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 Communities whether his Department has considered the introduction of a Child Poverty and Wellbeing Office, similar to the model introduced by the Irish Government, to enhance cross-departmental action.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of former Housing Executive properties, sold under the House Sales Scheme, which are now in the private rental market.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any action her Department is taking to improve pedestrian safety on Alder Road in the Foyle Constituency, given the recent increase in local footfall from new housing developments; and (ii) whether consideration will be given to the installation of street lighting,…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any steps her Department is taking to increase resources within the planning system, to accelerate the development of renewable energy projects.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any actions her Department is taking to increase the number of planning staff, in order to reduce delays within the planning system.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any consideration given to protecting people living with dementia in the Overarching Winter Preparedness Plan 2025-26.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail recycling rates, in each of the last five years, broken down by local council area.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the estimated cost to local councils of processing waste emanating from the Republic of Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the engagement she has had with the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on progressing Phase 2 of the A6 Derry to Dungiven Dualling scheme, within the last 12 months.
The situation will indeed prove challenging for the Executive, but it cannot have come as a complete surprise, given that the answer was no last year, and I am not sure how the landscape will have changed this year. In his response to Ms Egan, the Minister referred to feedback. Was that feedback on the discrete data…
I have raised issues regarding HMOs on several occasions in the Chamber, but I have a real concern that, from the statement, we can infer that there is a hierarchy of HMOs: if they are used for students, they are good, but, if they are used for immigrants, they are bad. The Minister laments the low number of penalty…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of (i) successful; and (ii) unsuccessful, applications received under the Waiting List Reimbursement Scheme since its launch in June 2025.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to provide an update on the draft Optimum Remediation Strategy for the Mobuoy site, including an estimated timeline for implementation.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the review, requested by her predecessor, with regard to establishing the use of Derry alongside Londonderry on road signs.
Winter comes every year, and winter pressures in the health service get worse every year. What lessons from last winter's performance have been captured, and how are those lessons being applied this year to ensure improved resilience and patient care?
Has the Minister considered introducing legislation to ensure that booking platforms verify that all listed properties are properly registered as short-term tourist accommodation?
First Minister, given the potential for international partnerships to drive investment and tourism, will you outline what practical role Invest NI and Tourism NI have played in shaping the international relations strategy?
To ask the Minister of Health to detail what role his Department can have in preventing homelessness, given the findings of Simon Community’s October 2025 report Childhood Adversity and Homelessness in Northern Ireland: Breaking the Cycle, which show that institutional contact such as being in care significantly…
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the correlation between the low number of residential care beds in the Western Health and Social Care Trust and the long waits at Altnagelvin Emergency Department.