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 of Health to detail the number of behavioural therapists employed in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of (i) pothole reports received; (ii) temporary pothole repairs carried out; (iii) permanent pothole repairs carried out; and (iv) resurfacing requests received by her Department, in relation to the Strand Road, Derry, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Education whether the Dunluce Family Centre, Ballymagroarty, Derry, will receive support from the Pathway Fund in the 2025-26 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether staff in the Western Division are getting overtime or additional hours to carry out pothole repair works outside of peak traffic times.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of damp and mould reports made to Housing Executive by residents at Westway, Derry, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the areas impacted by the various phases of the Housing Executive's Creggan Heights Multi-Elemental Improvement project; (ii) the number of properties impacted; (iii) the estimated time frame for completion of this project; and (iv) any impact this project will have on…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any support services in place for individuals struggling with heroin addiction in each Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to estimate how much of the current £800 million funding shortfall, identified by NI Water during the current price control period, will be addressed by her Department’s three pronged approach to the issue.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in view of the funding recommendations made by the Utility Regulator under the price control process, to detail (i) how many years NI Water has received the level of funding recommended since it was established; and (ii) the difference between the total amount of funding NI…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the estimated funding required to bring Northern Ireland’s wastewater infrastructure up to the required standard that will protect the environment and support economic development.
We on the Opposition Benches will vote for the Child Support Enforcement Bill to pass today. The Bill retains parity with the rest of the UK, which passed its Bill in July 2023. We have previously made and, I am sure, will again make a principled argument against parity because we recognise the invidious position that…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any steps her Department is taking to stem the overspend on major capital projects; and (ii) any engagement she has had with Executive colleagues in relation to the delivery of an infrastructure commission.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for her assessment of the accuracy of existing flood maps; and (ii) to detail when flood maps were last updated, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the total number of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs); and (ii) the number of Fixed Penalty Notices issued to unlicensed HMOs in each of the last three years, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the total estimated cost savings resulting from the 2015 local government reform, which reduced the number of councils from 26 to 11.
I thank the Member for giving way. I agree entirely with her outlook on the timescale and the backdating, if you like, of the certificates. She referred to the fact that, in England, there is no limit. She will, I am sure, be aware that, at the outset, there was a limit. However, they soon saw the error of their ways,…
I thank the Minister for his answer. The Minister has given his view that that is a sensible way forward from the Infrastructure Minister, and I do not disagree, but is he aware of any other arm's-length bodies that have incurred similar overspends such that Departments have taken similar action in employing a…
We all desire the flourishing of our young people; however, you will not see many, if any, reports that say much that is good about putting children under such pressure at such a young age. Previous Ministers essentially privatised the process. Will the Minister acknowledge the role that private tuition now plays, to…
On behalf of the SDLP, I support the Bill on an issue about which I am passionate, and on which I have been persistent. We thank the Minister for bringing forward the Bill. I also give recognition to the former Minister of Finance who laid much of the groundwork for it. Reform of the processes through which we manage…
Why did the Minister neglect to mention the £15·7 million DFI easement, which was raised by the Chair of the Committee, but present the reallocation of £7·7 million of that money back to DFI as a new capital allocation? The Minister laments the lack of an alternative Budget, but it is fair to say that we are seeing…