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Mr Nick Mathison: Assembly records
All of Mr Nick Mathison’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Health how his Department promotes the Spring Social Prescribing Project to GP’s and other health professionals to encourage referrals.
To ask the Minister of Finance how he will ensure that the Disability Employment sector is recognised as a priority for Shared Prosperity Funds, in the absence of European Social Funds.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on the funding for the SPRING Social Prescribing project for 2023 onwards.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on his Department’s efforts to secure funding for a pilot for dedicated social work services in a psychiatric hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health for an update on his Department’s work to implement a flexible drugs and alcohol service as part of the Year 3 Action Plan, within the Interdepartmental Homelessness Action Plan.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether she will undertake a benchmarking exercise for pay and working conditions across the homelessness sector, compared against those in other regions.
To ask the Minister for Communities what engagement she has had with the Minister of Health with regards to appropriate mental health support for staff working within the homelessness sector.
To ask the Minister for Communities what support is her Department providing to the homelessness sector in Northern Ireland with regards to the rising cost of living.
To ask the Minister of Health to provide an update on the implementation of Preventing Harm, Empowering Recovery: A Strategic Framework to Tackle the Harm from Substance Use 2021-31.
To ask the Minister for Communities what measures she has taken to ensure that a Housing Strategy, which includes homelessness, is a priority for a future Programme for Government.
To ask the Minister for Communities to provide an update on the implementation of the five further homelessness initiatives across Northern Ireland, as outlined in the Interdepartmental Homelessness Action Plan - Year 3 Action Plan.
To ask the Minister for Communities to (i) provide an update on the evaluation of the Condition Management Programme; and (ii) detail what consideration has been giving to rolling this programme out to Housing Associations.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail what representations she will be making to the UK Government, along with her Scottish and Welsh counterparts, in relation to the loss of European Social Fund funding from April 2023 and of the need for the Shared Prosperity Fund to be increased and delivered locally.
School Uniforms That this Assembly recognises that the cost of living crisis is having a devastating impact on many families and individuals across Northern Ireland and that the cost of school uniforms places a substantial additional financial burden on many households; notes with concern the findings from the Irish…
To ask the Minister of Education how her Department will measure the success of financial assistance that is given to developing new professional qualifications for school leadership as part of Fair Start.
To ask the Minister of Education how her Department will ensure that any voluntary sector partners that are recruited as part of the implementation of Fair Start recommendations will be resourced adequately.
To ask the Minister of Education, in relation to the additional action identified in the June 2022 Fair Start Report, what proposals are being considered for children with additional needs outside the Belfast area.
To ask the Minister of Education what long-term measures her Department is undertaking to increase the supply of special educational needs trained teaching staff.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the actions within the A Fair Start Progress Report from June 2022 which currently have a red classification.