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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.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any analysis that has been carried out into food from animals that have been fed the Bovaer additive.
Gabhaim buíochas le mo chara. First, I want to pay tribute to the Education Service staff who do that with such professionalism and are so engaged with Members and their staff as well as with the pupils and teachers. It is really beneficial. Are further, more-strategic, cross-border activities with schools anticipated?
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. The Minister mentioned that she had written to Ministers. What response did you receive, or has a response been received yet?
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht an Bille a thabhairt os ár gcomhair. The SDLP welcomes the Second Stage of the Bill. I look forward to examining the Bill and its implications more closely during the Committee Stage, should it pass its Second Stage; hopefully, it will. However, it is somewhat disappointing that…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 18567/22-27, to detail the number of occasions that the (i) ozone demand was not met; and (ii) ozone was overdosed at the Moyola Water Treatment Works in each of the last three years.
Minister, I will follow on from the theme that we were exploring. How will you work with Minister Lyons and his officials to develop any new energy efficiency scheme, and how should any scheme designed as part of those efforts benefit everyone or as many people as possible, including those in the private rented sector?
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht a ráitis. Minister, on Monday 12 May 1997, Seán Brown was abducted and murdered by loyalist paramilitaries. Have you made any representations to the British Government on the legacy legislation, which is denying so many people, including the Brown family, access to justice?
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether his Executive colleagues have made him aware of any capital budget commitments which will be impacted by issues with the water and wastewater infrastructure.
I thank the Minister. I am not singling out his Department, because those of us who live in and represent rural areas are saying that many of our services are being stripped, whether it is health with GP services and, particularly, domiciliary care; infrastructure investment in housing or roads; or, indeed, the…
Previously, it was said that the business plan would be revised now that the outcome of the internal relocation exercise is known. Will the deputy First Minister provide us with an update on that work, please?
I welcome the opportunity to highlight the need to support and safeguard the future viability of sheep farming in the North. Sheep farming is an integral and important part of our agricultural economy, and it contributes around 4% of total agricultural output. In 2023, the sheep industry contributed £109 million to…
Mr McGlone asked the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Rural Needs Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the steps his Department will take to prevent future flooding on Kings Row, Coalisland; and (ii) any compensation that will be made available to residents who had recent flood damage to their property.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any action taken to assess increased water flow to the River Moyola as a result of major road schemes in the area.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any consideration that has been given to establishing a cross-departmental body to co-ordinate action on the governance of Lough Neagh.
To ask the Assembly Commission whether it plans to extend or enhance the work of the Education Service to encourage more participation by young people in democracy education.
To ask the Minister of Finance what engagement she has had with the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in relation to providing ring-fenced funding for farm subsidies, following the UK’s Autumn Budget 2024.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any rural needs assessment or rural proofing that was carried out on the draft Programme for Government 2024-2027 before it was agreed by the Executive.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether the Northern Ireland Environment Agency 2023 investigation into the high level of consumer contacts on the taste and odour of the mains water supply and contraventions of the taste and odour parameters in the final water from Moyola Wastewater…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the outcomes of the Drinking Water Inspectorate’s audits of (i) the controls in place to manage the blue-green algae risk in October 2023; and (ii) the Moyola Wastewater Treatment Works in January 2024.