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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.
I thank the Minister for taking an intervention. Minister, I am glad that you talked about DAERA. I am not particularly aware of the context of the situation in Warrenpoint, but the explanatory and financial memorandum makes it pretty clear under its explanation of clause 4 that it is DAERA in the case of fishery…
I thank the Minister for his answer. In his answer to my colleague, he mentioned the GRO and that there have been, I believe, 1,800 applications over the past 24 hours. Does he have the confidence and assurance that GRO will be able to process that volume of applications? If he has any concerns, will he put in place…
I thank the Minister for his answer. I asked the question because of a constituent who came to me. It was clear that the young lady did not want her biological father to be on her marriage licence; she wanted her stepfather to be on it because that was the relationship that she had and enjoyed. I take it from your…
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. Does he agree that, when looking at how to bring FDI or other investment into Northern Ireland, infrastructure is critical? Our ports, which we are talking about today, are part of that infrastructure, which delivers jobs and investment. Does the Member agree that, if we…
Mr Martin asked the Minister of Finance to set out what engagement he is having with trusts and charities to ensure that families who have been affected by baby loss are signposted to the baby loss certificate scheme correctly.
I will continue on that theme. What do you say, Minister, to those who argue that safeguarding continued and was protected in the inspection regime during action short of strike?
I thank the First Minister for her answer. I will ask her one of the edited questions that stumped the Children's Commissioner. Given that we are struggling to deal with violence against women and girls, what message does it send out that her party supports a position of not prosecuting 13-year-old boys for attempted…
I have written to the Children's Commissioner three times in as many weeks regarding his public position on raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) to 16. I asked Mr Quinn questions such as, if prosecution is excluded because the male perpetrator is under 16 years old, how he proposes to recognise…
I thank the Finance Minister for giving way. In the first instance, if he is taking Mr O'Toole and Mr Carroll to meet the Chancellor, I wonder whether any tickets will be available for that meeting. The Minister mentioned efficiency savings. Is he aware of a mechanism that is in place to drive forward those…
Mr Martin asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, continuing his earlier theme, whether they consider that the Children's Commissioner should be confident and competent enough to deal with replies in writing to straightforward questions from an MLA on his policy position?
To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department routinely monitors adverse outcomes experienced by individuals whilst awaiting mental health assessment.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to 48618/22-27, whether he, or officials from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, has any direct engagement with NI Water in relation to the zero-detriment principle.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the longest recorded wait currently being experienced by any individual for an initial mental health assessment.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any arrangements in place, in each Health and Social Care Trust, to support individuals whose mental health deteriorates whilst awaiting assessment, including access to crisis services, home treatment teams, community mental health teams, urgent reassessment pathways and other…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the current average waiting times; and (ii) the number of people waiting, for an initial mental health assessment, in each Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail when the new planning thresholds for renewable energy projects, under The Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, are to be consulted on.
I thank the Member for her intervention. I am aware of some of the MACRs around Europe. I looked up Switzerland, which is one of the most liberal and progressive countries in Europe. It has the same MACR as ours: 10. The Member raised prevention, early intervention and ACEs. I can certainly provide her with my report,…
I thank the Member, and it might concern her that I am about to agree with her. That is what we need. I have stood in the Chamber and called for earlier, faster and more effective intervention. We know the cohorts that need that. I would love to see the Assembly move towards that, and, to be fair, I believe that the…
I will in a second. If we change the law, what I have just read out could happen in real life — it absolutely could — and would not just be a theoretical example. What I say to the Member's other point is that pushing MACR to 14 is not the solution. The solution — I made the point at the start — is better and earlier…
I am not getting into the POC, because that is not what we are here to debate. I stand by my convictions and my signing the POC. If I read out that set of circumstances to my constituents, or if she took that example to her constituents —. I accept that there are not massive numbers of these things, but the law has to…
I thank the Minister for her intervention, and I agree with her. We do not want to traumatise those young people any more than their background already has. However, I will make this point to her. As she well knows, Woodlands holds a very small number of young people — about 40 to 48 — and it is never full. However,…
I thank the Minister for her intervention. I certainly understand the logic behind her arguments. I remain at a place where I think that there is a difference. I understand that, when we are drafting legislation, there has to be a level of definition when it comes to some crimes. However, I still do not accept the…