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, pursuant to AQW 15721/22-27, to detail the date on which he offered to meet with the Construction Employers Federation.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of successful applications to the Affordable Warmth Scheme still awaiting completion; and (ii) whether there are plans to increase funding for the scheme to ensure that all awarded applications can be fulfilled.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of successful applications to the Affordable Warmth Scheme in each of the last five years, broken down by local council area.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 15799/22-27, to detail (i) the number of women that have reached the age threshold of eligibility for IVF treatment due to delays in accessing fertility services in the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) the steps his Department is…
To ask the Minister of Education (i) to detail any engagement he has had with the Minister for Communities in relation to holiday hunger; and (ii) whether he has given further consideration to the establishment of a School Holiday Food Grant ahead of the Christmas period.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any consideration he has given to the establishment of an independent environmental protection agency for Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of Pension Credit applications received by his Department in each of the last 12 months; and (ii) how many of these have been successful.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 14758/22-27, (i) whether he has outlined the next steps of the Anti-Poverty Strategy development to Executive colleagues; and (ii) for an indicative time frame for the implementation of the strategy.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQW 14594/22-27, when insights of the community workshops in relation to Ebrington will be shared.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the total funding allocation provided by his Department to the City of Derry Airport in each of the last five years; and (ii) whether he intends to allocate any additional funding to the airport in the 2024-25 financial year.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for his assessment of the issues at Creggan Reservoir and the impact on Glenowen Fisheries; and (ii) to detail any action his Department is taking to help resolve them.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the review of the Housing Selection Scheme, specifically the allocation of intimidation points for victims of domestic and gender-based violence.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 14667/22-27, to detail the amount of (i) Belfast Council costs for Block Booking Non-Standard; (ii) Block Booked Singled Lets; (iii) Miscellaneous; and (iv) Centralised Costs, has been spent in the Derry and Strabane area in the 2023-24 financial year.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of patients waiting to access occupational therapy services; and (ii) the average waiting times in the last 12 months, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 10045/22-27, to detail any engagement he has had with Executive colleagues in relation to securing a sustainable solution to the ongoing problem of illegally erected flags and emblems.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 12488/22-27, (i) when his Department last conducted an assessment of the (a) Westway; and (b) Beechwood areas for road and footpath defects; and (ii) whether safety features, including pedestrian crossings and dropped kerbs, have been evaluated to ensure the…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any engagement he has had with the Minister of Health in relation to homeless individuals seeking refuge at hospital emergency departments; and (ii) any steps he is taking to address this issue to support the homeless population and ensure emergency departments are…
I thank the Minister for that refreshingly positive statement. How confident is he that we can fill all the posts, given that, according to the latest answer that we have received, there are nearly 700 vacancies in the Department for Communities? Have lessons been learned from a recent recruitment process that saw…
The Minister will be aware that water infrastructure in Derry is a key challenge facing the expansion of Magee, as referenced in the report by Stephen Kelly and the Magee task force. Has it been raised specifically in the Minister's conversations with his counterpart in the Department for Infrastructure?
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for an update on the provision of Palforzia in Northern Ireland; and (ii) to detail a timeline for its availability to patients.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether Translink will facilitate football supporters travelling from Derry to Dublin for the FAI Cup Final on 10 November 2024 with the provision of special rail and bus services.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 14851/22-27, for an update on his Department's assessment of the impact of the changes to the Winter Fuel Payment on pensioners.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 779/22-27, for an update on efforts to provide a one-off hardship payment to those in receipt of state pension who will miss out on the Winter Fuel Payment this winter.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) for an update on the changes to eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment, including the qualifying benefits; and (ii) when eligible claimants should expect their payment.