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Minister, given that capital funding is, generally, being decimated, the extent of which may increase as a result of the Executive's not agreeing a Budget, what impact will that have on any final road maintenance strategy, and are any contingencies being put in place to manage that?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy
The Member will know that, on many occasions, I have highlighted rural needs in terms of road maintenance and our road network. I, too, represent a rural constituency, so I know that there are significant challenges with deterioration and the inability to address it in the way that we would expect. Those are the types…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy
Large parts of my constituency of Lagan Valley are rural in nature, so I am interested in understanding how the revised strategy will prioritise rural versus urban road maintenance needs.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy
I really appreciate the opportunity to state the facts on that. It has been extremely disappointing to see senior figures in the UUP and some in the SDLP misleading the public on what the £181 million figure represented. Whether their doing so was deliberate is for them to answer Like every Minister and every…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy
There appear to have been misrepresentation by Members in the House regarding £181 million that was returned to DOF. Can you clarify the situation, please?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy
As I said in my previous response, we have taken into consideration the comments and issues that were raised through the consultation process. That is an important part of the process. I have been engaging with officials on the role of utilities and how we improve reinstatements and make sure that they are more…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy
I thank the Minister for her answer. It is, however, disappointing that MLAs will not get sight of the updated strategy before recess. Given the importance of the issue to our constituents, will the Minister outline how the strategy will address the role of utility companies in degrading road surfaces? I ask that due…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy
The consultation on my Department's draft road maintenance strategy ran from 2 December 2025 to 30 January this year. First, I thank all of those who engaged with the consultation and provided feedback, which has been very positive and constructive. Officials are in the process of finalising the consultation report…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Road Maintenance Strategy
The primary support comes from the trusts because they tend to be the employer. I was in Ballyclare, in the Member's constituency, during the week of the race riots, and I met an international colleague who runs an advice centre for ethnic health workers. I also went down the street and met a body that delivers…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Minority Ethnic Health Workers: Support after Racism Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Minority Ethnic Health Workers: Support after Racism
I cannot confirm that number because I am told that a bit of duplication was involved in the numbers. I am happy to write to the Member with an update on that. It was a significant number. In fact, one is one too many because Encompass is an incredibly expensive system. It just should not happen. Although the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Encompass: Referral Problems Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Encompass: Referral Problems
I thank the Health Minister for that answer. Can he tell us the scale of the issue? I am led to believe that it affected just under 50,000 letters. Can the Health Minister confirm that number?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Encompass: Referral Problems Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Encompass: Referral Problems
As I understand it, there was a technical failure in what should have been a fail-safe system and a number of referrals were not issued. That is a matter of deep regret for me. However, those referrals were telling GPs that the consultant who was issuing the referral did not need to see their patient.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Encompass: Referral Problems Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Encompass: Referral Problems
Again, I accept that it is regrettable. However, I think that the first thing that a woman in that situation needs to be told is, "We're taking you somewhere not that far away where a safe service is waiting for you and your baby".
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Daisy Hill Hospital: Maternity Services Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Daisy Hill Hospital: Maternity Services
Thank you for your answer, Minister. Do you agree that, for a mother who is about to give birth or who seeks medical attention from maternity staff for her unborn child, suspension of those vital services at short notice is the last thing that is needed in a time-pressured situation?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Daisy Hill Hospital: Maternity Services Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Daisy Hill Hospital: Maternity Services
I am tempted to say to the Member that that is, of course, an operational matter for the Southern Trust. However, I take very seriously any unplanned interruption to service delivery. I am being told that the service was picked up in Craigavon Area Hospital. While that is an inconvenience, there were, as far as I am…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Daisy Hill Hospital: Maternity Services Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Daisy Hill Hospital: Maternity Services
I am happy to make that commitment.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Safeguarding Legislation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Safeguarding Legislation
Safeguarding falls within your remit, Minister. We know that, but we also know that it is the responsibility of each and every one of us. That is part of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995. Faith-based counselling is not subject to the same regulation as other clinical counselling services. That points to a…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Safeguarding Legislation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Safeguarding Legislation
I hope that the Member does not expect me to make up policy on the hoof during Question Time. I will simply say to her that I will certainly take her question away with me. I have made the point many times during Question Time that I want to be much more vocal and open about saying that patient safety is the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Safeguarding Legislation Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Safeguarding Legislation
I will write to the Member if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that a patient suffering a stroke can be stabilised at the Causeway Hospital and then transferred to the thrombectomy service in Belfast. I gently point out to the Member that, by his logic, he is calling for an acute hospital at the end of every…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Thrombectomy Service Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Thrombectomy Service
Minister, you have partially answered my question, but it was really about the fact that, when services are centralised in the greater Belfast area, services are denied to those elsewhere in the Province. There has been a continued reduction in services across Northern Ireland because of their centralisation in…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Thrombectomy Service Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Thrombectomy Service
When I referred to the £80 million for waiting lists and building capacity, I made it clear that some of that money will be invested in turning the thrombectomy service into a 24/7 service. That should help the around 160 people every year who suffer a stroke potentially to walk out of hospital on the same day, with…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Thrombectomy Service Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Causeway Hospital: Thrombectomy Service
First, I have mentioned tomorrow's health summit. That is about putting patient safety at the top of the list of priorities for the leadership of Health and Social Care. Secondly, on an individual duty of candour, I again refer the Member to the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, commonly known as the Hillsborough…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Health Service: Accountability Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Health Service: Accountability
Minister, time and time again, families have been failed. There is a growing call among all political parties in the House for an individual duty of candour. You mentioned a corporate duty of candour, but the families to whom I have spoken have said that that would preclude individuals who knowingly and wrongly…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Health Service: Accountability Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Health Service: Accountability
I repeat my condolences; Lynsey and Erin lost their lives, and that should not have happened. I direct the Member to the report from Professor Frank Atherton, who assimilated all the other reports, which were conflicting in some of their conclusions. His conclusion was that it would not be appropriate to pursue…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Health Service: Accountability Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Health Service: Accountability
Our responsible Opposition have spoken. I am not looking for a fight with anybody. Some 75,000 or 76,000 people deliver health and social care in this country. I would like them all to wake up feeling good about life, to get out of bed looking forward to going on shift and to go home at night thinking, "That was a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Resident Doctors: Strike Action Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Resident Doctors: Strike Action
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