All of Mr Tom Buchanan’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail how his Department meets their statutory duty in the area of bee inspections with no inspectors in post.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any assessment has been made by his Department, on the impact the absence of bee inspectors has on beekeeping.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the control and restraint expertise that an individual from Professional Standards has (i) in assessing whether a case should be referred to Professional Standards; and (ii) whether any assessment has been made as to whether this may constitute a conflict of interest.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the reasons why there is no control and restraints expert on the panel in Maghaberry Prison, to assess whether a case should be referred to Professional Standards.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of senior prison officers in Maghaberry Prison, on the temporary promotion list who have been promoted, in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of senior prison officers in Maghaberry Prison, who are currently on the temporary promotion list; (ii) when the list was drafted; and (iii) when it will expire.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any plans he has to reduce the waiting times for women red flagged for breast screening, given that it is currently 12 to 14 weeks over the targeted waiting time of two weeks, as set by his Department.
Recognising the Importance of Food Security That this Assembly notes the importance of food security; believes food production should be recognised as a strategic asset in Northern Ireland; further notes Northern Ireland’s role in feeding 10 million people; celebrates the food and drink sector generating £4.9 billion…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the percentage of an old building, that must be in place to deem it as substantially intact, to qualify for a replacement dwelling, under Planning Policy HOU 20.
I thank the Minister for his response. Has an assessment been done of the potential cost implications for Northern Ireland practices and farm businesses? Has consideration been given to potential mitigating measures?
I am not as enthusiastic as others around the Chamber about how a new body will deliver what we are looking for. I note that those who tabled the motion claim to be the Opposition who hold Ministers, Departments and the Executive to account on delivering more effective, efficient and accountable governance. However,…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline the number of small businesses in West Tyrone that have availed of support from Invest NI in the last two years.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any financial assessment that has been made of the implications of increasing dementia prevalence for Health and Social Care Trusts; and (ii) how this will be reflected in future multiyear budget planning.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients with a dementia diagnosis who have experienced delayed discharge from hospital in the last 12 months, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
The UFU is not playing politics; it speaks for the vast majority of farming businesses throughout Northern Ireland. In light of the unanimous vote of no confidence, do you not think that it is time to listen to and work with the farming community, whom you have ignored since coming into office, to deliver sensible and…
I thank the Minister for her response. I appreciate that some work has been done on the A5. While the new western transport corridor will be some way down the line, perhaps — we are not sure yet — has the Minister considered, for example, the installation of cameras on some of the most dangerous parts of the A5 for…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any progress made to date on recruiting staff required to restore emergency general surgery at the South West Acute Hospital.