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Mr Peter Martin: Assembly records
All of Mr Peter Martin’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 steps being taken to address pollutants in the river at Crawfordsburn Country Park.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the fasting guidance issued on the consumption of plain water before planned surgical procedures, in each Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any training is mandated for education staff on (i) allergen recognition; (ii) adrenaline auto-injector administration; and (iii) cross-contamination risk.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any actions that are planned to increase energy storage capacity, to support the integration of renewable electricity into the grid.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps his Department will take to improve urgent breast cancer referrals, with only 7.9 per cent of urgent breast cancer referrals currently resulting in an appointment within the 14 day target.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any considerations given to improving uptake in screening programmes for breast, bowel and cervical cancers; and (ii) whether there are any plans to expand screening programmes to include other forms of cancer.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any reasons why under 30 per cent of patients begin treatment within the 62-day target following a cancer diagnosis; and (ii) any steps that will be taken to get this to the 95 per cent target.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline any action he will take to implement the National Allergy Strategy commitment to equitable and timely access to disease-modifying allergy treatments, including establishing and funding a regional paediatric pathway for food allergen immunotherapy.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of pupils registered to receive support from educational psychologists, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether any assessment has been made on whether the current framework for assessing personal injury damages and recoverable legal costs, contributes to higher motor insurance premiums in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any current guidance for the provision for (i) spare; and (ii) emergency, adrenaline auto-injectors in schools.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail a timetable for when local councils will have powers available to them under the Dilapidation Act (Northern Ireland) 2026.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether any assessment has been made of the stability of tenancy with Universal Credit housing payments being paid in arrears, when most private rent is required in advance.
The Member is always very kind with his time. He is right in what he says. Does he agree that the propensity for judicial reviews here and, as he said, the fact that some planning decisions can take between five and nine years disincentivises businesses from outside the UK from investing in Northern Ireland, which…
No Confidence in the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs That this Assembly believes the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has lost the confidence of farmers, rural communities and the wider public; and calls on the Minister to resign.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any engagement her Department has had with (i) the Department of Finance; (ii) the insurance industry; and (iii) other stakeholders, regarding the impact of Northern Ireland's personal injury framework on the affordability of motor insurance for consumers, particularly young…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any assessment her Department has made of the reforms introduced in England and Wales under the Civil Liability Act 2018, including fixed whiplash tariffs and changes to the handling of low-value claims; and (ii) whether any comparable reforms are being considered for…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) any assessment her Department has made of the impact of recoverable legal costs in lower-value road traffic personal injury claims on the overall cost of motor insurance in Northern Ireland; and (ii) whether she will bring forward proposals to reform those costs.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether (i) any consideration has been given to introducing an official injury claim portal for lower-value road traffic personal injury claims, similar to the system operating in England and Wales; and (ii) any assessment has been made of the potential impact of such a system on (a)…
To ask the Minister of Justice whether her Department has undertaken, or plans to undertake, a review of the Guidelines for the Assessment of Damages in Personal Injury Cases in Northern Ireland, in light of evidence that personal injury awards in Northern Ireland are significantly higher than those in England and…