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.
The cost-of-living crisis is a term that has slipped from our daily lexicon not because it has gone away but because people have become so accustomed to hardship that it no longer shocks in the way that it did and still should. I remember looking on in horror as welfare reform was rolled out across the water and…
Minister, the Audit Office recently found that your Department had achieved just 1% of progress on the energy strategy, despite spending over £100 million. Given that record, how can the public have confidence in your Department's ability to deliver lower costs and renewable energy at pace?
While we host the draw for that prestigious competition, Dublin will host seven matches and generate hundreds of millions of pounds. Does the Minister have no regrets that the Executive did not do more to secure the investment needed in Casement Park to allow Northern Ireland to play a proper role in hosting and…
I thank the Minister for his unusually and mercifully brief answer. While we all welcome any investment in the city, people in Derry will be glad to see the work finished and roads restored. Does the Department have any further public realm plans for Derry city centre? Will the Minister encourage collaboration with…
Mr Durkan asked the Minister for Communities, noting that sport can be a roller coaster, with the highs of victory that supporters of both our international football teams on this island have enjoyed recently, the lows of defeat and draws that sometimes feel like a win and sometimes like a defeat, how he feels about…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients who have attended Emergency Departments presenting with pain and complications caused by endometriosis, in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department will consider extending health bursary funding to post-graduate medical students at Queen's University, Belfast.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any steps his Department is taking to improve access to Changing Places facilities in hospitals; and (ii) whether there are any plans to make such facilities mandatory in all new builds and refurbishments.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of (i) Freedom of Information requests received by his Department in relation to the Northern Ireland Football Fund; (iii) requests that have been answered; and (iii) these requests that were refused, including the reasons for refusal.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of care home placements made; and (ii) the number of these placements (a) that were self-funded; and (b) where fees were supported in full or in part, in each of the last three years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of families who have availed of Safety Intervention Training through the Crisis Prevention Institute, in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether (i) he has had any engagement with the Irish Government in relation to their Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant Scheme; and (ii) his Department has considered implementing a similar initiative.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any processes in place to ensure that landlords providing temporary accommodation to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive are addressing repair issues raised by tenants.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of complaints received about the condition of temporary accommodation provided by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, in each local council area, in each of the last five years.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Impact of the Ongoing Increase in the Cost of Living”
Impact of the Ongoing Increase in the Cost of Living - Amendment 3 Leave out all after ‘shortcomings of the draft anti-poverty strategy’ and insert: ‘agreed by the Executive; and calls on the Minister for Communities to work with the Minister of Finance to produce a fully funded Anti-Poverty Strategy which clearly…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of palliative care social workers, in each of the last three years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any discussions he has had with the Minister for Communities regarding the Rates Support Grant, within the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of Civil Service staff who have been recruited, in each local council area, in each of the last 3 years.
To ask the Minister for Communities, in relation to the £150,000 awarded to Mid and East Antrim Council for festive lighting, to detail (i) whether there was an application process involved; and (ii) how other councils can access similar support.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of patients awaiting access to occupational therapy services; and (ii) the average waiting times, in the last 12 months, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 32861/22-27, to provide the estimated annual cost of providing a universal breakfast club scheme for primary schools.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any engagement his Department has had with HMRC, regarding the loss of Child Benefit payments for 23,500 claimants, who flew out of Northern Ireland from Belfast, but returned via Dublin Airport; and (ii) whether he will seek assurances that this issue will not occur…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of applications made for Personal Independence Payment; and (ii) the number of applications where doctors, or medical professionals, were contacted for further medical evidence by (a) Capita; or (b) his Department, in each of the last 3 years.