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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 qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether his Department will ring-fence funding for the Areas with Natural Constraints (Payments) Bill (NIA Bill 24/22-27).
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any reasons why the NI Environment Agency has withdrawn their advice on pollutant discharge levels to the Dalradian Goldmine Public Local Inquiry.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of community sentences that were breached, in each of the last two years; (ii) how they were breached; and (ii) what the outcome of the breach was.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any assessment her Department has made of productivity in the construction industry, including any steps she is taking to improve it.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any assessment her Department has made of employers use of Artificial Intelligence in recruitment on the employment prospects of women and older workers.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any steps she is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses to make greater use of Artificial Intelligence to develop new products and services.
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. We seem to be conflating Members' statements with points of order. I would appreciate it if Members restrained themselves and moderated this place, because the outside world is listening and watching.
I thank the Minister. Minister, will you outline the number of new-build social homes that were projected to be viable under the previous housing association grant rates compared with how many are projected to be viable under revised rates?
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any steps he is taking to improve support for students with special educational needs and disabilities and their families when transitioning to (i) post-primary and; (ii) post-16 education.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any steps she is taking to ensure that the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence in the workplace does not reduce opportunities for young people in gaining early career experience.
Minister, I have done a quick calculation on the support package for eel fishermen and the hauliers, and, give or take £100, it averages out at around £2,800 per annum. Will that, too, be liable for income tax?
Thank you for that, Minister. Will you elaborate on what additional resources and policing that £5 million could have gone towards in your Department, where there are already cutbacks, rather than being diverted to deal with the implications of the Orange Order's attempted parade down the Garvaghy Road?
Chuir mé aithne ar Phól anseo sa Thionól. Dar ndóigh, is iomaí comhrá a bhí againn tríd an Tionól. In amanna, níor aontaigh muid le chéile, ach sin an pholaitíocht agat. Gach aon chomhrá a bhí againn le chéile, bhí sé measúil, cairdiúil, caithfidh mé a rá. Ag an phointe seo, bás tobann a fuair sé, agus is dócha go…
Mr McGlone asked the Minister of Justice to elaborate on the costs associated with policing the attempt by the Orange Order to resume parading down the Garvaghy Road and to clarify whether the details that she has already provided include costs for the 200 police officers who were brought in to support the occasion.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any recent assessment that has been made of the potential merits of the use of Artificial Intelligence technology to improve efficiency in the criminal justice system.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any steps he is taking to support museums in recording, cataloguing and preserving collections and community narratives.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assessment his Department has made of whether the current Personal Independence Payment assessment process adequately reflects the needs and circumstances of claimants with (i) autism; and (ii) learning disabilities.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any recent assessment made of the adequacy of support available to people with (i) multiple sclerosis; and (ii) other progressive neurological conditions.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail when the eligible Lough Neagh eel fishers will receive an initial payment from the Lough Neagh Eel Fishery Transition Scheme.