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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) to detail the annual expenditure on road safety education and awareness campaigns, in each of the last five years; and (ii) to outline how such campaigns are assessed for effectiveness in reaching all categories of road users.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for a breakdown of the average hours worked per week by full-time Translink drivers, contracted for at least 36 hours per week, in the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 26357/22-27, to detail the amount spent by Translink on recruitment and onboarding costs including (i) training; (ii) medical; and (iii) Driver and Vehicle Agency fees, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his department has made a 2025-26 allocation to the Housing Executive for the Social Housing Development Programme.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail: (i) the funding opportunities available through his Department to support the work of Head Injury Support; and (ii) his assessment of the means by which Head Injury support can secure the necessary funding to continue the work they do.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the spending on Harry Avery's Castle, Newtownstewart, by the NI Environment Agency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the need for legislation similar to Awaab’s Law, given that this will be enacted in Britain in October 2025.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQO 1994 22-27, to detail how many Northern Ireland Housing Executive properties in South Antrim have been vacant for: (i) 12-18 months; (ii) 18-24 months; and (iii) 24+ months.
I thank you, Minister, for giving way. I will make it brief, as I do not want to eat into your time. Do you agree that Right Care, Right Person becomes even more important in relation to stigma? It should not be the police that respond to people who are victims and addicts. We should have a health service response for…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank Mr Donnelly and everybody who contributed to the debate. The statistics have been rehearsed. We can all translate them into an understanding of the human cost of substance use. That human cost impacts on individuals, families and communities. I acknowledge that every life lost is…
I will not detain Members too long. On behalf of the SDLP, I support our having the debate. My motivation for speaking this evening comes from reflecting on my time as a youth worker nine years ago. There was a group of about 20 or 25 young people who grew up through the centre. They had been there for about 15 years…
Thank you, Danny, for raising the important issue of drug-related deaths in the East Antrim area and for securing the Adjournment debate on what is an important and concerning topic. We have seen the recent statistics from NISRA that show that there has been almost a doubling of deaths over the past 10 years. Of…
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I begin by thanking Mr Donnelly for bringing this important topic to the House and all those who have contributed already. I apologise for not being here for all of the debate due to ministerial business. This is an issue of the utmost seriousness. We are talking about real…
I thank my East Antrim colleague Danny Donnelly for bringing this important topic to the Assembly. Illegal drugs and the misuse of prescription drugs are serious issues across not just East Antrim but the whole of Northern Ireland. Rising addiction is not just an East Antrim issue. Cannabis, cocaine, synthetic drugs…
Death is incredibly difficult in any circumstances, but it can be even more harrowing and often more distressing when it comes as a result of drug use. Unfortunately, too many people still lose their lives as a result of drugs across Northern Ireland. Behind every statistic is a human being — a son, daughter, mother…
I thank the Member who has brought such an important topic to the House, allowing us to discuss an issue that affects every corner or our community: the tragic rise in drug-related deaths in East Antrim. I welcome the opportunity. As a member of the Policing Board, I will touch on policing. Drug use is one of…
I preface the debate by saying that East Antrim is no better or worse than anywhere else in Northern Ireland or, indeed, the UK. The issue of drug-related harm affects every part of our region. However, East Antrim has recently witnessed several tragic drug-related deaths, alongside a BBC documentary that showed the…
I thank the Member for giving way. I am going to give away my age now, but I remember, in 2007, before I was elected, the very gentleman who sits in front of me and who is now Finance Minister was part of a discussion about fiscal freedom. A motion came before the House, and the SDLP did not think that we were ready…
Having listened to what the Member said about an ideological or quasi-ideological narrative to obfuscate why the blockage is taking place at the heel of the hunt, I ask this: does the Member agree that, in the midst of all the economic and social challenges that this society faces, with families who cannot pay their…