Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities (i) whether the additional criteria for Discretionary Support that was added in summer 2023 due to a limited budget is still in place; and (ii) whether that additional criteria will be removed. Minister for Communities: The changes to the Discretionary Support policy were introduced … Continue reading AQW 14005/22-27 – Discretionary Support Scheme
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health to detail the support available to register and maintain a community-owned defibrillator that is accessible for public use. Minister of Health: The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) leads on the implementation of the Community Resuscitation Strategy and is funded to provide a supporting role … Continue reading AQW 13731/22-27 – Support for Community-owned Defibrillator
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the budgetary allocation for public realm schemes for 2024-25; and (ii) the level of expenditure on public realm schemes in each of the last ten years, broken down by location. Minister for Communities: The indicative capital budget allocation for urban regeneration … Continue reading AQW 13621/22-27 – Public Realm Schemes Spending
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities, given the High Court Rulings [2017] NIQB 27 and [2022] NIQB 56, declaring that the Executive had failed to comply with its duty under section 28D of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, (i) what stage the Irish Language Strategy is at; and (ii) when … Continue reading AQW 13521/22-27 – Irish Language Strategy
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 12520/22-27, to detail the progress her Department has made in bringing forward the necessary statutory provision for wills to be validly made in Irish, as committed under New Decade, New Approach. Minister of Finance: Meeting the New Decade New Approach commitment … Continue reading AQW 13622/22-27 – Provision for wills to be validly made in Irish
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health what assessment he has made of the impact of the implementation of the Pharmacy Workforce Review 2020 on the financial viability of community pharmacies. Minister of Health: The aim of the Pharmacy Workforce Review published in 2020 was to inform pharmacy workforce development needs … Continue reading AQW 13520/22-27 – Implementation of the Pharmacy Workforce Review 2020
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health what additional financial support he will provide to community pharmacies to implement the Community Pharmacy Strategic Plan 2030. Minister of Health: The Strategic Plan for Community Pharmacy was published on 07 May 2024. It aims to fully realise the potential of community pharmacy services … Continue reading AQW 13519/22-27 – Funding for Community Pharmacy Strategic Plan 2030
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health to detail the discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Irish government in relation to collaborating on a new waiting list initiative to replace the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive. Minister of Health: I am open to collaboration with the Minister for Health in … Continue reading AQW 13209/22-27 – Replacing the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive
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