Debate contribution: Executive Collapse: Health Services

Debate contribution by Mr Colin McGrath on 12 October 2026.

MLA: Mr Colin McGrath
Party at the time: Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date: 12 October 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Executive Collapse: Health Services
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5786351

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Thank you, Minister, for the reply. It is notable that some of the people shouting loudest for this place to be collapsed are not even of this parish; they are of a parish over in London. For five of the past 10 years, courtesy of Sinn Féin and the DUP, there has been no Executive. What impact has that had on getting our health service to where it is today?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2691/22-27.

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