| Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status |
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AQW 35498/22-27
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Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any ongoing discussions taking place with his counterpart in Dublin on an all-island agreement to facilitate access for women and their babies to Mother and Baby Unit care, including in the event that such a Unit is established in Dublin in advance of one in Belfast; and (ii) whether there is any group or mechanism in place to collect and analyse data on perinatal mental health services.
| 14/11/2025 |
To be answered by 01/12/2025
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AQW 35497/22-27
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Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) how the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ perinatal mental health guidelines have informed his assessment of current provision for mothers and babies; (ii) whether he has sought specific advice on the clinical safety of establishing an interim inpatient Mother and Baby facility pending a permanent Unit; and (iii) whether any concerns about interim provision relate to the risk of an interim arrangement becoming permanent, rather than to the clinical safety of a dedicated interim ward.
| 14/11/2025 |
To be answered by 01/12/2025
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AQW 35496/22-27
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Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any assessment made of the clinical safety of the current alternatives to admission to a dedicated Mother and Baby Unit for women experiencing severe perinatal mental illness, including postpartum psychosis; (ii) whether it is considered clinically safe to treat a woman with postpartum psychosis at home in the absence of access to a Mother and Baby Unit; and (iii) any assessment made on the short and long-term impact on both mother and baby of separating them when the mother is admitted to a general psychiatric ward.
| 14/11/2025 |
To be answered by 01/12/2025
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AQW 35495/22-27
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Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) an updated timeline for completion and approval of the Outline Business Case for a Mother and Baby Unit; (ii) the current estimated capital and revenue costs for the Unit, including how these compare to the previously cited figure of £11 million; and (iii) whether the Unit continues to be treated as a top priority within his Department’s capital programme.
| 14/11/2025 |
To be answered by 01/12/2025
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AQW 35390/22-27
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Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail any actions his Department is taking to support Health and Social Care Trusts in reducing waiting times for outpatient and surgical gynaecology services.
[Priority Written]
| 13/11/2025 |
To be answered by 21/11/2025
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AQW 35389/22-27
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Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail any measures his Department is taking to ensure that primary care practitioners (i) make clinically appropriate referrals to gynaecology services; and (ii) ensure timely access to diagnostic investigations for patients presenting with symptoms indicative of menstrual health conditions.
| 13/11/2025 |
To be answered by 28/11/2025
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AQW 35277/22-27
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Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Health, further to the passage of the Mother and Baby Unit motion in the Assembly on 7 October 2025, to provide an update on the progress of the scoping exercise being undertaken by his officials to identify an appropriate interim space for a Mother and Baby Unit.
| 12/11/2025 |
To be answered by 27/11/2025
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AQO 2716/22-27
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Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the schools that have been selected as part of the Curriculum-Led Capital Investment Programme pilot scheme for covered sports area.
| 06/11/2025 |
To be answered on 18/11/2025
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AQO 2691/22-27
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Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the timeline for delivering a final draft of the Anti-Poverty Strategy.
| 06/11/2025 |
To be answered on 17/11/2025
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AQO 2577/22-27
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Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy for an update on the premia payment made to St Mary’s University College.
+ Display Answer
| 09/10/2025 |
Answered on 20/10/2025
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