All of Mr Paul Frew’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, pursuant to AQW 18916/22-27, at the time of the handover of the new Maternity Hospital and Neonatal Hospital who was the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust’s Senior Responsible Owner for the project.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the evidence that livestock fed on Bovaer produce up to 30 per cent less methane when they are at grass.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 19410/22-27, to detail how there can be a difference in the methane reduction in dairy cattle compared to beef cattle.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 19410/22-27, to outline whose responsibility it is to ensure that there are sufficient checks and measures in place to certify that Bovaer is used as instructed.
To ask the Minister of Health when he will answer (i) AQW 18916/22-27; (ii) AQW 18265/22-27; (iii) AQW 18266/22-27; (iv) AQW 18267/22-27; (v) AQW 18268/22-27; (vi) AQW 18269/22-27; and (vii) AQW 18352/22-27.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the current staff levels of Healthcare Assistants; and (ii) the deemed safe level for Healthcare Assistants, in Antrim Area Hospital, broken down by ward.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he will consider how driving theory and awareness of the highway code could be applied to the curriculum in schools.
I thank the Member for giving way again. He pointed to the position of Sinn Féin. He should recall that its position on the EU, in all of its past and for all of its history, was to be anti-EU, right up until the point of the referendum campaign.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 17283/22-27, when the decision to ask the Public Health Authority and the Information Analysis Directorate to investigate excess deaths, made on 15 September 2022, was relayed to the Committee for Health.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 17640/22-27, whether gambling harm is addressed through teaching on gambling, gaming and financial capability across several areas of the curriculum in (i) all primary schools; and (ii) all post-primary schools.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether his Department has any plans to provide grant support for the installation of solar panels within domestic settings.
The Minister said today that she is starting to build a progressive rates system, but what she really said is that she is preparing to strip away reliefs. Surely it would be far better if that £4 million in savings went to our hard-working constituents, who would get much benefit from it, rather than it being in an…
To ask the Minister for the Economy, given the uncertainty in the data presented by his Department to the Committee for the Economy on 11 September 2024, raising doubts on the 12 per cent return for recipients on the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme, what more can be done to be open and transparent and to provide…
To ask the Minister for the Economy, given that a 12 per cent return has not been paid to Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme participants since 2020, what will be the cost to date of compensating participants.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any health risks for human beings when consuming meat and dairy products from livestock that have come into contact with Bovaer or other methane suppressants.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) how widespread is the use of Bovaer in Northern Ireland; and (ii) how this compares with England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) to detail any research that is being conducted in the use of methane suppressants in livestock, including (a) the cost of the research; and (b) who is conducting the research; and (ii) to detail the health and safety measures in place to ensure its…
I thank the Member for his answer. It seems strange that, if the average was £550 and they have given an uplift of £300, there is a gap. They may well be wanting Members to print less but, as we communicate with our constituents through letters, that is very hard and a printer becomes vital. With regard to going out…
I rise today to talk about the support group Parents 4 PEGs. The group came to Stormont yesterday, and it fights — families, parents and friends — for their children, who have complex medical requirements and needs and thus have to be fed through a tube. Many of the children are still in prams or wheelchairs, and, for…