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.
I thank the Minister. We support the progress of all the projects. As many have stated, the thing has been shambolic. I want to address a point made by another Member who said that there was no hierarchy of need. Actually, there is: the deficits that the city deals were set up to address exist nowhere more acutely…
The problems with our water and waste water systems are manifold and multifaceted. They are harmful to the environment, they are, potentially — I am grateful to hear on this occasion that they are not — harmful to health and detrimental to development. Subsequent to Mr Tennyson's question about the Minister's proposed…
I welcome the work that has been done over the weekend to get the deal back on track. I know that my party colleague Colum Eastwood was especially active on that over the weekend. The Minister told us in her statement that she became aware of the proposed pause in funding on Wednesday. She and the First Minister…
I thank the Minister for his answer. It seems that the Minister, once again, is the last to know. Just before Question Time, we heard in the Finance Minister's statement that her officials learned on Wednesday that the British Government were to pause their funding commitments. Does he not think it odd that, as…
I will follow up Ms Armstrong's question and the Minister's answer encouraging the Housing Executive to target with its affordable warmth scheme pensioners impacted by the loss of the payment. Will the Minister outline how he expects the Housing Executive to do that when the budget for the affordable warmth scheme has…
I thank the First Minister for her statement. I also put on record my sympathy to the families of the ladies lost to violence and my solidarity with those who suffer the scourge of violence day and night. We have heard that prevention, education and early intervention are crucial. Effective punishment also plays a…
To ask the Minister for Communities, in light of the draft Programme for Government, to detail his Department's plans for a programme of reform in the Private Rented Sector.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, in,light of the commitment in the draft Programme for Government 2024-2027, to detail the support he will provide City of Derry Airport to develop new routes.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the spend per capita on public transport in each of the last three years, broken down by local council area.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of units of temporary accommodation in use on 1 September were in rural areas; and (ii) the percentage this equates to of the total temporary accommodation stock.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of new social housing units built in rural areas in each of the last five years; and (ii) the percentage of the Social Housing Development Programme this constituted.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of children that were living in temporary accommodation on (i) 1 January; and (ii) 1 September, in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age; (b) sex; (c) Assembly constituency; and (d) local council area.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the findings from the independent review into the Department’s approach to the Peacemakers Museum, Foyle.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on (i) efforts to secure a dedicated paediatric pathology service for Northern Ireland; and (ii) the exploration of cross-border collaboration on this matter.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the total underspend returned to Treasury by the Northern Ireland Road Safety Partnership in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities when the Centre for Homelessness Impact’s report on Value for Money in respect of temporary accommodation will be published.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 10879/22-27, and in relation to the exercise that was conducted in November 2023, to provide clarity on (i) what this process entailed; (ii) how many non-standard properties were involved, broken down by council area; and (iii) when a repeat exercise will take place.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether she will address gaps in Section 44 of the The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, to ensure same-sex couples who conceive through IVF treatment conducted outside of the UK can both be legally recognised as their child's parents.