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 Education to outline what progress his Department has made regarding the provision of in-house expertise for special educational needs in Irish-medium schools.
Thank you, Minister, for the statement. A lot of areas were covered, and I seek a bit more detail on some of them. You mentioned cooperation on rural development and on sharing information and best practice. Will there be some mechanism for providing us with more detail on those, aside from today's statement, of…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Irish government in relation to collaborating on a new waiting list initiative to replace the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive.
Cén fáth nár chuir Oifig an Choiste Feidhmiúcháin iarratas caipitil atarlaithe DEL isteach i leith léas na heagraíochta teanga? Nach cinnte gur infheistíocht fhadtéarmach é?
I, of course, support of the motion, and I will qualify my response to the amendment. A free press is the cornerstone of any democratic society, and that has been repeated on multiple occasions here. It has a vital role in speaking truth to power. Journalists have not only a duty but a legal right to protect their…
Will my colleague clarify whether planning permission was approved by the council or a Department, which would have been the Department of the Environment (DOE) at the time?
With your permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I convey my sincere sympathies to the Gildernew family on the untimely and sudden loss of Fiachra. Go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam. First, Minister, I convey my heartiest congratulations on your appointment. Let us hope that it is a productive and fruitful one. Returning to…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, following the Speaker's Ruling on Assembly Questions on 12 March 2024, and pursuant to AQW 10671/22-27, to detail (i) how many Event Duration Monitors have been installed at Combined Sewer Overflows across NI Water’s wastewater network; and (ii) the percentage of the network…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, following the Speaker's Ruling on Assembly Questions on 12 March 2024, and pursuant to AQW 10670/22-27, to detail NI Water's plans to prevent frequent raw sewage spills from the Wastewater Treatment Works at Clonoe, County Tyrone.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, following the Speaker's Ruling on Assembly Questions on 12 March 2024, and pursuant to AQW 9137/22-27, what steps NI Water is taking to prevent the occurrence of blue-green algae blooms in Lough Neagh.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, following the Speaker's Ruling on Assembly Questions on 12 March 2024, and pursuant to AQW 9138/22-27, for an update on the upgrade to the (i) Ballyronan; (ii) Bellaghy; (iii) Derrychrin; (iv) Killygonlan; (v) Pomeroy; and (vi) Stewartstown Wastewater Treatment Works.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of children still to be placed in Education Authority funded preschool places in the Mid Ulster constituency for the 2024-25 academic year; and (ii) the measures being put in place to resolve outstanding issues.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of children still to be placed in Education Authority funded pre-school places in the Cookstown area for the 2024-25 academic year; and (ii) the measures being put in place to resolve outstanding issues.
I thank the Member for giving way. Does he accept that any cuts to domiciliary care, difficult though it is at the moment, will result in one thing: increased pressures on the NHS? There will be increased use of contingency beds, more people requiring funding to go into nursing homes and more people, ultimately,…
To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 11793/22-27, whether her Department is responsible for the substantive law relating to wills and their validity, as provided for in the Wills and Administration Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1994.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the steps NI Water have taken to formally review Safe System of Work number 07, including the date the formal review commenced.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, as part of the yearly management review for NI Water managers and their pay structure, (i) whether there is an incentive for an individual to fully spend their allocated budget; and (ii) for his assessment of whether this could lead to an unnecessary spend of public funds.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the number of mid-contract price rises, during a fixed cost contract period, that have been awarded to contractors by NI Water since January 2022; and (ii) to whom they have been awarded to.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) what measures NI Water have in place for investigating allegations of fraud; and (ii) how many employees that deal with allegations of fraud are employed full-time.
To ask the Minister of Health what measures he plans to put in place to ensure that current and future graduates from the Ulster University Masters in Physician Associate Studies course can find roles in Health and Social Care Trusts and GP practices.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the level of (i) advice; and (ii) financial assistance he intends to make available for rural communities through the Just Transition Fund for Agriculture.