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 to detail any engagement he has had with the Minister of Health during this mandate in relation to improved access to supported living accommodation for vulnerable adults with disabilities.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department has conducted any research into discrimination in the private rented sector and refusals of tenancies for prospective tenants in receipt of housing benefits.
I thank the Member for giving way. Does the Member find it strange, if not a tad hypocritical, that Executive parties here criticise the programme for government of the new Government of Ireland when, a year since getting this place back together and over 1,000 days since the last Assembly election, we have not seen a…
I beg to move I propose the motion and acknowledge the increasing difficulties facing first-time buyers, making what was once a common rite of passage for many an impossible dream for more. For generations before us, homeownership was seen as the foundation of security and the springboard to stable lives and a sense…
I thank the Minister for her commitment to carrying out a review of that horrific case and the horrendous handling of it. Will the Minister commit that the review will also engage with those most hurt by the case, be they relatives of the victim or others who suffered from the fallout?
I thank the deputy First Minister for her answer. At a time when the overdue development of Ebrington is finally making tangible progress and we have more people using the site as a place of employment and leisure, there are concerns in my constituency that the decision will reduce safety for users. Those concerns…
I have been to Lisneal College and have seen people playing football on the pitch that the EA statement says has not been used since 2019. I welcome the investment, but rather than fire barbs across the Chamber, surely the Minister can understand the queries, questions and concerns from schools that have leaking roofs…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps being taken to (i) re-band porter staff pay scales in the Western Health and Social Care Trust to Band 3 in light of their increased responsibilities; and (ii) address staff shortages within this service.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether the street lighting columns at Greenhaw Road and Shantallow Avenue, Derry, can be retained as part of the current upgrade works in the area, in keeping with commitments to uphold community safety.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the provisions in place to support prospective social tenants who have limited capacity to sign a tenancy agreement.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the total number of patients awaiting cataract surgery; and (ii) the average waiting times, in the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether she has received an update from the Registrar General in relation to the examination of changes to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, to address problems facing couples who receive IVF treatment outside the UK.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the immediate steps that will be taken to deliver essential capital works at St Joseph’s Boys’ School, Derry, including urgent upgrades to toilet facilities.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will work with the Education Authority to establish a consistent, region-specific approach for schools in response to weather warnings.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps he is taking to provide sufficient funding for the Supporting People Programme, in light of inflation and the cost of the employers' National Insurance increase.
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 the cost of unoccupied (i) land; and (ii) buildings owned by his Department in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the cost of unoccupied (i) land; and (ii) buildings owned by his Department in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the cost of unoccupied (i) land; and (ii) buildings owned by his Department in each of the last three years.