.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any further support that will be made available to assist local businesses facing financial pressure, due to rising business rates.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of items of (i) correspondence; and (ii) complaints that she has received from housing associations, regarding delays to social housing developments arising from water and wastewater infrastructure constraints, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of items of (i) correspondence; and (ii) complaints that he has received from housing associations, regarding delays to social housing developments arising from water and wastewater infrastructure constraints, in each of the last five years.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the number of times the Executive Working Group on Mental Wellbeing, Resilience and Suicide Prevention has met in the last two years.