Mrs Ciara Ferguson

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


PartyRolePeriod
Sinn FéinParty Member05/05/2022 - Present
Sinn FéinParty Member13/09/2021 - 27/03/2022


DateConstituencyDesignation
13/09/2021FoyleNationalist, Replaced Ms Martina Anderson
13/05/2022FoyleNationalist, Re-elected


PeriodPositionOffice/Committee
04/02/2025 - PresentCommittee ChairWindsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee
03/02/2025 - PresentCommittee MemberChairpersons' Liaison Group
17/10/2024 - PresentCommittee MemberConcurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
12/02/2024 - PresentCommittee MemberCommittee for Justice
12/02/2024 - 10/02/2025Committee MemberAudit Committee
06/02/2024 - 03/02/2025Committee Deputy ChairCommittee for Communities
27/09/2021 - 28/03/2022Committee MemberCommittee for Communities
27/09/2021 - 27/03/2022Committee MemberCommittee on Procedures


PeriodPositionAll Party Group
23/06/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on Voluntary and Community Sector
17/06/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
17/06/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
30/04/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group SecretaryAll-Party Group on Rare Disease
26/02/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Homelessness
15/01/2025 - PresentAssembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Policy and Public Data
07/05/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Dementia
12/04/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Access to Justice
19/03/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Community Pharmacy
27/06/2023 - PresentAssembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on Mental Health
24/10/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Stroke
20/09/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on LGBTQIA+ Equality
11/07/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Parental Participation in Education
11/07/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Further and Higher Education
01/07/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Housing
28/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Fuel Poverty
28/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on MS and Neurology
27/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Ageing and Older People
24/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Terminal Illness
16/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Early Education and Childcare
15/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Cancer
08/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Carers
31/05/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Social Enterprise
24/06/2024 - 17/06/2025Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Micro and Small Business
23/06/2023 - 23/06/2025Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Voluntary and Community Sector
23/06/2022 - 19/03/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Community Pharmacy
22/06/2022 - 06/12/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Rare Disease
07/06/2022 - 26/02/2025Assembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Homelessness
18/02/2022 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Rare Disease
03/11/2021 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Homelessness
15/10/2021 - 27/03/2022Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Homelessness

Room: TBC
Address: Parliament Buildings
Townland: Ballymiscaw
Ward: Stormont
Town: Belfast
Post Code: BT4 3XX
Email: ciara.ferguson@mla.niassembly.gov.uk


Address 1: Rath Mor Business Park
Address 2:
Address 3:
Townland: Edenballymore
Ward:
Town: Derry
Post Code: BT48 0LZ
Phone:
Fax:
Email: ciara.ferguson@mla.niassembly.gov.uk

1. Employment and Earnings

None


2. Donations and other support

None


3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality

None


4. Visits

None


5. Shareholdings

None


6. Land and Property

None


7. Miscellaneous

None


8. Unremunerated interests

None


9. Family members who benefit from Office Cost Expenditure

None

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest
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AQO 1608/22-27 Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle) 		To ask the Minister of Justice to outline any work her Department is undertaking to ensure the process of male victims reporting instances of sexual abuse or assault is appropriate and as stress free as possible.

+ Display Answer 		13/02/2025 Answered on 24/07/2025
AQW 29907/22-27 Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle) 		To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQW 27776/22-27, for an update on the engagement with the Irish Government to progress and invest in the next phase of the North West Regional Development Fund.

04/07/2025 To be answered by 23/07/2025
AQW 29821/22-27 Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle) 		To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 25947/22-27, to detail an update on his Department's plans for employment support.

+ Display Answer 		03/07/2025 Answered on 21/07/2025
AQW 29820/22-27 Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle) 		To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the progress made by her Department to bring forward rail service improvements in the North West.

03/07/2025 To be answered by 22/07/2025
AQW 29711/22-27 Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle) 		To ask the Minister of Health to detail any action his Department can take to prevent the closure of the Community Crisis Intervention Service, Derry.

+ Display Answer 		02/07/2025 Answered on 08/07/2025
AQW 29710/22-27 Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle) 		To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the A2 Buncrana Road improvement scheme.

+ Display Answer 		02/07/2025 Answered on 10/07/2025
AQW 29709/22-27 Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle) 		To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the progress of the £4.5m business case for a five-class specialist provision extension at St Brigid's College, Derry.

+ Display Answer 		02/07/2025 Answered on 04/07/2025
AQW 29592/22-27 Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle) 		To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQO 1951/22-27, to detail the 49 groups currently on the waiting list for the Central Good Relations Fund 2025/26 should additional budget become available during the year, broken down by (i) constituency; (ii) funding requested; and (iii) ranking.

01/07/2025 To be answered by 18/07/2025
AQW 29591/22-27 Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle) 		To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQO 1951/22-27 and following the June monitoring round, to detail if additional monies will be allocated to groups currently on the Central Good Relations Fund 25-26 waiting list.

01/07/2025 To be answered by 18/07/2025
AQW 29424/22-27 Mrs Ciara Ferguson
(SF - Foyle) 		To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people who have been red-flagged by their GP and are currently waiting for a medical investigation appointment at a breast clinic, in the Western Health and Social Care Trust, broken down by the length of wait in weeks. [Priority Written]

+ Display Answer 		27/06/2025 Answered on 09/07/2025
  
Plenary Item TitleItemTabled AsTabled DatePlenary Date
Expand Community-Based Audiology ServicesMotionMLA - Foyle27/06/2025 
Improving Sentencing Practices in Northern Ireland - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - Foyle17/06/202523/06/2025
Open Water Safety in Light of Tragedy in Donegal Matters of the DayMLA - Foyle12/05/202512/05/2025
Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness MonthMotionMLA - Foyle04/04/2025 
International Women’s Day 2025MotionMLA - Foyle20/02/202504/03/2025
Support for First-Time Buyers - Amendment 2Motion AmendmentMLA - Foyle30/01/202503/02/2025
Protection of Rights and Safety in Custodial Facilities - Amendment 3Motion AmendmentMLA - Foyle16/01/2025 
Homelessness Awareness Week 2024MotionMLA - Foyle05/11/202402/12/2024
Pause of the City and Growth Deals Matters of the DayMLA - Foyle13/09/2024 
Dynamic PricingMotionMLA - Foyle10/09/202416/09/2024
Replacement of EU Funding for Community and Voluntary Sector (Revised Wording)MotionMLA - Foyle03/09/202409/09/2024
  
Vote SubjectDivision Date Member Voted
End Israeli Impunity in Gaza [Mrs Sinéad Ennis]24/06/2025AYE
-#1 End Israeli Impunity in Gaza - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Doug Beattie MC]24/06/2025NO
Opposing Plans for the Nutrients Action Programme 2026-2029 [Miss Michelle McIlveen]10/06/2025AYE
Additional Funding for North South Bodies [Ms Emma Sheerin]27/05/2025AYE
-#1 Addressing the Impact of Illegal Immigration in Northern Ireland - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment20/05/2025AYE
Decolonisation of Museum Collections and Repatriation of Artefacts [Miss Nicola Brogan]20/05/2025AYE
Addressing the Impact of Illegal Immigration in Northern Ireland20/05/2025AYE
Budget 2025-26 [Minister of Finance - Department of Finance]19/05/2025AYE
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia [Ms Kellie Armstrong]12/05/2025AYE
-#1 International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment12/05/2025NO
Voting Rights for the Election of the President of Ireland [Mrs Sinéad Ennis]06/05/2025AYE
Increasing Fiscal Devolution [Mr Matthew O'Toole]29/04/2025AYE
The draft Northern Ireland Climate Commissioner Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 [First Minister 08/04/2025AYE
-#2 Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity - Amendment 2: Motion Amendment 2 [Mr Maurice Bra01/04/2025NO
Housebuilding on Public Land [Mr Mark Durkan]31/03/2025AYE
-#2 Paramilitary Groups Transition from Violence and Crime - Amendment 2: Motion Amendment 2 [Mr Ge10/03/2025AYE
-#1 Paramilitary Groups Transition from Violence and Crime - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Do10/03/2025NO
The Rates (Regional Rates) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 [Minister of Finance - Department of Financ10/03/2025AYE
Paramilitary Groups Transition from Violence and Crime 10/03/2025AYE
-#1 Job Creation and Cross-Border Co-operation in the North West - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [04/03/2025NO
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