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Mr Stephen Dunne: Assembly records
All of Mr Stephen Dunne’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 to detail his Department’s expected timescale for the review of findings from the public consultation on policy proposals to inform the development of a new Public Health Bill for Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of the accessibility of the public consultation on policy proposals to inform the development of a new Public Health Bill for Northern Ireland.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the rationale for arranging a flight to Portugal for a civil servant to brief the First Minister in advance of the Assembly recall on 8 August 2024.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister why the First Minister did not utilise video conferencing software to receive briefings in advance of the Assembly recall on 8 August 2024.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of farm businesses currently registered for the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme, broken down by constituency.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the amount of Invest NI funding awarded in the Ards and North Down Borough Council area in each of the last five years.
What due diligence did you, as Economy Minister, carry out before making those inaccurate comments? Will you correct the public record and apologise clearly?
I thank the Minister for his answer. The outdated and at-capacity sewerage network is stalling the construction of new homes, businesses and public buildings in 23 towns across Northern Ireland. Given the impact of that currently and in the future, what action will the Minister take to address those challenges,…
Mr Dunne asked the Minister for the Economy whether he accepts that his comments in a recent BBC interview, in which he claimed that notifying the British Heart Foundation of the PSNI investigation into Michael McMonagle would have prejudiced that investigation, a claim that the PSNI Chief Constable has made very…
Creating a Register of Animal Welfare Offenders That this Assembly believes those convicted of animal cruelty should be prohibited from owning or breeding animals in the future; notes with concern the recent figures from the Department of Justice indicating that between 2018 and 2022, only 12 per cent of convictions…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the findings contained in the UK Blood Cancer Action Plan; and (ii) to detail the action his Department is taking as a result of the Action Plan.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any engagement he has had with the Minister for Infrastructure in relation to farms impacted by the proposed A5 Western Transport Corridor project.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail his Department’s rationale for the use of the Belfast Metropolitan Area when determining which areas to reduce investment from Invest NI as part of the Sub-Regional Economic Plan.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any action his Department is taking to address (i) low median wages; and (ii) low labour productivity in the Ards and North Down Borough Council area.
I thank the Minister for his statement. I, too, welcome the progress on what is a dangerous road indeed. Given the scale of the costs, I was slightly surprised to hear no costings detailed in the considerable statement. Will the Minister provide more up-to-date costings for such a major scheme?
I rise to express my sincere condolences and pay tribute to Gina Murray, who sadly passed away on Thursday after a period of illness. Gina's daughter, Leanne, was cruelly murdered by the IRA in a cowardly bomb attack on the Shankill Road in 1993 when she was aged just 13. She was an innocent young girl whose life was…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any engagement she has had with the UK Government in relation to addressing the exploitation of the Common Travel Area by criminal groups.
To ask the Minister of Justice (i) for her assessment of the findings included in the Commissioner for Victims of Crime 2024 Victim Survey; and (ii) to detail any action her Department is taking in light of these findings.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any action his Department has taken to introduce staff-worn body cameras in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any consideration his Department has given to increase local council powers of enforcement in relation to the misuse of household bins.
I, too, welcome the opportunity to speak at Second Stage of the Justice Bill as a new member of the Justice Committee. We look forward to the work ahead of us on the Bill. Given the scale of the challenges facing the Police Service, courts, victims and witnesses of crime, it is imperative that every effort is made to…