Tuesday, 25 February 2020
The Assembly met at 10:30 am (Speaker [Mr Maskey] in the Chair). Members observed two minutes' silence.
I beg to move That the Second Stage of the Budget Bill [NIA 2/17-22] be agreed. Today's Second Stage follows yesterday's approval of the Supply resolutions by the Assembly for the expenditure...
Before I call the Member to ask the first question, I must inform the House that oral question 12 and topical question 5 have been withdrawn.
1. Mr Givan asked the Minister of Finance to outline the fiscal balance between revenue raised and public expenditure in each of the last three years. (AQO 178/17-22)
2. Ms Bunting asked the Minister of Finance to outline the rate of uptake of the lone pensioner allowance. (AQO 179/17-22)
3. Mr Allister asked the Minister of Finance to outline any changes to the ministerial code since it was established. (AQO 180/17-22)
4. Ms S Bradley asked the Minister of Finance for an update on the replacement of EU structural funds by the UK shared prosperity fund. (AQO 181/17-22)
5. Mr Chambers asked the Minister of Finance what engagement his Department has had with Her Majesty’s Treasury regarding the Troubles-related victims' payment scheme. (AQO 182/17-22)
6. Mrs Barton asked the Minister of Finance what protections are in place for people with UK bank and building society accounts that meet the criteria for the dormant account fund. (AQO 183/17-22)
7. Ms P Bradley asked the Minister of Finance for his assessment of the receipts and expenditure formula used in Reval2020 to calculate the net annual value of public houses and hotels and the...
T1. Mr Storey asked the Minister of Finance, given that he has made much of the £600 million shortfall in public finances, whether he will assure the House that, following the Budget...
T2. Dr Archibald asked the Minister of Finance for an update on the funding that will be lost as a result of Brexit. (AQT 142/17-22)
T3. Ms Sheerin asked the Minister of Finance how much he expects the victims’ payment to cost. (AQT 143/17-22)
T4. Mr Lynch asked the Minister of Finance to outline his plans to support social enterprise. (AQT 144/17-22)
T6. Ms Dolan asked the Minister of Finance for an update on the translation hub. (AQT 146/17-22)
T7. Mrs D Kelly asked the Minister of Finance, given that he will be aware of a number of critical reports on the capital build project skills deficit among senior civil servants, whether he has...
T8. Mr Carroll asked the Minister of Finance, given that openness and transparency are key to the remit of the Department of Finance and that the Executive parties have consistently stated that...
T9. Mr Sheehan asked the Minister of Finance whether the money he allocated for the people who have been affected by the contaminated blood scandal is being spent in the way that was intended....
1. Mr O'Dowd asked the Minister of Health for an update on a new cancer strategy and implementation plan. (AQO 208/17-22)
2. Ms Flynn asked the Minister of Health to outline his plans regarding the further roll-out of the mental health street triage project. (AQO 209/17-22)
4. Mr Sheehan asked the Minister of Health whether the departmental action plan for the resettlement of patients from Muckamore Abbey Hospital has been completed. (AQO 211/17-22)
5. Mr Harvey asked the Minister of Health how he plans to provide free car parking for health trust workers. (AQO 212/17-22)
T1. Ms Dolan asked the Minister of Health for an update on the priorities in his capital spending plans for rural GP practices. (AQT 151/17-22)
T2. Mr Irwin asked the Minister of Health, in the light of the chronic shortage in the number of nurses and the lengthy process needed to train new nurses, whether he will consider a financial...
T3. Mr Middleton asked the Minister of Health to outline what his Department is doing to ensure that much-needed funding for mental health support is provided to crisis intervention services in...
T4. Mr Allister asked the Minister of Health how many new nurses would £11 million per annum employ, given that he will be aware that the First Minister and the deputy First Minister wish to...
T5. Ms Mullan asked the Minister of Health to confirm that capital and resource funding are in place for the graduate entry medical school at Magee and to state when we can expect his official...
T6. Mr Frew asked the Minister of Health when he will address the shortfall in funding for community pharmacy services as identified in the ‘Cost of Service Investigation for Community...
T7. Mr McGrath asked the Minister of Health, given that he will know that early detection of diabetic retinopathy is critical to mitigate the impact of the condition, whether he will consider the...
Debate resumed on motion: That the Second Stage of the Budget Bill [NIA 2/17-22] be agreed. — [Mr Murphy (The Minister of Finance).]
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