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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.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of Rural Needs Impact Assessments (RNIAs) under the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, carried out by his Department and its arm's-length bodies, of policies, strategies, and services affecting rural communities; and (ii) a breakdown of (a) the number of;…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of Rural Needs Impact Assessments (RNIAs) under the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, carried out by his Department and its arm's-length bodies, of policies, strategies, and services affecting rural communities; and (ii)…
To ask the Minister of Health, given that the most recent official statistics data currently available from the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry is from 2022, to detail how the Public Health Agency (i) investigate; and (ii) respond to, reports of more recent incidences of geographically concentrated rises in childhood…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the rationale as to why the most recent official statistics data available from the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (NICR) is from 2022; and (ii) any steps that can be taken to reduce the time taken on NICR official outputs.
To ask the Minister of Education, in relation to letters issued by the Education Authority to private taxi operators for school pupils' home to school transport service, stating that contracts would be terminated and re-tendered unless operators agree to reduce their invoiced rates by 10 per cent, for his assessment…
The SDLP welcomes the motion and the opportunity to discuss the growing threat of scams and how the Executive can improve public protection and support for victims right across the North. In 2024, the PSNI received more than 5,200 reports of fraud, with a loss of around £19 million. The National Cyber Security Centre…
I beg to move Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The SDLP has tabled the motion in recognition of the widespread public support for the introduction of Caoimhe's law; in fact, Caoimhe's parents, Marie and Noel, are with us today in the Public Gallery, along with other people and relations who have faced…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any engagement her Department has had with the PSNI, over the last five years, in respect of adding calibres to the banded system to make the firearms licensing system more efficient, by reducing the administrative burden on the PSNI's Firearms and Explosives Branch.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any measures that have been put in place at the Children’s Haematology and Oncology Unit in the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, given the extra pressures of flu with two fewer beds on the ward.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of (i) banded system transactions, air-rifles and rifles; (ii) variations, same type and calibre, for both air-rifles and rifles; and (iii) one off one on applications excluding banded system, that the PSNI's Firearms and Explosives Branch has processed, for each…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the processing targets for firearms certificate applications that have been set at senior management level within the PSNI's Firearms and Explosives Branch, given the 2018 NI Audit Office's Firearms Licensing in Northern Ireland report stated that the 56 day target can be…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the limit of authority that processors have, at the PSNI's Firearms and Explosives Branch, to make decisions on individual applications.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any backlog for firearms applications at the PSNI Firearms and Explosives Branch (i) at the start of 2025; and (ii) currently.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of anaerobic digestion facilities (i) that are currently operating (ii) that currently hold a Waste Management Licence issued by the NI Environment Agency; and (iii) currently operating that are licensed to treat animal by-products.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 34976/22-27, to detail (i) at what level the purchase order was (a) written; and (b) authorised, for the payment of £108,786.78; (ii) the date this payment or payments were made; (iii) whether the payment was approved at Board level; and (iv) how much of this…
Can the Commission confirm whether a full accessibility audit has been completed and whether its findings will be published to ensure transparency on progress?
Thank you very much for that, Minister. You will appreciate that a number of people who fish on the lough have been out of pocket for some while now. I appreciate the efforts that have been put in by the Department, but will you indicate when payments will be made to those eligible under the scheme, please?
A recent study by the UK bodies the Constitution Society and the Federal Trust indicated that the widely held opinion before the referendum that Brexit's economic impact would be negative and large has been borne out. The UK's GDP has reduced by about 4% compared with a Remain scenario, trade has reduced by about 15%…
I thank the Member for giving way. Does he agree that, but for that all-island economic approach to agri-food, the North would be a less successful place in terms of its productivity?
Thank you, Minister, for the swift action by your Department and officials. You said that all animal movements to GB are suspended while immediate discussions are held between officials to agree the requirement for movements. If animals outside the control zone have already been vaccinated, does that make any…
Thank you very much, Minister. I heard a number of caveats there. Can you guarantee that the uplift, as you referred to it, will be to the satisfaction of the PSNI officers who are waiting for it?