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Mr Timothy Gaston: Assembly records
All of Mr Timothy Gaston’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the date on which the scaffolding at Ballymena Health and Care Centre will be removed; (ii) the total cost of the scaffolding, including its erection, hire and removal; and (iii) a breakdown of the entire cost and nature of the project to date.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) when the requirement for farmers to maintain a fertilisation plan became mandatory; and (ii) any guidance issued to farmers regarding the introduction and enforcement of this requirement.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the penalty applied to a farmer’s agricultural support payments where, during an inspection, the farmer is found not to have a fertilisation plan; and (ii) a breakdown of the penalties applied in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail whether any localised solutions have been considered to create additional wastewater treatment capacity at the Armoy Wastewater Treatment Works to facilitate the construction of additional housing within the Armoy area.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail all funding awarded by his Department, its agencies and arms-length bodies to Inspired Community Football Northern Ireland, trading as Inspired Talents FC, since its establishment, including (i) the amount awarded; (ii) the funding programme; and (iii) the purpose of each…
To ask the Minister of Justice, following reports of threats against the legal team representing Portadown District LOL No. 1, including a solicitors’ firm being unable to continue acting and a barrister requiring police protection, to outline any urgent steps she is taking to ensure that legal professionals can…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the mechanism that exists to review whether differing decisions on Health and Social Care prescribing for patients attending the same GP practice following private ADHD diagnoses are clinically justified and consistent with regional policy.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will consider introducing interim arrangements to meet the cost of ADHD medication for patients awaiting resolution of a shared-care issue, particularly where treatment has been initiated and stabilised by an appropriately qualified specialist.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any action his Department, or relevant Health and Social Care body, can take in individual cases where the continuing cost of privately prescribed ADHD medication is causing significant financial hardship.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will consider establishing an expedited review pathway for patients who have an appropriate private ADHD diagnosis and are stable on medication, to enable their treatment and prescribing to transfer to Health and Social Care services where clinically appropriate.
To ask the Minister of Health whether an appropriately qualified Health and Social Care clinician can review and validate a private ADHD diagnosis and treatment plan to enable prescribing through Health and Social Care services without requiring an entirely new diagnostic assessment.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Twenty Years on from the St Andrews Agreement”
Twenty Years on from the St Andrews Agreement - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘period of collapse;’ and insert: ‘recognises the commitments given by all parties to support policing, the courts and the rule of law, as reflected in the amendments to the ministerial Pledge of Office; further notes that these…
To ask the Minister of Health whether another Health and Social Care clinician or service can assume responsibility for prescribing ADHD medication where a GP practice is unwilling or unable to accept shared-care, including any alternative provision is available to the patient.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the pathway currently available for patients with a private ADHD diagnosis whose GP practice declines shared-care to transfer their ongoing treatment and prescribing to Health and Social Care services without undergoing a new diagnostic assessment.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any financial assistance available to patients facing private ADHD prescription and medication costs of hundreds of pounds per month due to their GP practice declining to enter into a shared-care arrangement.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) whether the ADHD medication prescribed affects eligibility for shared-care prescribing; and (ii) the ADHD medications currently eligible for such prescribing, including any restrictions applicable to each.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any factors that may account for a GP practice issuing a Health and Social Care prescription for ADHD medication to one patient who has received a private diagnosis, while declining to do so for another patient who has also received a private diagnosis.
Many landowners along the A5 still passionately object to the project. They may even regard the court's judgement today as morally wrong. Will the Minister support any objector who defies that court ruling and blocks the work from taking place? Is that not the lesson that objectors can draw from the First Minister of…
What we witnessed this morning was not the first time that Andrew Muir scurried away from scrutiny. It was not the first time that he ran away and turned his back on the industry. That is why Mr Muir, who no doubt sits in his office, watching from afar, will be known as the worst Minister ever to have held the brief…
Exclusion of the First Minister from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 That this Assembly, under section 30(1)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, resolves that the First Minister no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly because, by participating in the unlawful protest on the Garvaghy…
Exclusion of the Minister for the Economy from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 That this Assembly, under section 30(1)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, resolves that the Minister for the Economy no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly because, by participating in the unlawful…
Exclusion of the Minister of Finance from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 That this Assembly, under section 30(1)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, resolves that the Minister of Finance no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly because, by participating in the unlawful protest on the…
Exclusion of the Minister for Infrastructure from Office under Section 30 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 That this Assembly, under section 30(1)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, resolves that the Minister for Infrastructure, no longer enjoys the confidence of the Assembly because, by participating in the…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any recourse available to patients whose GP practice declines to enter into a shared-care arrangement for ADHD medication, including whether there is a process for clinical review or appeal of that decision.