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To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQO 1353/22-27, for an update on his Department's collaboration with the Executive Programme on Paramilitarism and Organised Crime, specifically work relating to illegal money lending.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the reasons behind the 18 per cent drop-off in the participation level in sport for disabled people over the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any engagement he has had with the Minister of Health in relation to mental health services for people facing homelessness.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the implications of his capital bid for £53.3 million towards Investment in New Build and Housing for All in the October Monitoring Round not being funded.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any impact the State Pension increase in April will have on Pension Credit; and (ii) whether current awards of Pension Credit will be reduced accordingly.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any actions that will be taken by the Historic Environment Division to save the historic Kircubbin Harbour following further damage to the quay and retaining walls during recent storms and the lack of restoration and preventative measures taken by the owner.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any consultation that has been carried out on Strand 3 of the Northern Ireland Football Fund - the Grassroots Development Programme.
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank Members for their contributions. I am in the unusual position where people are thanking me for bringing a motion to the House. I am happy to do it more regularly if people want me to. It has been an honour for me to fight for carers with the motion. Hopefully, we will have…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the Minister for his comments today. The number of unpaid carers across Northern Ireland has grown massively over the past five years. Looking at the benefit claimants extract from the Minister's Department, in December 2024, it says that 77,400 people are in receipt of carer's…
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the Member for West Belfast Mr Carroll for tabling the motion and all the Members who have contributed to the debate. I was going to say a number of things in response, but many Members, from across the House, have already said them. We are, I think, united in this place…
I support the motion and the amendment. I commend Mr Carroll for bringing his first motion to the House after nine years in the Assembly, which is remarkable. The importance of the motion is to acknowledge the essential yet undervalued role of our unpaid carers. Thousands across Northern Ireland give their life to…
I welcome the opportunity to debate the important motion. I commend Mr Carroll for bringing it to the House. Once again, a motion from this corner of the Chamber is shining a spotlight on issues that are too often ignored by the Executive parties and the official Opposition. This issue should not be ignored. I have no…
I begin by thanking the proposer, Gerry Carroll, for tabling the motion. We will also support the amendment. Unpaid carers are the backbone of our health and social care system, providing essential support to loved ones each and every day in our communities. Our healthcare system — our health system in general — is on…
I thank Gerry Carroll for tabling the motion. Support for carers, including children who are caring for parents or siblings, is absolutely vital. It is an issue that I first became aware of when I was Lord Mayor of Belfast and one of my charities for the year was Action for Children, which does amazing work with young…
I thank the proposer of the motion. I will support the motion and the amendment. A recent report highlighted growing evidence that the demands of caring increasingly impact on carers' physical and mental health, with a further survey showing that lack of support and recognition from healthcare services is taking its…
I associate myself with most if not all of the commentary that has been made. You could not put a sheet of paper between what any of us are saying, to be fair. That is because there really is an agreed approach. As the Member who spoke previously just said, we need to show that we care about our carers. I thank the…
I thank the Member who tabled the motion. The SDLP will support it and the Alliance amendment. Both could go further, but not every motion can do everything. My colleague Daniel McCrossan had been working on an amendment that does not seem to have made the cut. In that, we called for a carers' charter, similar to the…
I will highlight the indispensable contribution that Northern Ireland's unpaid carers make. There are around 220,000 individuals, nearly 60% of whom are women, who are the indispensable thread that helps hold our society together. They provide daily care for children with additional needs, as Mr Carroll points out in…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Carers play a vital role in our society. We recognise how challenging that role is for full-time carers and for carers who also work or are trying to gain employment. Across Northern Ireland, we have more than 220,000 people providing unpaid care for a sick or disabled family member,…
I thank the Member for tabling this important motion. Carers play a vital role in our society, yet it is fair to say that they do not get the recognition or support that they deserve. I have worked as a social worker with carers who have had to fight for every minute and penny of support that they receive. Providing…