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Mr Paul Frew: Assembly records
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.
Whilst it is true to say that the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission remained silent through the worst excesses of human rights violations during the pandemic and on the coercive and discriminatory nature of some of the laws that the Department of Health produced at that time, I commend the intervention by the…
I thank the Member for giving way. I hear everything that he says about regional colleges, but will he agree with me that the situation does not bode well, given that, owing to staffing issues, the Northern Regional College (NRC) cannot even provide an electrical installation course for first-year apprentices this…
I want to raise awareness of an issue that has shamed the Assembly since September of last year. The vaccine injured and bereaved community has been trying to hold an awareness event in the Long Gallery and had proposed a date in September 2023. Although the DUP was only too willing to sponsor that event, SDLP MLAs,…
Northern Regional College has confirmed that it is unable to offer year 1 of its electrical installation course for the 2024-25 academic year due to staffing and recruitment challenges. That has massive ramifications for the wider construction industry. Electrical installation courses are usually very well regulated…
I welcome the legislative programme from the Executive, but I sound a warning that having a programme is all well and good, but it should never be about quantity. Rather, it should always be about quality. There are examples from the previous mandate that should warn us all. The Department of Justice and its Minister…
I thank the Minister for his answer. Given the fact that the vaccine certification scheme was used to discriminate against people and coerce them to take a medicine that could cause serious side effects, making them very sick, and that some people lost family due to vaccine injury, will the Health Minister acknowledge…
I thank the deputy First Minister for that acknowledgement. It means a lot, and it will mean a lot to the people who have been injured and bereaved. VIBS-NI, the support group that helps people who have been vaccine-injured, is planning a protest on the steps of Stormont on Tuesday 2 July. That may be a good date,…
The SEUPB's annual report and accounts for 2021 have been certified by the Comptroller and Auditor General in both jurisdictions. They have been laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and will be laid before the Northern Ireland Assembly in due course. Minister, what is the hold-up, and why are we still awaiting…
Last month, I asked the Health Minister how many people had been deregistered by their dentist in the past six years. I asked that question because I was seeing a worrying trend in my constituency office. The figures are absolutely astounding. The number of people who were deregistered in 2018 was 572. In 2019, it was…
Mr Frew asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister to send a signal today that they acknowledge the vaccine injured and bereaved community, who have been waiting since February for a diary date for their office to meet them, and acknowledge the pain and suffering that those people go through daily.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail what action he intends to take following the High Court decision on 29 May 2024 in relation to the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020.
Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 To ask the Minister of Health to outline what action he intends to take following the High Court decision on 29 May 2024 in relation to the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020.
Is it not also the case that a bystander — a witness — can perceive something to be a hate crime, without knowing any of the detail or context behind it?
I thank the Member for giving way. There is, of course, validity in what she says, but does she recognise that bad legislation will not protect anyone? In fact, it could make lives worse.
Yes. Do not get me wrong, and the Minister should not get me wrong: we are totally opposed to any criminal activity that is motivated by hate. However, it is about making sure that we get the legislation right. I have put down a marker and a warning that say to the House that we should be careful about how we proceed…
Whilst the debate is highly important, we are in danger of calling for legislation for the sake of it. We already have laws that govern us around hate crime, such as the Criminal Justice (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 and the Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987. Whilst you could argue that the…
I genuinely wish the new Minister well in his brief and his challenge. I already detect a sea change in the positivity coming from the new Minister; I appreciate that. Given the concerns expressed by the heads of trusts and in the higher echelons of his new Department on what could happen in eight weeks' time, when…
To ask the Minister of Finance to provide details on (i) the current cull of grey squirrels in the Stormont Estate, including the extent and cost of this cull; and (ii) the introduction of red squirrels to the Stormont Estate, including a timeframe and cost.
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) for an update on the current status of electrical courses in the Northern Regional College; and (ii) why a number of campuses have decided to cancel courses that were due to commence in September 2024.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people awaiting Personal Independence Payment appeals (i) on 30 June 2021; (ii) on 30 June 2022; (iii) on 30 June 2023; and (iv) currently in 2024, in the (a) the Ballymena area; and (b) the Ballymoney area.