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To ask the Minister for Communities whether he will consider providing core funding to support intergenerational practice infrastructure across Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) to detail any engagement he has had with the Department for Work and Pensions in the last 12 months in relation to freezing the Local Housing Allowance rates from April 2025; and (ii) for his assessment on the potential impact on private renters.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the difficulties with the layout of County Hall in Coleraine which meant it was ruled out of the Department for Work and Pensions job expansion.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any conversations he has had to enable the Housing Executive to borrow against their rents to raise income for building new houses.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of housing units that (a) his Department; (b) the Housing Executive; and (c) Housing Associations will build in Belfast as part of the Belfast City Council Strategic Site Assessment process; and (ii) the locations of these housing units.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any attempts being made to map data or gather information in relation to the cost of poor housing and housing-related issues across all Executive Departments.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any (i) regulations; and (ii) legislation that is in place to prevent the Housing Executive from building homes.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of the impact the move to Universal Credit will have on the number of children eligible for free school meals.
Deputy Speaker, thank you. I thank Diane Dodds for securing today's Adjournment debate. I welcome the opportunity to recognise the situation that so many people living with breast cancer find themselves in. Naturally, much of the discussion about our breast services focuses on performance, and quite rightly so. Since…
I thank Mrs Dodds for securing this very important Adjournment debate. I am here in place of my colleague Eóin Tennyson, who, unfortunately, is not able to be here but wanted us to be represented. It is certainly a subject that he considers to be very important. He is unable to be here because he is unwell rather than…
This is a timely debate on a very important issue. It relates to Upper Bann, but, as the SDLP health spokesperson, I know that breast cancer can impact on people anywhere. We have mentioned the nuances whereby there are slightly different outcomes depending on which trust area you reside in. I know, from various…
I thank in particular my colleague Diane Dodds MLA for bringing the matter to the Chamber. It is an issue that she has championed and sought to raise awareness of during her time as DUP health spokesperson, a member of the Health Committee and an MLA for Upper Bann. As Diane rightly points out, there is an issue of…
That is what it is. I thank my Upper Bann colleague for bringing this to the House. It is an incredibly important issue, and she articulated the detail of it extremely well. No doubt, in the debate, we will all mention the same statistics as she mentioned. The reality is that it is not about statistics in many ways:…
Thank you, Deputy Speaker. For the record, I speak as an MLA for Upper Bann. I thank Diane for bringing the topic to the House. It is an important subject. I have no doubt that the Minister shares the concerns of all Members about the waiting times and lists for breast cancer treatment, whether it is in the Southern…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so I am very glad to be able to bring the topic to the House this afternoon. Sadly, everyone in the Chamber will know someone who has been affected by breast cancer. It is a disease that can terrify women, but it is important that we continue to…
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. We have just been informed that the former Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Belfast and Senator, Niall Ó Donnghaile, has been removed from his party and charged with having sent inappropriate messages to a person under the age of 18. That is another serious safeguarding issue. Following…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I welcome the consensus that our water resources are too valuable to neglect, but we have heard that rhetoric before and it has not translated into action. The lackadaisical approach to water management for so long, including the degradation of our rivers and lakes and the inability to…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I do not intend to go through what everyone has said, other than to say that fresh water is an essential and natural resource. As we approach the issue before the House today, there is no doubt that everyone wants to achieve the same goal, and that is to see a vast improvement in our…
I thank the Minister for giving way. It is an important issue. I talked last week about the need to review the performance and non-performance of the Executive. To be clear, the Minister has read out that the impact of not having Stormont or Ministers in post for five years has been a deterioration in the condition of…