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I thank the Member for that supplementary question. We are trying to remove the second assessment. A lot of people end up in a hospital because they start off with an assessment from their GP and are then sent to the emergency department of an acute hospital, where they are assessed for a second time. The future is to…
— there is an urgent escalation of people being removed from their beds and placed in corridors. Is additional work needed to address gaps in specialisms among medical staff and reduce the number of people waiting? In Altnagelvin, 28% or 29% of people —
Thank you for the update on that range of measures, Minister. Unfortunately, things are not improving, despite the fact that we have the minor injuries unit and the other measures that you mentioned, and despite the fact that, on a weekly basis —
I thank the Member for her question. My Department has taken a number of steps to improve patient flow at the Altnagelvin Area Hospital. An enhanced minor injury unit was opened in March this year. It is a Phone First-led service that operates from 8.00 am to 9.00 pm, seven days a week. It is my expectation that the…
I thank the Member for making very valid points. That is a huge issue of concern for us all, and it presents to us in our offices every week. Does she agree that there is a disproportionate impact on young single men in particular, who are healthy and well but cannot get enough points to get housed quickly enough,…
I support the motion because it is clear, as others have said, that we are in a housing crisis. Whilst I agree with so much that was said across the Chamber today, I do not think that I can add much, particularly after my colleague and self-professed housing nerd, Kellie Armstrong, made some key points about how this…
The motion recognises that the housing crisis in Northern Ireland is due to insufficient social housing, underinvestment in waste water infrastructure and rising difficulties for first-time buyers. In my constituency and in my council area, Causeway Coast and Glens, we bear the brunt, perhaps more so than some other…
I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important motion. Despite some of their pontificating, I thank the Members opposite for tabling it. You would nearly believe that they had not recently been in the Executive, but we will leave that aside, because the people in our communities need us to be working together. I…
I thank the Member for giving way. She has made her points well, and I agree with most of them, but this is a crisis for the Executive. It is up to Ministers to work collectively to resolve the problem of building houses. It is not good enough that one Minister hides from the other; they need to work collectively. The…
I appreciate the Member's giving way. I agree with many of her points, which are well made. On the infrastructure issues and the capacity in Northern Ireland Water, the only suggestion that we have been given to date is that the solution should be developer-led. Given the pressures on our housing associations and…
I make my contribution today feeling quite frustrated. It will not shock the SDLP, but we support the motion. It is, however, only part of the solution to our housing crisis. We know that we have a housing crisis. The Minister agreed in the House that there is a housing crisis, but asking a Minister to declare a…
As a member of the Committee for Communities along with my colleague Maurice Bradley, I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion calling for the declaration of a housing emergency. The Democratic Unionist Party acknowledges the broad thrust of the motion, although I will highlight some alternative wording that…
In my capacity as Sinn Féin housing spokesperson, I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion. Housing is a human right that is recognised in international human rights law as part of the right to an adequate standard of living. What connects all our people here — our workers and families — with us, as public…
I beg to move Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I stand before the Assembly today to address a crisis that has been allowed to grow and worsen by the day under the lack of leadership of the Executive. It is a crisis that is affecting tens of thousands of families right across Northern Ireland. There is no…
Does the Member agree that it is not even the principle of meeting those groups, which is one thing, but that it is the elevation of them above other groups, which, as you and I mentioned, have not met those Ministers?
I am grateful to the Member for giving way. Will she agree that, while there has been lots of talk in the Chamber, including from the First Minister, about agreeing on the need to tackle the scourge of paramilitarism, what we actually need is the review of that programme with a specific focus on when and what the end…
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I welcome the contributions that Members have made to the debate, and I thank the First Minister for responding to it. It is clear that, more than 26 years after our peace agreement and 30 years on from the republican and loyalist ceasefires, it should be a source of shame…
Go raibh maith agat, a Phríomh-LeasCheann Comhairle. I welcome the opportunity to respond to the debate on this important motion. As other Members have indicated, the fact that we are having this conversation more than 26 years after our peace agreement is unbelievable and underlines the fact that more needs to be…
I support the motion. We still have a problem with paramilitary organisations not only existing but dictating life, intimidating people and whipping up sectarianism and racism in society. Stormont has not only played a role in allowing those organisations to exist but has, often, funded them through front…