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Ms Sorcha Eastwood: Assembly records
All of Ms Sorcha Eastwood’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
End Holiday Hunger - Amendment 1 After ‘plan to end holiday hunger’ insert; ‘and urgently progress and publish the review of the eligibility criteria for free school meals.’
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Setting Ambitious Targets for Job Creation”
Setting Ambitious Targets for Job Creation - Amendment 2 After ‘employers;’ insert: ‘notes the opportunities for export in key sectors arising from dual market access to the UK and EU/European Economic Area markets;’
I thank the Member for giving way. Will she agree that the nature of stop-start politics and the collapse of our institutions over the past seven-odd years has impacted severely on our ability to legislate effectively for workers' rights?
I support the motion and the amendment and thank the Members who tabled them. I declare that I previously worked in HR and employment law and was a member of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW). Obviously, employment law is devolved in Northern Ireland, but, to be brutally honest, over the past…
I want to take a moment today to highlight the issue of stem cell donation. Yet another family has been impacted by blood cancer and is calling on the public for help. Tracy McKenna is a mum of two from Omagh who has acute myeloid leukaemia. Whilst a lot of research has been done into certain types of lymphomas and…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQO 106/22-27, for an update on the implementation of recommendations of the review of the three core haematological cancer pathways.
To ask the Minister of Health, in relation to the issue raised by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in relation to women in England who received radiotherapy above the waist to treat Hodgkin lymphoma not being given annual checks, whether this impacts patients in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for the Economy what representations he has made to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to extend the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Workers' Rights”
Workers' Rights - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘paid carers leave,’ and insert: ‘the availability of accessible childcare and entitlement to tips and gratuities for workers; believes that increased trade union membership and recognition is vital to improving workers’ rights and conditions; and calls on the Minister…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether he has considered enabling patients undergoing life-maintaining haemodialysis treatment, who travel independently to and from hospital, to receive full and timely reimbursement for their travel costs; and (ii) to detail the cost implications for his Department of doing so.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people with disabilities employed through Labour Market Partnerships, broken down by local council area.
I thank the Member for giving way. I do not mean or intend to interject an awful lot, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker, but I just want to say that the Member is absolutely right. There are learnings that we can take from the South. We need to adopt more of an all-island approach when it comes to how we shape our…
I thank the Member for giving way. I agree with her analysis that we must not adopt a scattergun approach per se just for the sake of numbers and that targets need to reflect where the gaps are. Does she agree that we need to ensure that we meet our goals on the climate crisis and our challenges in the Health and…
I really welcome today's motion. I echo the comments of the Chair of the Economy Committee; somebody whom I have really enjoyed working with in the past few weeks. I know that we are on the same page when it comes to social inclusion in terms of skills and education. Our amendment is a friendly one. It is intended to…