Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 13519/22-27, (i) for his assessment of the accuracy of the 2018-19 year-start investment total for community pharmacy services being £104 million in 2018/19, given that his Department’s cost findings quantified the cost of community pharmacy services to be at least £130 … Continue reading AQW 14115/22-27 – Investment for community pharmacy services
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 13519/22-27, to detail any additional financial support he will provide to implement the Strategic Plan for Community Pharmacy. Minister of Health: The Community Pharmacy Strategic Plan brings together four existing inter-related programmes of work led by the Department, to support the … Continue reading AQW 14114/22-27 – Financial support to implement the Strategic Plan for Community Pharmacy
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health (i) to detail why his Department is the only Executive Department that has not appointed an official to the cross-departmental working group convened by the Minister for Communities to consult on the actions drafted by the Irish Language Strategy Co-Design Group; and (ii) , … Continue reading AQW 13887/22-27 – Irish Language Strategy
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether any contingency plans are in place if the procurement process to renew the operator agreement for Crumlin Road Gaol visitor attraction and conference centre is not completed by November 2024. [Priority Written] Minister for Infrastructure: The procurement for the tender to manage the … Continue reading AQW 13732/22-27 – Crumlin Road Gaol visitor attraction and conference centre
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, following the Speaker's Ruling on Assembly Questions on 12 March 2024, and pursuant to AQW 12788/22-27, to detail (i) the membership of the focus group; (ii) how many times it has met; (iii) what plans it has identified that can be put in place … Continue reading AQW 13623/22-27 – Lough Neagh
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail his plans to adopt the recommendations of the expert panel on Discretionary Support to improve the reach and fairness of the current system. Minister for Communities: I recognise the importance of the Discretionary Support Scheme in assisting vulnerable people in a crisis … Continue reading AQW 14007/22-27 – Expert panel on Discretionary Support
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the funding for Discretionary Support that remains available for allocation in the 2024-25 financial year. Minister for Communities: I have agreed a Discretionary Support Grant budget of £22m in 2024-25, which is an increase of 10% on last year’s budget. For Discretionary … Continue reading AQW 14006/22-27 – Funding for Discretionary Support
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities whether it is normal practice to delay the issue of tender documents in the public procurement process whilst funding or business case matters are being resolved. [Priority Written] Minister for Communities: My Department has put in place robust procedures which ensure that all procurement … Continue reading AQW 10571/22-27 – Public Procurement Process
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