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- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Obesity (16 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: I, too, thank my Committee colleagues, officials, and respondents to our inquiry; it proved to be a successful road to go down. Obesity causes great concern, not only in the Health Service, but in other areas of government. I support the motion on the obesity report and call on the Health Minister to read it and to act on its recommendations. The Health Service exists to treat and to care for...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Obesity (16 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: There are cost implications not only for our Health Service but for our economy and wider society. The report highlights the comments that were made by the representatives of the Institute of Public Health, who told us that: “The loss of productivity and the costs of care and treatment of obesity and related conditions have serious effects on the economy and threaten to engulf the...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Obesity (16 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: They went on to say that: “Obesity is estimated to cause 450 deaths per year, £14·2 million in lost productivity and £90 million cost to health and social care.”
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Obesity (16 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: I support the motion.
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Health, Social Services and Public Safety: Swine Flu: Vaccination (16 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: Will the Minister indicate whether he has any figures or feedback on the take-up of the vaccine from schools for children with special needs?
- Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Policing Board (10 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how much the (a) Northern Ireland Policing Board and (b) district policing partnerships cost to run in the latest year for which figures are available; (2) how many people attended public meetings of (a) the Northern Ireland Policing Board and (b) district policing partnerships in the latest period for which figures are available.
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Efficiency and Contingency Deficit Proposals in the Health and Social Care Trusts (9 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: Will the Member give way?
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Efficiency and Contingency Deficit Proposals in the Health and Social Care Trusts (9 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: Not to this party.
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Efficiency and Contingency Deficit Proposals in the Health and Social Care Trusts (9 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: Will the Minister give way?
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Efficiency and Contingency Deficit Proposals in the Health and Social Care Trusts (9 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: Does the Member agree that it is about time that we got the performance and efficiency delivery unit (PEDU) to look at the Minister’s budget and direct him on efficiencies?
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Efficiency and Contingency Deficit Proposals in the Health and Social Care Trusts (9 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: We all accept that healthcare is the number one priority in Northern Ireland. I listened to my colleague on the Committee for Health, Social Services and Public Safety Mr McCallister rewrite history. I thank the Deputy Chairperson for proposing the motion. I will address some related and relevant issues that contribute to the larger picture of how the Department is managing issues. I am aware...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Efficiency and Contingency Deficit Proposals in the Health and Social Care Trusts (9 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: I will not. We listened to enough of the garbage that you spewed earlier. You have just reminded me: I would look at your new partners —
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Efficiency and Contingency Deficit Proposals in the Health and Social Care Trusts (9 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: I apologise, Mr Deputy Speaker.
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Efficiency and Contingency Deficit Proposals in the Health and Social Care Trusts (9 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: Did you rise to your feet when Mr McCallister spoke?
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Efficiency and Contingency Deficit Proposals in the Health and Social Care Trusts (9 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: On a point of order —
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Efficiency and Contingency Deficit Proposals in the Health and Social Care Trusts (9 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: As I was saying, Mr Deputy Speaker, my colleague on the Committee for Health, Social Services and Public Safety was quick to throw out spurious comments about expenses. For the record, that Member’s party is associated with the Tories, who were the worst culprits for defrauding expenses in the Westminster Parliament. I say to the Member and his colleagues that they are happy to link up...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Efficiency and Contingency Deficit Proposals in the Health and Social Care Trusts (9 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: The cheerleader.
- Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Police (9 Nov 2009)
Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the planned number of police officers in Northern Ireland for 2010-11.