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 the Economy to outline the rationale for withdrawing funding, under the Skill Up programme, for the Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) why his Department's forms, including responses to Assembly Questions, which previously included Irish and Ulster Scots alongside English now appear in English only; and (ii) whether this change applies across all forms used by the Department.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of Housing Executive-owned properties being used for the purposes of (i) sheltered housing; (ii) supported living for people with learning disabilities; and (iii) accommodation for people with mental health needs, in each constituency area for the last three…
The new start that September brings should be a month of promise, maybe not for the Assembly but for the children who are starting a new school or a new school year. For most families, it brings hope and excitement, but, for too many parents of children with special educational needs, it brings only anxiety and…
I rise with a heavy heart to pay tribute to a man whose life was defined by service, sincerity and solidarity: Tommy Gallagher. Tommy epitomised the values of the SDLP. He was not just a politician, as we have heard; he was a múinteoir a mentor and a friend to so many. In the classroom, on the GAA pitch and, later, in…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any steps she is taking to address the long-standing staff resourcing issues within her Department, given ongoing concerns from industry stakeholders and from within her Department, that staffing shortages are impacting its capacity to deliver essential works and…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the traffic calming and road safety measures for Sandbank Cottages in the Lenamore area of the Foyle constituency.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) an update on funding for the Affordable Warmth Scheme; and (ii) if it will be delivered within this financial year.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of times (i) the Central Housing Forum has met; and (ii) his Department's officials have met with the Forum, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the organisations availing of funding through the Supporting People Programme; and (ii) the number staff they employed, in each constituency area for the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of patients awaiting Ear, Nose and Throat surgery; and (ii) the average waiting time 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 Ear, Nose and Throat surgeons employed in each of the last three years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for an update on the estimated costs associated with the (a) structural modelling; and (b) installation, of the suicide prevention barriers on the Foyle Bridge; and (ii) to outline how these figures were determined.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail a breakdown of the number of transfer requests submitted to the Housing Executive by tenants citing anti-social behaviour by neighbours as a reason, in each constituency for the last three years.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Moving Beyond the Windsor Framework”
Moving Beyond the Windsor Framework - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘this Assembly’ and insert: ‘recognises the need for the continued operation of the Windsor Framework; acknowledges that specific arrangements for Northern Ireland remain vital, including to prevent a hard border and protect the all-island economy;…
To ask the Minister of Health to outline any action being taken to address the shortage in the number of psychiatrists in the Western Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Finance if his Department intends to review the Rate Relief Regulations (NI) 2017 to include benefit claimants who have been disadvantaged following the Universal Credit managed migration process.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department considered the context of the Assembly debate on the active travel amendment to the Climate Change (No.2) Bill when revising the definition of active travel spend from around two per cent for new active travel schemes to a reported five to six per cent of…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department will consider front-loading the Phase 2 works of the A6 Londonderry to Dungiven Dualling scheme at Caw rather than Maydown.
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline any steps his Department will take to support benefit claimants who have lost their Rate Relief entitlement as a result of the Universal Credit managed migration process.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the efforts being made to address the number of drug-related and drug-misuse deaths; and (ii) what engagement he has had with the Department of Education around improving awareness.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the total number of Universal Credit appeals lodged; and (ii) of these, how many were successful, broken down by constituency, in each of the of the last five years.