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Assembly Questions
2010
December
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7th December
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development, pursuant to AQW 911/11 and AQW 416/11, to
outline the reasons why the written answers were revised and why the figure
given for the number of single tender actions and contract extensions issued
by Roads Service changed....more
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7th December
2010
Written
Answer from the First Minister and deputy First Minister
To ask the
First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQW 2370/11, whether
they can confirm that no senior civil servants (i) requested; or (ii) were
authorised to make representations to Sir Jon Shortridge regarding his
investigation into the Department for Regional Development and NI Water....more
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November
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30th November
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of the Environment
To ask the
Minister of the Environment to detail the number of planning applications (i)
submitted and; (ii) approved by each divisional planning office, in each
month, in each of the last two years....more
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29th November
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development, pursuant to AQW 1863/11, (i) to detail
the projected cost provided by the company that was awarded the tender for
the Creagh Waste Water Treatment Project; and (ii) to provide a breakdown of
the projected land valuation costs associated with the project.....more
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26th November
2010
Written
Answer from the First Minister and deputy First Minister
To ask the
First Minister and deputy First Minister how many senior civil servants (i)
sought; and (ii) received authorisation to make representations to Sir Jon
Shortridge during his investigation into the Department for Regional
Development and NI Water; and at what level was authorisation granted.....more
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23rd November
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development, pursuant to AQW 1596/11, for the single
tender actions and contract extensions, to detail (i) the cost; (ii) when
work commenced; and (iii) when approval was granted and at what grade....more
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22nd November
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the
Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety how many people in the
Northern Health and Social Care Trust area have been waiting for more than 9
weeks for (i) a primary care appointment; and (ii) a secondary care
appointment; and what action is being taken to reduce waiting times at the
Trust....more
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19th November
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of the Environment
To ask the
Minister of the Environment to detail (i) the amount of funding that has
been allocated for early retirement within his Department for this financial
year; (ii) the number of applications that have been approved to date in
2010/11 in (a) the Department; and (b) the Planning Service; (iii) the
number of further applications expected to be approved in 2010/11; and (iv)
the grades and ages that can avail of early retirement.....more
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12th November
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Justice
To ask the
Minister of Justice to detail the projected cost of the Desertcreat College
development; and to outline the total committed costs to the project by each
relevant Department.....more
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4th November
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development to detail who attended the meeting in
relation to NI Water, referred to in an email on 18 January 2010 from Lian
Patterson in his Department to officials, Gary Fair and John Mills; and what
was discussed and actioned at this meeting....more
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1st November
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of the Environment
To ask the
Minister of the Environment (i) for an update on the progress of the
Planning Service Rural Design Guide; (ii) when the guide will be made
available for consultation to (a) the Committee for the Environment; and (b)
the public; and (iii) to whom the document has been released to date....more
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October
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29th October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development, pursuant to AQW 619/11, whether a file
note, a record of conversation, an email or any other correspondence exists
of the conversation between the Chief Executive of NI Water and John Mills
from his Department on 18 January 2010; and if so to detail the
contents.....more
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29th October
2010
Revised Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development to detail the additional audit support
services provided to his Department, in relation to NI Water, or to NI Water
in each of the last five financial years, giving the company providing the
services; and the contractual arrangements of those services.....more
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25th October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the Minister for Regional Development to detail the contracts between
NI Water and Enterprise PLC in (i) 2006/07; (ii) 2007/08; (iii) 2008/09; and
(iv) 2009/10, including expenditure and whether the contracts were by single
tender action or extended contract.....more
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18th October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development, pursuant to AQW 417/11 and AQW 416/11,
when work commenced on the single tender actions and the contract extensions
at Translink; and when authorisation was granted by his Department.....more
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14th October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development to detail the additional audit support
services provided to his Department, in relation to NI Water, or to NI Water
in each of the last five financial years, giving the company providing the
services; and the contractual arrangements of those services.....more
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14th October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development, pursuant to AQW 255/11, in relation to
the full conflict of interest checks carried out on members of the
Independent Review Team, to detail (i) the date checks were completed for
(a) Jackie Henry; (b) Peter Dixon; and (c) Glenn Thompson; (ii) who was
responsible for carrying out these checks; (iii) who advised his Department
on the outcome; and (iv) who made the decision that there were no conflicts
of interest....more
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6th October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development how much was paid to the consultants who
continued the work originally contracted out to LLP after the termination of
their contract; and to detail the tendering process under which the
consultants were engaged.....more
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6th October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Finance and Personnel
To ask the
Minister of Finance and Personnel to detail the number of posts, within the
NI Civil Service, currently filled by deputising arrangements or temporary
promotion, for the grades (i) Administrative Assistant to Deputy Principal
(and equivalent); and (ii) Grade 7 & above.....more
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6th October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Finance and Personnel
To ask the
Minister of Finance and Personnel how much has been spent on external
consultants in each of the last 5 years by (i) the Department; (ii) Central
Procurement Directorate Construction; and (iii) Central Procurement
Directorate Supplies and Service Division; and (iv) to provide a breakdown
showing how much was paid to (a) PWC; (b) Deloitte; and (c) Ernst &
Young....more
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5th October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Finance and Personnel
To ask the
Minister of Finance and Personnel, pursuant to AQW 348/11, whether an
Equality Impact Assessment has been carried out on the Civil Service policy
on temporary promotions and deputising arrangements, in the last three
years....more
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5th October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Finance and Personnel
To ask the
Minister of Finance and Personnel, pursuant to AQW 348/11, to detail, for
each of the last three years, the (i) temporary promotions; and (ii)
deputising arrangements in the Civil Service, broken down by (a) substantive
grade and promoted grade; (b) length of promotion arrangement; and (c)
annual salary increase.....more
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4th October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development if he is aware of (i) emails between the
Permanent Secretary and the Director of the Shareholder Unit on 16 February
2010 discussing the outcomes that they would require from the Independent
Review Team Report into NI Water; (ii) exchanges between officials which
included suggestions that the Independent Review Team of NI Water should
make recommendations to the Executive regarding water charges....more
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4th October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development (i) whether a record was kept of
conversations between his departmental officals and the Chief Executive of
NI Water regarding the withdrawal of the Chief Executive's resignation; (ii)
if these discussions prompted the Minister to seek legal advice in relation
to the removal of Directors from the Board of NI Water; (iii) if the
Minister himself had any discussions with the Chief Executive prior to the
withdrawal of his resignation; and (iv) to provide detail of these
discussions and any commitments given.....more
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4th October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development, in relation to the NI Water proceedings
against Steria, (i) when the legal action was dropped; (ii) how much this
action has cost NI Water and the Department: and (iii) how much all cases
and settlements with Steria, including legal and other fees, have cost the
public purse to date.....more
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1st October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development how many single tender actions were issued
by (i) Roads Service; (ii) Translink; and (iii) the Harbour Commissioner in
(a) 2005/06; (b) 2006/07; (c) 2007/08; (d) 2008/09; and (e) 2009/10.....more
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1st October
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development how many contract extensions have been put
in place, without going to tender, by (i) Roads Service; (ii) Translink; and
(iii) the Harbour Commissioner in (a) 2005/06; (b) 2006/07; (c) 2007/08; (d)
2008/09; and (e) 2009/10.....more
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September
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29th September
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development, pursuant to AQW 83/11, whether the fact
that the financial systems at NI Water did not record supplier expenditure
prior to April 2007 was the reason that Atkins Contractors was approached
directly to supply the information that the Permanent Secretary gave to the
Public Accounts Committee on 31 August 2010; and if there were any systems
in place within his Department to collect this information....more
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28th September
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development to outline if a declaration for potential
conflict of interest was (i) sought by his Department; and (ii) provided by
members of the Independent Review Team into NI Water as part of their
appointment.....more
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24th September
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the
Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety how much has been
spent on external consultants in each of the last five years by (i) his
Department; (ii) the Health Estates; and (iii) the Business Services
Organisation; and (iv) how much of these amounts was paid to (a) PWC; (b)
Deloitte; and (c) Ernst & Young....more
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22nd September
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Education
To ask the
Minister of Education, for each of the last five years (i) how much (a) her
Department; and (b) the Education and Library Board spent on external
consultants; and (ii) how much was paid to (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers; (b)
Deloitte; and (c) Ernst & Young....more
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22nd September
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development, in relation to the Public Accounts
Committee inquiry into NI Water, why his Department was reliant on Atkins
Contractors to provide detail of the £5,222,144 paid by the Department to
them between March 2002 and April 2007, in relation to DRD Water Service
Contract work.....more
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20th September
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Social Development
To ask the Minister for Social Development (i) how much has been spent on
external consultants in each of the last five years by (a) his Department;
and (b) the Northern Ireland Housing Executive; and (ii) how much of these
amounts was paid to (a) PWC; (b) Deloitte; and (c) Ernst & Young.....more
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16th September
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the Minister for Regional Development, for each of the last five
years (i) how much (a) his Department; (b) NI Water; and (c) Roads Service
spent on external consultants; and (ii) how much was paid to (a)
PricewaterhouseCoopers; (b) Deloitte; and (c) Ernst & Young.....more
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14th September
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Finance and Personnel
To ask the
Minister of Finance and Personnel to detail the (i) tender price; and (ii)
actual cost of the contract for the report ‘Review of Centres of Procurement
Expertise Status and Policy Implementation’ by PWC in September 2009.....more
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14th September
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Finance and Personnel
To ask the
Minister of Finance and Personnel what instructions are given by the Central
Procurement Directorate to Government Departments and bodies on conflict of
interest for firms tendering; and what measures are in place to ensure
compliance....more
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August
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26th August
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the
Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (i) how many jobs were
advertised by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust for (a) doctors; (b)
consultants; and (c) nurses, for the Mid-Ulster Hospital Accident and
Emergency Department, in each of the last ten years; and (ii) whether each
post was filled (a) permanently; or (b) temporarily......more
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July
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23rd July
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development to detail all contracts awarded to
Deloitte in relation to NI Water since April 2007, including the nature of
the contracts, the cost of each contract and the number of consultants and
sub-contractors engaged......more
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19th July
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Education
To ask the
Minister of Education, in relation to her statement on the review of capital
projects, (i) to outline the criteria used to assess the capital projects;
and (ii) to detail the evaluation of each school in the Mid-Ulster
constituency against the criteria.....more
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19th July
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Education
To ask the
Minister of Education, in relation to her statement on the review of capital
projects, to detail (i) the schools in the Mid-Ulster constituency which
have met the criteria; and (ii) the nature of these projects and the
expected start date.....more
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14th July
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the
Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, on the 1 January
2010, how many patients were recorded as spending 12 hours or more in the
Accident and Emergency Departments in (i) Antrim Area Hospital; (ii) the
Causeway Hospital; and (iii) Whiteabbey Hospital; and (iv) the Mid-Ulster
Hospital......more
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14th July
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the
Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail (i) the
number of sick days taken by (a) doctors; (b) consultants; and (c) nurses in
the Antrim Area Hospital Accident and Emergency Department, in each of the
last five years; and (ii) how many of these absences were stress
related.....more
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8th July
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of the Environment
To ask the
Minister of the Environment whether there will be an opportunity for further
discussions in relation to planning applications, deferred until the
completion of PPS21, which have been recommended for refusal.....more
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7th July
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
To ask the
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development if any discussions have taken
place between her Department, or its agencies, and the Department of the
Environment and the Department for Regional Development, or their agencies,
in relation to Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems; and to outline how many
meetings have taken place and the outcome of these meetings.....more
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5th July
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Justice
To ask the
Minister of Justice, pursuant to AQW 7680/10, for a detailed breakdown of
the expenditure by the Prison Service on salary costs for staff suspensions
for each of these years......more
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2nd July
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development if any discussion has taken place between
his Department, or its agencies and the Department for Agriculture and Rural
Development and the Department of the Environment, or their agencies, in
relation to Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems; and to outline how many
meetings have taken place and the outcome of these meetings......more
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June
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30th June
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of the Environment
To ask the
Minister of the Environment if any discussion has taken place between his
Department, or its agencies and the Department for Agriculture and Rural
Development and the Department for Regional Development, or their agencies,
in relation to Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems; and to outline how many
meetings have taken place and the outcome of these meetings.....more
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29th June
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail
the number of doctors currently working at (i) Altnagelvin Hospital; (ii)
the Royal Hospital; (iii) Craigavon Hospital; (iv) the Mater Hospital; (v)
Antrim Area Hospital; and (vi) the Mid-Ulster Hospital, broken down by
grades of (a) Foundation; (b) Registrar; (c) Senior Registrar; (d)
Consultant; and (e) other grades......more
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10th June
2010
Written
Answer from the First Minister and deputy First Minister
To ask the
First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they can provide an
assurance that the Cohesion, Sharing and Integration Strategy will be
subject to a full Equality Impact Assessment and will reflect the needs of
all people in our society......more
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8th June
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the
Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the number
of patients presenting themselves to the Accident and Emergency unit at (i)
Altnagelvin Hospital; (ii) the Royal Victoria Hospital; (iii) Craigavon
Hospital; (iv) the Mater Hospital; (v) Antrim Area Hospital; and (vi) the
Mid-Ulster Hospital, in each of the last five years......more
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7th June
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of the Environment
To ask the
Minister of the Environment to detail the cost to date of the Review of
Public Administration to (i) his Department and its agencies; (ii) local
authorities; and (iii) any representative organisations......more
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3rd June
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the
Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the
percentage of emergency ambulance call-outs which met the emergency response
time in (i) the Northern Health and Social Care Trust area; and (ii) the
catchment area of the Mid-Ulster Hospital in (a) 2007/08; and (b) 2009/09;
and (c) 2009/10......more
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1st June
2010
Written
Answer from the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the
Minister for Regional Development to detail (i) how many water meters
installed by NI Water have been reclassified from trial meters; (ii) how
many of these have been installed to connections which serve domestic
properties; (iii) the cost of installing these meters; and (iv) how many
bills have been sent out with no domestic allowance included since the
re-classification of these meters.....more
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