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Ms Sinéad McLaughlin: Assembly records
All of Ms Sinéad McLaughlin’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
I rise to address the figures recently published by the Office for National Statistics that outline healthy life expectancy across Northern Ireland. The statistics tell us something profoundly important about the lives that people are able to live. They measure not longevity but the number of years that individuals…
Ms McLaughlin asked the Minister for the Economy, having received the first draft of her regional balance Bill last week and given the Minister's previous position that legislation is not necessary to address regional economic imbalance, to clarify why she believes that statutory intervention is not required.
To ask the Minister of Education, in light of information contained within the Early Learning and Childcare Strategy, to detail the largest fee rise out of the 202 private day nursery providers, as a percentage rise.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether his Department has provided carbon dioxide monitors to all schools; and (ii) any guidance issued to schools on the use and maintenance of carbon monoxide monitors.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any progress made by his Department to proactively tackle, and improve, air quality in schools; and (ii) whether he will consider providing air purifiers for schools.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail his definition of disproportionately, in the context of the increase in childcare fees following the introduction of the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme.
To ask the Minister of Education for his assessment of how greater price transparency in the costs of childcare, across all providers, would improve market competition, and drive self regulation in pricing.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of referrals for eating disorder treatment that were (a) accepted; (b) not accepted; and (ii) the type of treatment received, in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he has any plans to establish a dedicated menopause clinic for women in the Western Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any engagement his Department had with providers in the childcare sector during the development of the Early Learning and Childcare Sector, in relation to the introduction of fee capping.
To ask the Minister of Education, in relation to funding for projects from the Education Authority's Youth Grant Funding Scheme, to detail any actions he is taking to protect youth services, in the absence of ringfencing, and to prevent youth services being a target for future cuts.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) any steps her Department has taken to improve bus connectivity between Derry and Dublin; and (ii) any further improvements that are planned.
I welcome the opportunity to speak to today's motion and to place on record the SDLP's support for it. I also note that both SDLP MPs are co-signatories of the amendment to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill that seeks to give legislative effect to what we are debating today. The SDLP further urges Members across the…
The Bill, although modest in scope, is a necessary and a welcome step towards modernising Northern Ireland's insolvency legislation. The amendment to clause 119 is necessary, and I am happy to support the Bill.
I am proud to recognise an organisation that has stood beside generations of individuals and families through some of the most difficult moments in their lives. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Northlands centre in Derry. For half a century, it has carried a simple but life-changing message: recovery is…
Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union That this Assembly notes that Ireland will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July 2026; recognises that this presents a significant strategic opportunity for Northern Ireland, including in addressing ongoing practical issues arising from…
International Women’s Day 2026 That this Assembly recognises the contributions and leadership of women in all fields of public and private life; appreciates that their contributions and leadership serve to enhance the quality of life of everyone in society; acknowledges that much remains to be done to achieve equality…
Thank you for taking an intervention. Taxi drivers in Derry tell us repeatedly that potholes are damaging not just their vehicles' tyres and suspension but their income. Does the Member agree that that is a practical, everyday consequence of underinvestment in our roads and infrastructure?
Minister, I am very disappointed that this has been paused. I listened carefully to Dr Cass yesterday as she was interviewed. It was very respectful and inclusive. She expressed her disappointment in the adults to the right and to the left, but also those in the centre who have been silent on the issue for having done…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any engagement he and his officials have had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions regarding the disregard of payments from the Republic of Ireland, made under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme, in relation to benefit entitlement.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether the Delivery Unit will carry out work on other priority areas of focus, alongside their work on reducing health service waiting times, before the end of the 2022-2027 Assembly mandate.