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Mr Mark Durkan: Assembly records
All of Mr Mark Durkan’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department will engage with the Department for Work and Pensions to explore arrangements whereby pensioners whose state pension takes them above their Personal Allowance for tax purposes, can have any tax due deducted from their monthly State Pension payments, rather…
To ask the Minister for Communities in light of the UK Government’s recent proposals to address long-term empty homes, to detail any measures his Department will consider to bring vacant properties back into use.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any consideration will be given to increasing the mileage rate for domiciliary carers, given the increases in fuel costs.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the reason why no Irish Language Strategy will be implemented by the end of the 2022-27 Assembly mandate.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any consideration that has been given to introducing legislation in relation to the Kiena’s Law campaign, which would hold abusers accountable where prolonged domestic abuse and coercive control lead a victim to die by suicide.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any consideration will be given to introducing a Distress Brief Intervention, similar to the model in Scotland, to offer quick and compassionate response to people experiencing emotional distress.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of any economic benefits of investing in community-led mental health crisis services, compared with the current hospital-based model.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the percentage of mental health crisis presentations which were addressed in community settings, rather than in Emergency Departments, in the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on his Department's efforts to introduce mandatory guidance on allergy management protocols in schools, in line with Benedict's Law.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps being taken to ensure that children under the age of 16 who are unable to access an NHS dentist can continue to receive free dental care.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on any measures being considered to improve the availability and frequency of evening and late night bus services, from Foyle Street Bus Station to Belfast.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any steps that are being considered to ensure that passengers, aged 16 to 23, continue to have access to affordable public transport, particularly in the event that the current yLink discount is reduced, following Translink’s Equality Impact Assessment and consultation…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether any consideration has been given to increasing the frequency of morning bus services from the Castledawson Park and Ride facility to Derry, in light of the growing number of students travelling to Ulster University's Magee campus.
The Minister has outlined some welcome measures that are progressing to improve road safety and reduce the risk to road users. Some of those measures have been in the pipeline for a while. I did not hear anything about the road safety concern that I hear most from constituents, and that is around e-scooters and…
Thanks to the Minister for the statement. The Minister says that veterans should not be disadvantaged by receiving compensation or recognition payments, and I agree; nobody should be. Will he explain why a worker on low income who receives an overdue backdated pay rise or a recognition payment is not only not…
To ask the Minister of Health whether any consideration will be given to the introduction of an out of hours Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service for the Western Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people presenting to Emergency Departments with suicidal ideation who left before being seen by a clinician, in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any consideration has been given to the introduction of Martha’s Rule, to ensure that when patients, families or carers believe someone’s condition is deteriorating and their concerns are not being heard, they have access to a rapid review from an independent clinical team.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the North West Transport Plan 2035, including any indicative timeframes for the completion of each of the six stages.