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Mr Patsy McGlone: Assembly records
All of Mr Patsy McGlone’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Minister, on the issue of the drive towards a cashless society, can you advise whether your Department, perhaps in conjunction with the Treasury, has done any evaluation of how vulnerable that leaves people in the event of a crash in either the banking system or the electrical supply, as happened in Spain fairly…
Minister, a very strong theme has been reverberating throughout the Chamber. Will you outline the direct engagement that you will have with small rural schools and their communities before those schools are assessed against any agreed criteria, and will you guarantee that rural schools will not simply be the first…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail all payments made to date (i) for works carried out; (ii) as a loan or easements; (iii) for compensation; and (iv) for any other payments, under the NI Water Electrical Inspection, Testing Repair Contract, C1247, since 27 May 2025.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) any safeguards his Department has in place to protect whistleblowers; and (ii) who implements and oversees those safeguards.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any safeguards her Department has in place to safeguard whistleblowers; and (ii) who implements and oversees those safeguards.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline her Department's long-term plan for road maintenance that focuses on pothole prevention rather than temporary short-term fixes for filling potholes.
Thank you, Minister. I will just pick up on that area that you were taking us into of cross-departmental collaboration. Can you specify how resources among Departments and, indeed, external agencies are being coordinated to ensure that homeless people, particularly those who are vulnerable due to mental health needs,…
We have AI, artificial general intelligence (AGI) and the potential for artificial superintelligence (ASI). The potential that can arise from all that is developing at a very fast rate. Therefore, what specialist expert opinion has the Department engaged to make sure that Departments keep pace with or, at least, try…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any support that will be provided to the farming community affected by the exceptional wet weather conditions.
I thank the Minister for giving way. Minister, the point that I made about access to services is that, important though the thrombectomy services are, the rurality of major sections of Northern Ireland is such that access to the ambulance services to transport people to the thrombectomy provision is vital to their…
I welcome the members of Stroke Association and NI Chest Heart and Stroke who are in the Public Gallery, particularly Clodagh Dunlop, who has been a true champion of and advocate for thrombectomy services. We need those services 24/7. As is the case in so many other areas, the other part of that equation is getting…
Minister, will you clarify which of the proposed measures you intend to prioritise, what budget has been allocated to that work and how progress will be measured so that survivors can see that change is happening?
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as an fhreagra sin. As we know, the dispute has been going on for 14 months without resolution, and we know and accept the difficulties that it is causing for victims. I want to tease something out: has mediation been brought to a close? Is that option not there?
Mr McGlone asked the Minister of Justice, given that, at the recent Nexus NI conference, she talked about the need for long-term cultural change around sexual abuse, what specific initiatives will she introduce this year to strengthen prevention and ensure that there is survivor-centred practice across the justice…
Minister, I am sure that you will recall previous commitments, including from the First Minister, to introduce school bus safety legislation. Why has that not been included in this year's Executive legislation programme? Can you give us assurances that, in fact, it will be implemented within the mandate?
Minister, picking up on what Mr McGuigan said, we understand that the cost of such screening is a mere £5 per child. Do you agree that £5 per child is not much to spend to ensure that the number impacted each year —? We could give people the best start in life, and prevention and early detection could save the health…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of potholes or surface defects that have been repaired, in each of the last four years, broken down by constituency or local council area.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the total number of reported potholes or surface defects, in each of the last four years, broken down by constituency or local council area.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any discussions he has had with Executive colleagues in relation to cross-departmental collaboration to prevent and end homelessness.
Go raibh maith agat, a Aire. More staff than five years ago, more expensive than five years ago and poorer delivery than five years ago: that is the Northern Ireland Audit Office's damning verdict on our Civil Service's value for money. Can the Minister explain why three quarters of the reform recommendations that the…