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 engagement she has had with the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on progressing Phase 2 of the A6 Derry to Dungiven scheme, within the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will consider introducing a poverty act, similar to the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017, to protect key poverty reduction targets and departmental duties in law.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 26011/22-27, to provide a timeframe for the beginning of each phase of the Housing Executive's Creggan Heights Multi-Elemental Improvement project.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department has made any assessment of the potential for a child payment to support low-income families.
To ask the Minister for Communities, given the findings of Simon Community’s October 2025 report Childhood Adversity and Homelessness in Northern Ireland: Breaking the Cycle, whether he plans to introduce a statutory duty for prevention on public agencies that support people at risk of homelessness.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he is working with the Department for Communities to strengthen engagement between the health and social housing sectors, to improve access to the healthcare and support services for elderly tenants.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of (i) successful; and (ii) unsuccessful, applications to the Universal Credit New Claims Grant since the fund was renamed in March 2025, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether his Department has given any further consideration to introducing a holiday hunger payment; and (ii) any research his Department has undertaken on the prevalence and impact of holiday hunger in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department has considered the use of reinforced material, such as hot rolled asphalt with graphene, for pothole repair.
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The Minister has accused me of not knowing the cost. In the past couple of speeches, the Minister and his party colleague have given four different costs between them.
I thank the Minister for giving way. We have already seen and heard how the Minister disregards evidence from experts in the sector, but now he is also dismissing evidence from the Scottish Government, who identify their child payment of £27·15 per week as having reduced the rate of children living in poverty by four…
I will tell him, as the Minister responsible for HMO policy, that some houses across the North have essentially had their kitchens closed off to avoid them being defined as an HMO and so that they remain immune from enforcement. Some properties are being used as temporary accommodation by the Housing Executive, which…