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Mr Philip McGuigan: Assembly records
All of Mr Philip McGuigan’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia That this Assembly recognises the important and positive contribution LGBTQIA+ people make at all levels of our society and across our communities; further recognises that everyone has a right to live free from violence, persecution, discrimination and…
I accept that the workshops are ongoing and have not been completed yet, but the Minister has mentioned domiciliary care. has the Minister come to the conclusion that additional support is needed for domiciliary care teams in the lead-up to the coming winter to ensure timely discharge from hospital?
I thank the Member for giving way. He highlighted the fact that others have raised the issue of costs. He rightly points out the global damage to the environment, but, if we look much closer to home, 30 miles down the road, at the gorse fires in County Down and, indeed, in County Antrim, we will see that the cost of…
I thank the Member for giving way. While I no longer sit on the AERA Committee, the Member and I were colleagues on it during the lengthy debate on the Climate Change Act. He points out that the Executive Office is legally obliged: will he also consider that the wording of clause 50 of the Climate Change Act came…
To ask the Minister for Communities to confirm that the Gambling Code of Practice, when published, will stipulate that no person should be permitted to withdraw cash from a financial institution, by ATM or any other method, within a premises for which bingo and gaming for prizes is authorised by a bingo club licence…
If the Minister had been listening to the debate, he would have heard me and others say that, in the first instance, the scheme should be doubled to what it was — £3·6 million — and then a review could determine what a suitable amount would be. In answer to his question, a number of Members said £3·6 million…
Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. As outlined on the Department of Health's website, the core grant scheme is in place to support community and voluntary sector organisations and charities to cover their fixed costs, such as 25% of a permanent staff member's annual salary; training costs; rent; rates;…
I wish to express my concern at the most recent statistics for waiting times for cancer patients. Those statistics were published last week and are relevant for the period from October to December 2024. The figures do not make good reading. Only 87·5% of cancer patients started treatment within 31 days of a decision…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether Forestry service can provide (i) the spatial information they have stated in relation to their sites; and (ii) evidence of the species that have been spreading within their estates that have been removed in the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any plans her Department has to upgrade the road surface of the Cushendall Road between Ballycastle and Cushendall, including an associated time frame.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of licenced bingo clubs in the North; and (ii) the average number of gaming machines operated per licenced bingo club in the North.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department has considered research published by the Gambling Commission on 6 February 2025 that suggests gaming machines are associated with a higher risk of experiencing problem gambling.
On a point of order, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. Yesterday, during Question Time to the Minister for Communities, I was not in my seat when I was called to ask my question. I record my apologies to the Assembly and the Speaker's Office for that.
I thank the Minister for her update on work on the Roe valley along the Causeway coastal route. Further to that, can the Minister advise on progress on including the Causeway coastal route in the Wild Atlantic Way?
As everyone else has done, I thank the Members for tabling the motion. The timing of the debate is fortuitous, coming as it does a day after the Comptroller and Auditor General's report, which highlighted the fact that 16% of the imaging equipment used in patient scans in the North is out of date, thus impacting…
Reinstatement of Development Aid That this Assembly recognises the importance of overseas development aid in providing lifesaving support to those that are displaced, threatened by war or living in famine and absolute poverty; acknowledges the integral role that aid organisations play in supporting efforts to build…
Core Grant Scheme That this Assembly expresses disappointment that only 25 out of 259 community and voluntary sector groups were successful in their application for the new Core Grant Scheme; acknowledges the vital role that community and voluntary organisations play in supporting patients, alleviating pressure on our…
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Ambulance Handovers”
Ambulance Handovers - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘Executive colleagues,’ and insert: ‘to adopt a whole-system approach to tackling handover delays by increasing medical capacity, including the recruitment of additional healthcare professionals, investing in primary and community care to reduce hospital…
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of whether there is a disproportionate impact for local claimants as a result of the British Government's announcement on changes to the benefits system.
Mr McGuigan asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, while expressing thanks for the First Minister's principled stance in not attending events in Washington DC, and following on from AQT1143/22-27, to outline in detail her recent trip to North Carolina.