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 14592/22-27, to detail (i) the timeline for when final decisions on funding for homelessness services will be made; and (ii) how the Department plans to ensure that vital services are protected given potential budget constraints.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 15128/22-27, whether he will consider (i) a ban on no-fault evictions; and (ii) tighter rent controls, including the restriction of rent increases to once in a 12-month period, as part of phase 2 of this programme of reforms.
I thank the Minister for his answer, and I welcome the progress on his environmental improvement plan. On how many occasions, if any, has Northern Ireland Water has been prosecuted or fined for the discharge of untreated sewage into the River Foyle, or into any watercourse for that matter?
I thank the Minister for his statement. A section titled "Patient Travel", setting out supports available for the public, is included in the draft framework. The Minister's predecessor had committed to a review of the hospital travel costs scheme, a review that, in the absence of Ministers, seems to have ended up on a…
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as a ráiteas. We very much welcome the statement and the direction of travel outlined in it, particularly the setting of targets for Invest NI to promote regional balance. That is something that my party and people in my city have called for over many years. Something that is not…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure why primary legislation is necessary to grant his Department the authority to conduct planning validation checks, whereby it is not necessary for local councils.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of people on a waiting list for adaptations to their homes under the Disabled Facilities Grant; and (ii) the length of time they have been waiting, broken down by council area, for each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) for an update on the Review of the Disabled Facilities Grant Scheme; and (ii) to detail any engagement he has had with the Minister of Health around access to Occupational Therapists as part of this process.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 15459/22-27, for a timeline for when this strategy will be presented to the Executive for approval.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 15233/22-27, whether he will consider a moratorium on, rather than an end to, the Housing Executive's Right to Buy Scheme.
I beg to move Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I start by putting on record my thanks and the SDLP's thanks for those community and voluntary sector services that provide vital support to all areas in our society, and many of the people from those sectors were present today in the Long Gallery. I particularly pay tribute…
Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank everyone for their contribution to the debate. I am sure that there is not one person here who has not been affected by poor mental health in some way or other or even by the scourge of suicide. I am sure that most of us struggle with stuff ourselves, and I…
It seems as though this is another of these issues: it a commercial operation until there is something positive to announce, and, when there is not, it goes back to being a commercial one. Given the Minister's stated commitment to electric vehicle improvements, will he explain why, 25 months after he announced £1·3…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he will give further consideration to extending the 50 per cent discount period for a Penalty Charge Notice to help alleviate the financial burden facing individuals from low-income households.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the number of Penalty Charge Notices issued in each of the last three years, broken down by local council area; and (ii) the number of these notices paid within 14 days.
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the provision of a Better Start Larger Families Payment, as recommended by the Welfare Mitigations Review's Independent Advisory Panel.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 15026/22-27, to detail the number of children living in temporary accommodation on 1 January and 1 September in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) age; (ii) gender; (iii) Assembly constituency; and (iv) local council area.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of children and young people that have been referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the last 12 months; and (ii) the proportion of these referrals that received treatment within the target waiting time, broken down by Health and Social Care…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of children admitted to hospital due to mental health crises in the last three years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he has considered introducing free school meal provision for children in primary one through to primary five, similar to the Scottish model.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the Department for Infrastructure-related concerns that are delaying the discharge of planning conditions for the Arbour Housing site at Buncrana Road, Derry.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of applicants that presented to the Housing Executive as homeless, citing loss of private rented accommodation, in the last three years, broken down by local council area.