All of Mr Maurice Bradley’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in relation to the current border closures due to the bluetongue outbreak, to detail why vaccinated livestock is prohibited from being moved to Scotland and England.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail how they will ensure that regional campuses, such as Ulster University, Coleraine, are adequately considered within the multi-year budget process, to support balanced economic growth across Northern Ireland.
I thank the First Minister for her answer. Does a Minister who undermines public health messaging in the middle of a pandemic meet the standards of accountability and leadership that the public are entitled to expect. If so, how?
Mr Bradley asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether, in light of the recent findings of the COVID-19 inquiry, the First Minister will now take the opportunity to apologise to the House for undermining public health messaging at that time.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail how private hairdressers who already provide wig or hair services to cancer patients can be added to the NHS list of providers.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of schools taking part in the Reading with AI Research Project led by Oxford Brookes University, using Amira Learning, to improve reading in schools; and (ii) whether the results of the research will be used by his Department to inform future practice.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether her Department has given any consideration to a (i) reduced speed limit; and (ii) school crossing warning sign, outside the new Mill Strand Integrated School and Nursery site at Ballywillan Road, Portrush.
I will find something. Apologies, folks. I will start with the PSNI's response to an FOI request in 2019, which showed an upward trend in the offences of buying, possessing or using fireworks without a licence. In 2019-2020, there were over 1,400 incidents of antisocial behaviour involving fireworks, on top of a…
I thank the Member for giving way. I want to draw on a personal experience that happened 35 years ago. I was working on a newspaper, and we always worked late. I got home late one Halloween night — too late for the dog — and I was met by a terrified golden retriever that was shaking like a leaf. It had gouged big claw…
In considering the motion and the amendment, we can agree that the cost-of-living crisis is still real for workers and families across Northern Ireland. Inflation may have fallen from its peak, but, at 3·8%, it remains higher than the EU average and is almost double the target set by the Bank of England. Families do…
I thank the Minister for her answer. What specific targets has she put in place to ensure that people from the most deprived communities benefit from higher-value jobs? Will she commit to publishing area-based data on those programmes?
Mr Bradley asked the Minister for the Economy, in light of the ongoing cost-of-living pressures and persistent skills gaps across key sectors, what immediate action she is taking to attract higher-value jobs to disadvantaged and deprived areas and to ensure that people from low-income households can access employment…
Mr Bradley asked the Minister for Communities for an update on the community infrastructure fund and whether there is any scope for it to receive additional funding from any other Department.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Impact of the Ongoing Increase in the Cost of Living”
Impact of the Ongoing Increase in the Cost of Living - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘with regards to’ and insert: ‘the challenges it faces, including a lack of clarity over the delivery of the Local Growth Fund in Northern Ireland; welcomes the draft Anti-Poverty Strategy 2025-2035 published by the Minister for…
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will consider removing the Causeway Hospital from the Northern Health and Social Care Trust and aligning it with the Western Health and Social Care Trust to help improve healthcare for residents in the north east and north west of Northern Ireland.