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.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 11179/22-27, (i) for an update on the work of the GP Access Working Group; and (ii) what reasonable adjustments are in place for those with disabilities to access their GP without going through telephone services only.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) what steps he will take to address the provision of any misleading information or guidance in relation to abortion services through pregnancy care centres; and (ii) how he plans to engage with the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority in order to ensure that such centres are…
To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 12992/222-27, (i) for a timeline on the review of higher education funding; and (ii) whether he will task his officials to explore how the current student funding arrangements can be reformed to allow access to student funding for graduate entry medicine students.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether he will amend the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 to ensure that students from Northern Ireland, who are studying a higher education qualification in an EU country, are eligible to apply for tuition fees, the maintenance grant and loan…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the steps his Department will take in relation to the defective service strip at Great James Street in the Foyle constituency which is hindering traffic and causing delays.
Opposition to Racism That this Assembly condemns the criminal damage and targeting of businesses in recent days; rejects all forms of Islamophobia, xenophobia and racism; endorses the work of voluntary sector organisations combatting racism and supporting those impacted by it; recognises the work of the Police Service…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 11714/22-27, for an update on his officials’ discussions with the local community to secure access to clean gullies at Cuthbert Street, Derry.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on his Department’s efforts to eradicate the operation of illegal taxis in Derry, particularly along Waterloo Place.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether his Department will extend the gritting route along Prehen Park, Derry, by approximately 200m, between Sandringham Drive and Sunningdale Dive, so that the bus route along this stretch of road is fully gritted.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail any steps they are taking to ensure their Department works with the local council to increase the number of local events at Ebrington Square, including to plan for summer 2025.
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) whether he has considered the introduction of a form of regional aid in order to assist in alleviating regional imbalances; and (ii) whether his Department has produced any analysis of areas that would be eligible for regional aid under EU rules.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the work of the Collaboration Test and Learn programme since the restoration of the Assembly; (ii) any key outputs of this programme; and (iii) how many specific meetings of the programme have focused on regional balance.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether the 6.4 per cent uplift to Supporting People is intended to replace the 5.8 per cent cut in 2023-24 revenue funding experienced by the programme, or whether it will be applied in addition to reversing this cut.
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. Investment in skills is very much to be welcomed. Minister, you mentioned an increase of 500 undergraduate student places at Magee. That is also to be welcomed, but there is a bit of a caveat to be applied. You indicated that students have already been recruited and are being…
Thank you, Minister, for your statement. We have spoken many times about the fact that one of the biggest threats to the all-island tourism economy is the electronic travel authorisation (ETA) scheme. Was that raised as part of the meeting, and will you undertake to put it at the top of the tourism agenda with the…
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) whether he has instructed his officials to include population growth targets for urban centres as part of the Sub-Regional Economic Action Plan; and (ii) for his assessment of which urban centres these targets will pertain to.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, pursuant to AQW 13281/22-27, (i) why his Department has not engaged with officials from the Department of Health on the Sub-Regional Economic Action Plan; and (ii) whether he will instruct his officials to do so.
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) whether the new Skill Up programme will cover the same 300 subject areas as its predecessor, across both further and higher education providers; (ii) whether Skill Up courses will be free or partially subsidised; and (iii) when the new Skill Up programme is expected to be fully…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) his Department’s assessment of the drainage system in Hinton Park, Waterside, in the Foyle constituency; and (ii) the extent to which it has been added to the public system.
I am pleased to speak on the issue today. We are all conscious that this is an important week in which to consider our public finances, as a new Government will soon take shape in Westminster. I start by saying that we absolutely understand that the money simply does not exist to do everything that we want to see done…
Minister, you have already referred to most of what I wanted to ask you. In relation to Invest NI taking the lead, will it push the unique position and the competitive advantage that we have in Northern Ireland with dual-market access in this area of expertise?
I thank the Minister for his answer. There is also a gap of between 11 years and 15 years in healthy life expectancy between the most deprived and least deprived areas. The rate of drug abuse in the Western Health and Social Care Trust area is 145% higher than the average for trust areas. We therefore really need…