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Yes, I can assure the Member that there will be an immediate consequence in what I am calling "blank-sheet planning" for next winter — and, indeed, earlier than that. As she correctly identifies, the issue has been the flow, which can be blocked at any point between a patient arriving in an ambulance at an acute…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Adult Social Care Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Adult Social Care
I thank the Minister for his response. The overall reform of adult social care is essential to the transformation of the health service. I accept that it will take considerable time. Equally essential is taking measures to ensure the flow of patients in hospitals. What we are seeing currently is unacceptable. I…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Adult Social Care Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Adult Social Care
I thank the Member for her question. Following the publication of the consultation report, the social care collaborative forum was established with the intention of working with my Department to implement the proposed reforms. The forum provides the cross-sectoral leadership that will be critical to adult social care…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Adult Social Care Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Adult Social Care
I was recently in Downe Hospital. The urgent care centre was one of the areas that I visited. It is a magnificent development. Indeed, the consultants and nurses in that urgent care centre made the point that, in the past, people who lived in the vicinity of that hospital would have made their way to the Ulster…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Bangor Community Hospital Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Bangor Community Hospital
Does the Minister agree that the full utilisation of facilities such as Bangor Community Hospital and Downe Hospital would help to alleviate pressures that are felt across the South Eastern Trust? Does the Minister agree that more could be done to utilise the Downe Hospital, including its urgent care centre, by…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Bangor Community Hospital Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Bangor Community Hospital
I thank the Member for that follow-up question. We have been increasing the number over recent years. Would I like to increase it yet further? Yes, of course I would. Would I like to provide a timescale? Yes, I would, but the fact is that the budget does not permit me to start detailing that sort of plan to the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Bangor Community Hospital Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Bangor Community Hospital
I thank the Minister for that answer. He touched on workforce. GPs are one of the professions on the front line when it comes to dealing with patients before they get to emergency departments (EDs). What is the Minister's plan for increasing the number of GPs being trained in Northern Ireland? What is a possible…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Bangor Community Hospital Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Bangor Community Hospital
I thank the Member for his question. Given the logistics involved, no consideration has been given to asking the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust to reopen the inpatient ward or minor injuries unit at Bangor Community Hospital. I believe that the Member is aware that that service, along with the associated…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Bangor Community Hospital Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Bangor Community Hospital
I will supply the Member with the most up-to-date report on the completion of that. Works can be delayed or cancelled as a result of difficult weather conditions, and last weekend's were particularly difficult. I will keep the Member up to date on the proposed finalisation of that.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Sydenham Bypass: Resurfacing Works Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Sydenham Bypass: Resurfacing Works
Thank you for that, Minister. I believe that, over the past two weekends, the works have been postponed due to weather conditions. I am keen to find out a more accurate completion date, given the weather conditions.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Sydenham Bypass: Resurfacing Works Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Sydenham Bypass: Resurfacing Works
Apart from one weekend, when they had to be cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, the works are progressing as planned.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Sydenham Bypass: Resurfacing Works Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Sydenham Bypass: Resurfacing Works
I am happy to do so.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Dunhill Road, Coleraine Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Dunhill Road, Coleraine
I am glad that the Minister has mentioned planning permission, because I thought that there would be an opportunity to address the issue through new developments. Sadly, DFI, as a statutory consultee, did not raise the issue. After many years, we are still going through the process. Will the Minister commit to looking…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Dunhill Road, Coleraine Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Dunhill Road, Coleraine
I do not know the specifics of the area. The Member has corresponded with me on a number of roads in her area to raise concerns and suggest ideas on how we should manage them. All new developments in an area have to go through the planning process, as the Member will be aware. DFI Roads is a consultee in that regard.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Dunhill Road, Coleraine Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Dunhill Road, Coleraine
That will be the primary prism through which I look at the matter when I come to make a decision. During the previous mandate, when the then Minister, Minister Mallon, called for evidence on the matter, one of the issues that the PSNI and others raised was ensuring continued road safety. Given the ever-increasing…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Biennial MOT Testing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Biennial MOT Testing
Go raibh maith agat. Will the Minister commit to ensuring that road safety will not be negatively impacted on by biennial MOT tests, should they be introduced?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Biennial MOT Testing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Biennial MOT Testing
The Member is correct that I have launched a consultation. It is a genuine consultation; I have not come to a fixed position on the matter. I want to hear the views of the public, motorists, garage owners, insurance companies, the PSNI and others on whether we should move to a biennial service. One of the clear…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Biennial MOT Testing Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Biennial MOT Testing
Without a doubt. Prevention is better than cure. That is one of the reasons why I am keen to ensure that our road infrastructure is properly maintained.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rural Road Repairs Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rural Road Repairs
I thank the Minister for his response. Does he accept that money would be better spent on repairing roads than on paying for damage to cars? People come in to my office daily, looking for claim forms.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rural Road Repairs Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rural Road Repairs
I am working my way through my entire departmental budget, both capital and resource, to see how we can divvy it up. The Member will be aware from hearing about them during Question Time of all the demands that are, understandably, on my Department. I am keen to ensure that our road infrastructure receives an uplift…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Rural Road Repairs Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Rural Road Repairs
After the period of cold weather in early January, I asked a similar question in the Department about whether we could use farmers to grit a number of rural roads. If I am correct, the Department can, through its procurement exercises, hold a list of contractors, and individual farmers could be on that list. It is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Assistance from Farmers Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Assistance from Farmers
I hear what you say, Minister, and agree with your remarks about cables. The good old farmers have come out to help again, and what I am trying to find out from you, Minister, is whether there is any indication of whether we are going to retain a list of farmers who can be called on for their support and can be…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Assistance from Farmers Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Assistance from Farmers
It is clear that farming communities once again stepped up to the mark and cleared a lot of debris off roads and removed trees etc, and I welcome that. I appeal, however, to anyone who is proposing to clear fallen trees or debris from roads not to do so if they have any concerns whatever. If cables are down, take it…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Assistance from Farmers Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Storm Éowyn: Assistance from Farmers
I do. Roads present barriers and divide communities physically. If there is a busy two-, three- or four-lane road running between communities, that is a physical barrier, even to their development. Such roads can prevent them from getting, for example, local shops or community infrastructure. The transport plan and 'A…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: 'A Bolder Vision for Belfast' Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: 'A Bolder Vision for Belfast'
Belfast city centre is surrounded by inner-city working-class communities that have been cut off from the city by defensive planning in the 1960s and 1970s. Does the Minister agree that the plan should start to deal with that severance issue and re-stitch those communities into the city centre?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: 'A Bolder Vision for Belfast' Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: 'A Bolder Vision for Belfast'
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