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 First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any steps being taken to prevent problem parking at Ebrington Square to ensure the safety of pedestrians.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail her Department's process for prioritising funding for road and footpath maintenance and resurfacing schemes, including (i) which constituency areas are given priority; and (ii) whether specific criteria is in place.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity”
Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘public services’ and insert: ‘expresses regret that the Northern Ireland Executive and the UK Government have failed the most vulnerable in our society through repeated political collapse, block grant underfunding and a failure to…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether there are any plans to ensure the Translink concession passes includes discounts on return tickets, given that it currently only applies to half-price single fares, which may limit its usefulness for regular commuters.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the (i) processes; and (ii) safeguards in place to ensure individuals with a learning disability can access social housing.
To ask the Minister of Education, further to the publication in 2022 of a Queen’s University of Belfast research paper, Is academic selection in Northern Ireland a barrier to social cohesion, to outline whether his Department will take any action to abolish academic selection.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of mental health social workers, including approved social workers, employed in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any steps being taken to ensure all government departments have stronger financial oversight of arm’-length bodies, such as NI Water and the Housing Executive, to prevent budget overruns and improve transparency in the use of public funds.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the projected total cost of the forensic investigation into NI Water's £3 million overspend; and (ii) the expected time frame for the completion and publication of its findings.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 24042/22-27, for her assessment of the impact of delays in the delivery of the Living with Water Programme.
To ask the Minister of Finance, following the announcement of £2 billion for social and affordable housing from the UK Government, to detail (i) the Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland; and (ii) whether this funding will be ring-fenced for housing.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) the total number of (a) agency staff; (b) permanent employees; and (ii) the total expenditure on the employment of (a) agency staff; (b) permanent employees, in the Northern Ireland Civil Service in the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 12079/22-27, for an update on the work of the Transitions Working Group to improve pathways for young people aged over 19 years old with special educational needs into further education or employment, including the outcome of the survey of practitioners and parents.
I thank the Alliance Party for tabling the motion. We compliment it, and I believe that our amendment complements it also. We have heard and shared our deep concerns today about the high cost of division in Northern Ireland. It is a cost that, as we have heard today and see every day, places an unsustainable burden on…
I thank the Minister for her statement. Despite the initial, sizeable allocation to Northern Ireland Water and monitoring round increments to that, the total that it has received still falls short of the amount that was identified in the price control. Minister, are you able to clarify whether the forensic…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any research conducted by his Department in relation to the link between lower literacy levels and areas of high deprivation.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the average literacy levels at the end of Key Stage 2 for (i) boys; and (ii) girls, for each of the last seven years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the total funding allocation provided to Libraries NI in each of the last ten years, broken down by constituency.