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 Communities whether he will consider establishing a right for all social housing tenants to request permission to keep a pet and ensuring that such requests cannot be unreasonably refused.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 23148/22-27, to detail (i) the four schemes in the planned major improvement programme; and (ii) the projected costs for each.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the cost of unoccupied (i) land; and (ii) buildings owned by their Department in each of the last three years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any steps his Department has taken to ensure the NIEA can regulate and monitor pollution incidents caused by NI Water.
Ketamine can no longer be dismissed as just a party drug: it is a serious public health risk. We have already heard about its severe health impacts and its role in spiking incidents. Access to the drug, along with others such as pregabalin, is often just a click or a direct message (DM) away. Both are frequently and…
I go back to the original question on rates debt. That is on top of £65 million of rates arrears that have been written off in the past year. Yesterday, Executive parties voted for an above-inflation increase in rates. Are we robbing Peter because Paul, for whatever reason, has not been able to pay?
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht a ráitis. We learned from the statement that the Council welcomed the publication of the all-island strategic rail review, which was published almost nine months ago. Was there no further discussion about the funding for and implementation of the review's recommendations? While…
I admire the Minister's ambition to ensure that all learners remain in education, apprenticeship or training until the age of 18. Does he have any plans to review the education maintenance allowance (EMA) eligibility criteria or the rate paid, which has not changed for 20 years, to ensure that education remains…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for an update on steps to improve access to NHS dental services; and (ii) for his assessment of the impact this is having on oral health outcomes.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the number of drug-related deaths in Northern Ireland, including the reliability and accuracy of recorded figures.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) whether his Department collaborates with other agencies, such as law enforcement and social services, to gather comprehensive data on drug-related deaths; and (ii) any steps being taken to improve information sharing between agencies to identify trends and risk factors.
I thank the Minister for coming to the Chamber and stepping in for his colleague. Minister Givan has been quick to point the finger of blame squarely at Sinn Féin for its collapse of the Assembly and this delay. Does he accept the role that his party's subsequent two-year collapse of the institutions has played in the…
Minister, you mentioned the autism reviewer. Her appointment is also progress, and she seems to have hit the ground running. Will you give us some detail on the support, resourcing and engagement provided to the reviewer by the Department of Health, and state whether it is adequate?
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 22946/22-27, to detail the total number of patients under the age of 18 on the waiting list for a mental health bed in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any measures being taken to improve the recording of suicide and drug-related deaths in Northern Ireland, including efforts to examine cases where both issues intersect, ensuring that data is accurately captured for more effective policy planning and the development of support…
To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 23147/22-27, whether he is aware of any efforts to make home insurance data available at the postcode level to enable a more accurate assessment of the situation.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any engagement he has had with Executive colleagues in relation to the potential adverse effect of the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions on special educational needs and disabilities transport provision, given the significant impact these changes could…
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the factors contributing to the 127 per cent increase in the number of households on the social housing waiting list over the last decade.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any steps his Department is taking to ensure all wastewater treatment plants are using electronic data monitors.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs when the Northern Ireland Environment Agency’s Waste Water Reform Programme will be implemented.