Mrs Ciara Ferguson

Title: Mrs
Official Last Name: Ferguson
Official First Name: Ciara
Usual First Name: Ciara
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: Foyle

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Sinn Féin	Party Member	13/09/2021 - 27/03/2022

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
13/09/2021	Foyle	Nationalist, Replaced Ms Martina Anderson
13/05/2022	Foyle	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
27/09/2021 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for Communities
27/09/2021 - 27/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee on Procedures

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
27/06/2023 - Present	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All Party Group on Mental Health
11/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Parental Participation in Education
11/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Further and Higher Education
01/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All Party Group on Housing
28/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on MS and Neurology
27/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Ageing and Older People
24/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Terminal Illness
23/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Community Pharmacy
22/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Rare Disease
16/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Early Education and Childcare
15/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Cancer
08/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Carers
07/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All Party Group on Homelessness
31/05/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Social Enterprise
18/02/2022 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Rare Disease
03/11/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Homelessness
15/10/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Homelessness

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

13 Questions, Page 1 of 2

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AQW 5266/22-27

Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle)

To ask the Minister for the Economy what progress has been made to secure a date for the delivery of the £400 Energy Support Payment Scheme. [Priority Written]

26/10/2022

To be answered by 03/11/2022

AQW 5265/22-27

Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle)

To ask the Minister of Health to list the eleven dental practices taking part in the pilot scheme to improve access to urgent dental care for non-registered patients, including refugees and asylum seekers, by Trust area.

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26/10/2022

Answered on 27/10/2022

AQW 5264/22-27

Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle)

To ask the Minister of Health for a breakdown of the £5.3 million support package planned for Community Pharmacies.

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26/10/2022

Answered on 27/10/2022

AQW 5263/22-27

Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle)

To ask the Minister of Health (i) when his programme of Drug Tariff reform (a) commenced; and (b) will be completed; and (ii) when a report will be published.

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26/10/2022

Answered on 27/10/2022

AQW 5204/22-27

Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle)

To ask the Minister of Health what commitment his Department has made to help complete or agree the business case for the Northlands Addiction Centre in Foyle.

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25/10/2022

Answered on 26/10/2022

AQW 5071/22-27

Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle)

To ask the Minister of Health whether (i) consideration was given to increasing the non means-tested student nurse bursary of £5,165 per annum; and (ii) there are plans to review the rate, which remains at 2012/13 levels. [Priority Written]

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21/10/2022

Answered on 27/10/2022

AQW 4832/22-27

Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle)

To ask the Minister for Communities what work her Department is undertaking to assess the potential impacts of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.

18/10/2022

To be answered by 02/11/2022

AQW 4831/22-27

Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle)

To ask the Minister for Communities to list the legislation that is affected by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, relating to areas of her Department's responsibility.

18/10/2022

To be answered by 02/11/2022

AQW 3288/22-27

Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle)

To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the outcomes of the joint workshop, which was held with Minister for Infrastructure, on seeking solutions to constraints on housing supply issues, particularly in areas of high housing need.

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21/09/2022

Answered on 29/09/2022

AQW 3174/22-27

Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle)

To ask the Minister of Health will the planned rollout of HPV primary screening include the opportunity for the quick adoption of HPV self-sampling, as recommended by the UK National Screening Committee.

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20/09/2022

Answered on 06/10/2022

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