Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health what actions he is taking to increase the provision of Speech and Language Therapy in each Health and Social Care Trust. Minister of Health: I am conscious of the vitally important role that Speech and Language Therapists play across health and social care in … Continue reading AQW 9464/22-27 – Speech and Language Therapy provision
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for the Economy what steps he will take to establish pay parity between further education lecturers and school teachers. Minister for the Economy: Further Education lecturers’ pay, as well as the terms and conditions of employment, are matters for the Further Education colleges as employers. I … Continue reading AQW 8813/22-27 – Pay parity between FE lecturers and teachers
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for the Economy when he will introduce a formal link with pay for further education lecturers and school teachers. Minister for the Economy: Further Education lecturers’ pay, as well as the terms and conditions of employment, are matters for the Further Education colleges as employers. However, … Continue reading AQW 8814/22-27 – FE Lecturers Pay
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Health how many people have been diagnosed with cancer in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust. Minister of Health: The number of cases of cancer (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) diagnosed in each of the last five years, … Continue reading AQW 9136/22-27 – Cancer diagnoses
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities whether he intends to restore the financial support available to local councils through the Rate Support Grant to the level in place before the collapse of the Executive in February 2022. Minister for Communities: I will consider the funding for councils, including Rates Support … Continue reading AQW 8815/22-27 – Rate Support Grant
Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for Mid Ulster, Patsy McGlone, has said the Executive must act following the publication of the Auditor General’s report on Water Quality in Northern Ireland’s lakes and rivers. Dorinnia Carville’s report warns that European targets for improving water quality in Northern Ireland’s rivers and lakes by 2027 will not … Continue reading McGlone: Water Quality Report Demands Action by NI Executive
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what steps have been taken by his Department to give effect to the provisions in The Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022. Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: The provisions relating to national and cultural identity, the Irish … Continue reading AQW 6706/22-27 – The Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how many roads require (i) resurfacing; and (ii) partial resurfacing in Mid Ulster. Minister for Infrastructure: Resurfacing schemes are funded through my Department’s Structural Maintenance Programme; regrettably, for some time the available investment has not kept pace with what is needed to maintain all … Continue reading AQW 7618/22-27 – Roads resurfacing in Mid Ulster
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