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 she will take steps to extend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to cover housing associations that provide social housing.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the steps his Department will take to improve safety at the Coshquin estate and Buncrana Road junction, Derry.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the steps he has taken to seek approval from Treasury to give the Housing Executive greater ability to borrow and invest in housing stock.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the total number of Housing Executive properties sold via the Right to Buy Scheme; (ii) the total revenue generated through these sales; and (iii) the amount of this revenue that was reinvested in Housing Executive housing stock, in each of the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline his engagement with NI Water and the Minister for Infrastructure regarding the discharge of one million tonnes of untreated sewage into the River Foyle.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) when Agenda for Change staff will receive a pay rise for 2024-25; and (ii) whether his Department will consider a reduction of the working week in the health service to 36 hours.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the working targets for bodies of water in the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017; and (ii) when the latest River Basin Management Plan will be published.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any plans he has to address the shortage of affordable student accommodation, particularly in the Foyle constituency.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether he is aware of any social housing developments that have been delayed by ongoing issues with NI Water infrastructure in the Derry and Strabane area.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any discussions he has had with (i) NI Water; (ii) the Minister for Communities; and (iii) other stakeholders in relation to the impact water infrastructure issues is having on housing development.
I thank the Minister for his answer. Is work under way to avoid a repeat next year of the situation, which has caused huge stress — trauma, even — for some of the most vulnerable members of our society? Those children do not just fall out of the sky in May or August. Year after year, the problem becomes even more…
We also support the motion and the amendment. Years of inaction, underinvestment and political paralysis have pushed our health service into a state of emergency. For five of the past seven years, we have been without a functioning Government, unable to drive or fund the transformation that our health system so…
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on his Department's intention to review (i) Help with Health Costs; and (ii) the Hospital Travel Costs Scheme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail his plans to introduce legislation to further implement the Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015, to include powers to provide financial assistance to reservoir owners and managers.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the average processing time for blue badge (a) applications; and (b) renewals; (ii) the total number of successful applications in each of the last three years; and (iii) the measures being taken to improve these times, given the impact of delays on people with…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he will reconstitute the Interim Regional Planning Commission on a permanent basis to include members who engage with the planning system on a daily basis.