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.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for an update on the review of the Foster Placement (Children) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996; and (ii) to detail when he intends to introduce updated regulations.
To ask the Minister of Finance, given the continued use of temporary promotions at Grade 6 across the Civil Service, including long-term arrangements, to detail any reason there has been limited recent progress in issuing further promotion lists from the IRC306699 competition.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) when his Department expects the next Civil Service promotion list for Grade 6 to be issued; and (ii) the level of appointments anticipated.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any steps his Department is taking to (i) reduce reliance on temporary promotions across the Civil Service; and (ii) increase the number of permanent appointments at Grade 6.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) the current number of Grade 6 vacancies being managed by NICSHR for filling from the IRC306699 competition; and (ii) the number of candidates remaining on the merit list.
To ask the Minister of Justice to outline why provisions to prevent drinking alcohol in unlicensed public spaces were not included in either of her bills currently passing through the Assembly.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 35377/22-27, to detail the rationale as to why there is no dedicated regional cleft orthodontist in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 44248/22-27, AQW 44250/22-27 and AQW 44251/22-27, whether the decision to approve the scheme was made by NI Water alone or with her Department's input.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 44248/22-27, AQW 44250/22-27 and AQW 44251/22-27, to detail the date on which the scheme was approved.
I thank the Chair of the Education Committee for giving way. The Member for South Down raised a question about budgets and ensuring that the funding is there for SENCO release time. Will the Chair agree that that is not in the vires of the Education Minister to deliver? It is in the vires of the Executive to deliver,…
I will wait until the red light goes on. There we go. I thank the Member for allowing me to intervene. She makes reference to the Boys' Model, which is very forward-thinking in how it deals with SEN in Northern Ireland — one of the first schools to adapt the use of classroom assistants so that they were not all in one…
I thank the Member for taking an intervention. Does he agree that the way in which we currently support children with special educational needs is not sustainable and needs reform or some level of change, because we cannot maintain the status quo?
I thank the Members who tabled the motion for doing so and allowing the Assembly to recognise the amazing work that SENCOs do in Northern Ireland. For clarity, I say that my party will support the motion. Anyone who has a working knowledge of education in Northern Ireland will realise how crucial SENCOs are. I have…
I thank the Minister for his answer. Minister, unless I am mistaken, you mentioned three pieces of legislation, one of which is moving forward. I refer to the first two Bills that you mentioned. When did you first raise those issues at the Executive?
The Minister referenced a departmental circular in his answer. Is there guidance already in place for schools that are considering changing their start and finish times?
To ask the Minister of Health whether any assessment has been made of the impact that the shortage of prescription medicine is having on (i) Emergency Department attendance; and (ii) hospital admittance.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any actions her Department is taking to reduce average planning decision times to bring performance in Northern Ireland into line with other jurisdictions in the UK and Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any actions her Department and Translink are taking to address the use of public transport for those wishing to travel to anti-social behaviour hotspots.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any steps her Department is taking to address delays in the planning system, arising from statutory consultees exceeding the 21-day response timeframe.
I am very thankful to the Member for taking an intervention. Having cited the use of drone technology, does the Member agree that that is a better and safer way to catch the young folk who do this, rather than the sort of police chase that she described? Does she agree that that is a better and safer way not just for…