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 for the Economy to detail the engagement his Department has had with the Shared Rural Network in relation to improving mobile coverage in North Down.
I rise to highlight the very important issue of road safety. The sad reality that 71 people lost their life on our roads in 2023 is truly shocking. Sadly, 55 people died in 2022, and 50 lives were tragically lost in 2021. Whilst those are numbers, they are much, much more: they are human lives that have been lost,…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of organisations in North Down to have received Rural Micro Capital Grant Scheme funding in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what engagement he has had with the Minister of Health in relation to improving post-traffic collision response.
I thank the Minister for his answer. Over the past year, the sheer number and scale of potholes in the North Down constituency has been truly shocking and a cause of great concern for the community that I represent. One example is the busy Castle Park Road in Bangor, which has a surface more akin to the surface of the…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of businesses that benefited from the Back in Business rate support scheme during 2022-23 in North Down.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 11271/22-27, for an update on the number of new specialist provision classes in mainstream schools established for September 2024 in North Down.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the average waiting time for an MOT appointment since the introduction of Temporary Exemption Certificates, broken down by test centre.
I thank the Minister for her answer and for that welcome initiative to support our businesses. What more can be done to support retailers and small businesses in our town and city centres as they try to compete with online shopping and face the challenge of ever-rising costs of rent, rates, wages and utility bills?
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the current average waiting time from referral to completion of works for occupational therapy services in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any engagement her Department has had with the UK government in relation to reducing VAT rates for hospitality businesses.
I thank the Minister for his commitment to tackling bullying. Is there best practice in other jurisdictions that we can learn from, particularly on the ever-increasing rise of cyberbullying, which impacts on children and young people so much more, given that it can take place beyond school opening hours?
I congratulate our very own road racing legend, Mr Michael Dunlop, on winning his twenty-sixth TT race on the Isle of Man on Saturday, equalling the long-held record of his iconic uncle, the late, great Joey Dunlop. Joey, who was voted Northern Ireland's greatest-ever sports star, won his last TT in 2000. It is so…