q

AQW 17904/22-27

[Miss Nuala McAllister]: To ask the Minister of Health when respite facilities in (i) Redwood; and (ii) Greenhill will be open.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17903/22-27

[Miss Nuala McAllister]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of adult patients admitted to hospital in 2019 that had initial blood test results showing a sodium level of 135 or above, but subsequently had blood test results showing a sodium level of less than 125, broken down by hospital.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17902/22-27

[Miss Nuala McAllister]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of adult patients admitted to hospital in 2019 that had initial blood test results showing a sodium level of 135 or above, but subsequently had blood test results showing a sodium level of less than 115, broken down by hospital.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17901/22-27

[Miss Nuala McAllister]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of adult patients admitted to hospital in 2019 that had initial blood test results showing a sodium level of 135 or above, but subsequently had blood test results showing a sodium level of less than 135, broken down by hospital.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17900/22-27

[Miss Nuala McAllister]: To ask the Minister of Health for an update on discussions with the Cabinet Office in relation to the potential impact of the proposed Hillsborough Law on public services in Northern Ireland.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17899/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister of Finance (i) to detail any engagement she has had with the Minister for Communities in relation to restoring the Rates Support Grant; and (ii) for her assessment of ring-fencing this funding.



  • Department of Finance

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AQW 17898/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he will consider exploring a park with us in mind style initiative across local councils areas, including Derry City and Strabane District Council, to address pavement parking.



  • Department for Infrastructure

q

AQW 17897/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 15318/22-27, to detail the steps being taken to enhance accessibility for all passengers, including training for taxi drivers to assist (i) passengers with dementia; (ii) deaf passengers; and (iii) visually impaired passengers with guide dogs.



  • Department for Infrastructure

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AQW 17896/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the engagement he has had with the taxi industry in relation to improving passenger safety, especially for women in light of growing safety concerns.



  • Department for Infrastructure

q

AQW 17895/22-27

[Mr Mark Durkan]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the steps his Department has taken to address delays experienced by agency health staff who have not received their backdated pay award for 2023-24, including the one-off non-consolidated payment of £1,500, particularly those in the Western Health and Social Care Trust.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17894/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister for Communities to provide a breakdown of the total (i) social; and (ii) affordable housing unit output compared to (a) Britain; and (b) the Republic of Ireland, in each of the last ten years.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17892/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail life expectancy, broken down by (i) location; (ii) gender; and (iii) social class.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17891/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister of Health to provide a breakdown of the cost to the health and social care system of (i) gambling; (ii) alcohol; (iii) drug-related harms in each of the last ten years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17890/22-27

[Ms Joanne Bunting]: To ask the Minister for Communities for a status update on the review of licensing laws.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17889/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister for Communities when he will answer AQW 16769/22-27.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17888/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister for Communities when he will answer AQW 16931/22-27.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17887/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Health whether he has considered adopting Northern Ireland-wide standards for staff training, similar to Scotland, Wales and England.



  • Department of Health

q

AQW 17886/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Health whether he has considered creating a bespoke agency to co-ordinate NHS staff training in order to improve consistency and quality, similar to Scotland, Wales and England.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17885/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the budget for staff training in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.



  • Department of Health

q

AQW 17884/22-27

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the Minister of Health when he will answer AQW 15015/22-27.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17879/22-27

[Ms Kellie Armstrong]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any assessment that has been made of the amount of money his Department would save if the Help for Travel Cost scheme was updated to include people on Universal Credit, therefore removing the requirement to process HC1 forms.



  • Department for Communities

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AQW 17878/22-27

[Ms Kellie Armstrong]: To ask the Minister of Health whether any financial assistance is available to enable children with disabilities to access in-patient dental treatment elsewhere in the UK or Ireland.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17877/22-27

[Ms Kellie Armstrong]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of children with disabilities awaiting in-patient dental treatment; and (ii) the average waiting time for in-patient dental services for children with disabilities, as of the end of October 2024, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17876/22-27

[Ms Kellie Armstrong]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail any actions being taken to reduce waiting times for children with learning disabilities, who are living in pain, to access in-patient dental treatment.



  • Department of Health

q

AQW 17875/22-27

[Ms Kellie Armstrong]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of meetings, including dates, he or his Department has had with officials in the Department of Health to encourage progression of the Help with Travel Costs scheme for people in receipt of Universal Credit.



  • Department for Communities

q

AQW 17873/22-27

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail any action his Department is taking to ensure staff safety is maintained as a result of the Right Care, Right Person policy.



  • Department of Health

q

AQW 17872/22-27

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of his Department’s ability to deal with additional pressures from the Right Care, Right Person policy.



  • Department of Health

q

AQW 17871/22-27

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail any consideration his Department has given to lowering the age limit for prostate cancer testing.



  • Department of Health

q

AQW 17870/22-27

[Mr Andy Allen MBE]: To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department will receive funding through the monitoring round to provide support to households struggling with the high cost of living.



  • Department for Communities

q

AQW 17869/22-27

[Mr Andy Allen MBE]: To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department (i) has developed; and (ii) is working on any cost-of-living proposals to provide support to households struggling with the high cost of living.



  • Department for Communities

q

AQW 17867/22-27

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on when the (i) A2 Shore Road, Rostrevor; and (ii) B27 Kilkeel Road, Hilltown, will fully reopen following last year's landslides.



  • Department for Infrastructure

q

AQW 17866/22-27

[Ms Diane Forsythe]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 16997/22-27 and AQW 16998/22-27, to detail the number of the cases that resulted in (i) clamping; and (ii) referrals to court.



  • Department for Infrastructure

q

AQW 17864/22-27

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure when he will make a decision on the Belfast Rapid Transit Phase 2 extending to Glengormley.



  • Department for Infrastructure

q

AQW 17862/22-27

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 16993/22-27, (i) when the feasibility and options study was commissioned; and (ii) when it is due to be completed.



  • Department for Infrastructure

q

AQW 17853/22-27

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the work of the Trading Standards Service in preventing the sale of vape products to children.



  • Department of Health

q

AQW 17851/22-27

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of businesses that have faced action from the Trading Standards Service in the last 12 months as a consequence of selling vape products to children.



  • Department of Health

q

AQW 17850/22-27

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister of Health whether he plans to develop and implement a public health campaign around the dangers and potential harm of children using vaping products.



  • Department of Health

q

AQW 17848/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how the needs of community transport service users and the wider community are considered in the work of the cross-departmental working group on community transport.



  • Department for Infrastructure

q

AQW 17847/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) his legislative proposals for sustainable urban drainage; and (ii) an indicative time frame for introducing this legislation.



  • Department for Infrastructure

q

AQW 17846/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any efforts to work with the Minister for Communities to increase investment in the arts.



  • Department of Finance

q

AQW 17845/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of Heritage at Risk buildings; (ii) any work he has undertaken to support these buildings; and (iii) any assessment that has been made of the possibility of utilising a portion of these properties for housing.



  • Department for Communities

q

AQW 17844/22-27

[Mr Gary Middleton]: To ask the Minister of Health to detail the current budget his Department has allocated to delivering on the Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031.



  • Department of Health

q

AQW 17843/22-27

[Mr Gary Middleton]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of passengers using the Londonderry to Coleraine rail service and onwards to Belfast in each of the last three years.



  • Department for Infrastructure

q

AQW 17842/22-27

[Mr Gary Middleton]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the steps his Department is taking to deliver an anti-poverty strategy.



  • Department for Communities

q

AQW 17841/22-27

[Mr Gary Middleton]: To ask the Minister for Communities to detail what learning his Department can take from the Public Accounts Committee report on Child Poverty in Northern Ireland.



  • Department for Communities

q

AQW 17840/22-27

[Mr John Blair]: To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department is implementing any measures to increase recycling rates in buildings used by his Department or its arm's-length bodies.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17839/22-27

[Mr John Blair]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether his Department is implementing any measures to increase recycling rates in buildings used by his Department or its arm's-length bodies.



  • Department for Infrastructure

q

AQW 17838/22-27

[Mr John Blair]: To ask the Minister of Health whether his Department is implementing any measures to reduce general waste in buildings used by his Department or its arm's-length bodies.



  • Department of Health

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AQW 17837/22-27

[Mr John Blair]: To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether his Department is implementing any measures to reduce general waste in buildings used by his Department or its arm's-length bodies.



  • Department for Infrastructure

q

AQW 17835/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the Minister for Communities, in light of Ards and North Down Borough Council not publishing the names of councillors who attempted to call in the decision to fly the Union Flag from war memorials in the borough, to detail any measures he will take to promote transparency in local government.



  • Department for Communities