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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.
I begin by thanking the Members who tabled the motion and the amendment. We will support both. The regional review of neurology services was first launched in 2018 in response to serious concerns about service pressures, clinical governance and patient safety, following, as has been pointed out, the largest patient…
Minister, you mentioned that there would be a number of groups and organisations in the forum to hold you to account. Can I have some more detail on that?
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the average annual study budget available for resident doctors who are undertaking training or professional development and (ii) how this compares to what is available in (a) England; (b) Scotland; and (c) Wales.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the percentage of the earmarked funding for tackling waiting lists that has been directed towards reducing neurology waiting lists.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will introduce screening programmes across all health and social care services to identify and assist people with gambling problems.
As Chairperson of the Committee for Health, I welcome the opportunity to speak to the Committee's report on its inquiry into access to palliative care services in the North. I look forward to hearing the contributions to the debate. We also look forward to hearing from the Minister, and we will listen carefully to how…
I welcome the work that the Minister is doing to enhance and capitalise on the North's tourism potential. Minister, will you provide an update on the extension of Fáilte Ireland's experience brands into the North?
I speak today in advance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Wednesday 3 December, which is an important moment each year to recognise the rights, leadership and contribution of disabled people across our society. The day, which was established by the United Nations in 1992, asks us all to…
Minister, you said that the Back in Business scheme was introduced in 2024: are there plans to continue it next year? Over and above your proposals, what is currently being done under the current rating system to support our high-street businesses?
Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. It was clear from listening to the debate that, through the publication of the joint census, we now have a better all-island statistical picture. The joint census provides a coherent view of our population and allows us to compare social, demographic and economic…
I hope that the people of South Down do eventually get the good news that the people in the Northern Trust got just recently. I was going to highlight the fact, Minister, that you opened the new scanner in Causeway Hospital. I think that it will stop 655 patients per year having to go to Antrim. Earlier in the year,…
Our thoughts are very much with those who suffered or lost loved ones during the pandemic. I pay tribute to the dedicated Health and Social Care (HSC) workers who stepped forward during that extraordinary time to see us through it. The COVID pandemic was an unprecedented global emergency, the like of which no…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of (i) children; and (ii) adults, living with an acquired brain injury, broken down by (a) traumatic brain injury; and (b) non-traumatic brain injury.
I thank Declan for bringing the debate to the Chamber and affording us the opportunity to discuss the issue. I welcome the opportunity to speak and add my voice to the call on the Minister to confirm the necessary funding to progress the construction of the Birch Hill centre in Antrim town. As Declan outlined, he and…
Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank the Members opposite for tabling the motion. We had a similar discussion on cancer waiting times in May, but this is such an important issue that it is right that we keep a focus on it until such times as the shocking figures improve and cancer patients in the…
I appreciate that. I will forward the information to the Minister. In a similar vein, the EA has resisted parents' request for the bus, on its same route home, to stop at childminders' premises. The EA insists on the bus stopping at parental homes, despite the fact that parents are working and homes are empty. What is…
I thank the Minister for his statement. Minister, what engagement has your Department had with the Commissioner for Older People on changes to the early payment discount and maximum capital?
Mr McGuigan asked the Minister of Education whether there is a defined policy on the removal of concessionary passes in scenarios where the bus has the capacity, given that his office has worked on behalf of a number of parents of schoolchildren from St Patrick's Primary School in Rasharkin who recently lost their…