Mr Danny Donnelly

Title: Mr
Official Last Name: Donnelly
Official First Name: Daniel
Usual First Name: Danny
Party: Alliance Party
Constituency: East Antrim


PartyRolePeriod
Alliance PartyParty Member05/05/2022 - Present


DateConstituencyDesignation
13/05/2022East AntrimOther, First Elected


PeriodPositionOffice/Committee
17/10/2024 - PresentCommittee MemberConcurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
12/02/2024 - PresentCommittee Deputy ChairCommittee for Health
12/02/2024 - PresentCommittee MemberCommittee on Procedures
06/02/2024 - 07/02/2024Committee Deputy ChairCommittee on Standards and Privileges


PeriodPositionAll Party Group
04/10/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Road Safety
13/09/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Terminal Illness
25/06/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group SecretaryAll-Party Group on ADHD
17/06/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Addiction and Dual Diagnosis
17/06/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Visual Impairment
11/06/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Suicide Prevention
20/05/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group SecretaryAll-Party Group on Disability
07/05/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on Dementia
30/04/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Learning Disability
23/04/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Tourette's
02/04/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group Vice-ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Lung Health
19/03/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Community Pharmacy
04/03/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Parental Participation in Education
22/01/2024 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Further and Higher Education
15/11/2023 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Skills
10/10/2023 - PresentAssembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on Ethnic Minority Community
06/10/2023 - PresentAssembly Party Group ChairpersonAll-Party Group on Climate Action
27/06/2023 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Arts
21/06/2023 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Cancer
19/06/2023 - PresentAssembly Party Group SecretaryAll-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
25/04/2023 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Youth Participation
24/10/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Stroke
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
20/06/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Diabetes
31/05/2022 - PresentAssembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Social Enterprise
21/09/2023 - 02/04/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Lung Health
15/06/2023 - 17/06/2024Assembly Party Group TreasurerAll-Party Group on Addiction and Dual Diagnosis
12/06/2023 - 06/12/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Rare Disease
15/05/2023 - 20/05/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Disability
13/09/2022 - 06/01/2025Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Universal Basic Income
01/07/2022 - 26/06/2023Assembly Party Group SecretaryAll-Party Group on Arts
30/06/2022 - 30/04/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Learning Disability
27/06/2022 - 19/06/2023Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling
24/06/2022 - 13/09/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Terminal Illness
23/06/2022 - 19/03/2024Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Community Pharmacy
22/06/2022 - 05/10/2023Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Climate Action
20/06/2022 - 15/06/2023Assembly Party Group MemberAll-Party Group on Addiction and Dual Diagnosis

Room: Room 256
Address: Parliament Buildings
Townland: Ballymiscaw
Ward: Stormont
Town: Belfast
Post Code: BT4 3XX
Email: danny.donnelly@mla.niassembly.gov.uk


Address 1: 73 Main Street
Address 2:
Address 3:
Townland: Town Parks
Ward:
Town: Larne
Post Code: BT40 1HH
Phone:
Fax:
Email: danny.donnelly@co.niassembly.gov.uk

1. Employment and Earnings

Registered Nurse, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. Nursing Bank, band five and six. Remuneration: band five - £16.13 per hour; band six - £19.96 per hour. Hours worked: 12 per month.

  * The hours worked increased from 12 per month to up to 24 per month from 30 January 2023. (Registered 30 January 2023)


2. Donations and other support

Alliance Party: provided a donation of £4,872.26, received on 5 May 2022.


3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality

None


4. Visits

None


5. Shareholdings

None


6. Land and Property

None


7. Miscellaneous

Member, Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC) Pension Scheme.

Member, Health Service Pension Scheme.

My wife is a Councillor on Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.


8. Unremunerated interests

Committee Member, Larne Well-being Hub.


9. Family members who benefit from Office Cost Expenditure

None

Note: [R] indicates a registered declaration of interest
Ref NoMemberQuestionTabledStatus
AQW 24609/22-27 Mr Danny Donnelly
(APNI - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of the suspension of the Living With Water Programme and the current status of a significant proportion of Combined Sewer Overflows, to detail her (i) long-term; and (ii) immediate plans to address the issue of sewage pollution entering Belfast Lough and across the wider marine environment.

19/03/2025 To be answered by 03/04/2025
AQO 1771/22-27 Mr Danny Donnelly
(APNI - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline how he is working with his counterparts in the rest of the UK and Ireland to address the climate crisis.

View Official Report for AQO 1771/22-27 		13/03/2025 Answered on 25/03/2025
AQO 1738/22-27 Mr Danny Donnelly
(APNI - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for her assessment of the potential impact that an expert led, independent Infrastructure Commission will have on capital infrastructure projects.

View Official Report for AQO 1738/22-27 		13/03/2025 Answered on 24/03/2025
AQW 24158/22-27 Mr Danny Donnelly
(APNI - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister of Health, following the March 2025 Northern Ireland Audit Office report Ambulance Handovers in Northern Ireland, to detail any action he will take to improve ambulance handover times. [Priority Written]

+ Display Answer 		11/03/2025 Answered on 19/03/2025
AQW 23671/22-27 Mr Danny Donnelly
(APNI - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 14993/22-27, to define the issues of such importance that their impact is considered to extend to a sub-regional or regional level.

+ Display Answer 		03/03/2025 Answered on 12/03/2025
AQW 23670/22-27 Mr Danny Donnelly
(APNI - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether the Killyglen Link Road area, Larne, will be added to the list of areas to be gritted during periods of snow or ice.

+ Display Answer 		03/03/2025 Answered on 12/03/2025
AQW 23194/22-27 Mr Danny Donnelly
(APNI - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 22139/22-27, to detail any assessment made by (i) his Department; and (ii) the Education Authority on the impact that the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions will have on the ability of the approximately 5,000 children with special educational needs and disabilities currently transported by private bus and taxi operators to attend school from April 2025.

+ Display Answer 		24/02/2025 Answered on 07/03/2025
AQW 23193/22-27 Mr Danny Donnelly
(APNI - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister of Health (i) for an update on the current pause of public awareness campaigns, which include organ donation; and (ii) to detail any steps being taken to ensure the continued promotion of organ donation following the change to the opt-out system.

+ Display Answer 		24/02/2025 Answered on 11/03/2025
AQW 22902/22-27 Mr Danny Donnelly
(APNI - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister of Health (i) for an update on the implementation of Action 29.d of the Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031; (ii) to detail the steps taken to ensure that the regional eating disorder service is accessible and effectively resourced across all Health and Social Care Trusts; and (iii) to detail any planned actions to further strengthen support for individuals with eating disorders.

+ Display Answer 		19/02/2025 Answered on 06/03/2025
AQW 22812/22-27 Mr Danny Donnelly
(APNI - East Antrim) 		To ask the Minister of Health for an update on whether the Independent Living Fund will be reopened.

+ Display Answer 		18/02/2025 Answered on 06/03/2025
  
Plenary Item TitleItemTabled AsTabled DatePlenary Date
Ambulance Handovers - Amendment 3Motion AmendmentMLA - East Antrim19/03/2025 
Ambulance Handover TimesUrgent Oral QuestionMLA - East Antrim10/03/2025 
Importance of Children’s One-Year-Old Health Review - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - East Antrim06/03/202510/03/2025
Establishing a Dedicated Treatment and Recovery Centre in the North West - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - East Antrim25/02/202504/03/2025
Ambulance Waiting TimesMotionMLA - East Antrim07/01/202513/01/2025
Supporting a Public Health Approach to Tackling Gambling-Related HarmsMotionMLA - East Antrim14/11/202428/01/2025
Protecting Farming Families Following the Autumn Budget 2024 - Amendment 2Motion AmendmentMLA - East Antrim13/11/2024 
Support for Occupational TherapistsMotionMLA - East Antrim04/11/2024 
Statutory Duty of CandourMotionMLA - East Antrim16/10/202411/11/2024
Funding for the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - East Antrim08/10/202414/10/2024
Social Care ReformMotionMLA - East Antrim17/09/202408/10/2024
Funding for Health Service Transformation - Amendment 1Motion AmendmentMLA - East Antrim12/09/202417/09/2024
Utilising the Children’s Services Co-operation Act (2015) to deliver SEND transformationMotionMLA - East Antrim02/09/2024 
  
Vote SubjectDivision Date Member Voted
-#1 Tackling the Financial and Societal Impacts of Division - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Ms Di25/03/2025NO
-#1 The Green Energy Transition - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Gary Middleton]24/03/2025NO
-#2 Paramilitary Groups Transition from Violence and Crime - Amendment 2: Motion Amendment 2 [Mr Ge10/03/2025NO
-#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 10/03/2025NO
-#1 Job Creation and Cross-Border Co-operation in the North West - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [04/03/2025NO
Programme for Government 2024-2027 [First Minister and deputy First Minister - The Executive Office]03/03/2025AYE
Prayer of Annulment: The Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) (Amendment) Reg24/02/2025NO
Prayer of Annulment: The Direct Payments to Farmers (Cross-Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations (Nort04/02/2025NO
Enhancing Accountability and Trust in Government (Revised Wording) [Mr Matthew O'Toole]03/02/2025AYE
-#1 Enhancing Accountability and Trust in Government (Revised Wording) - Amendment 1: Motion Amendme03/02/2025AYE
-#1 Collection and Recycling Scheme for Disposable Nappies - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Joh27/01/2025AYE
Protection of Rights and Safety in Custodial Facilities [Mr Doug Beattie MC]20/01/2025NO
-#1 Protection of Rights and Safety in Custodial Facilities - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Mr Ti20/01/2025NO
-#1 Gender-Responsive Budgeting - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Ms Diane Forsythe]14/01/2025NO
-#2 Relationships and Sexuality Education and Healthy Young Adult Relationships - Amendment 2: Motio14/01/2025AYE
-#1 Relationships and Sexuality Education and Healthy Young Adult Relationships - Amendment 1: Motio14/01/2025NO
-#1 Ending Violence Against Women and Girls - Amendment 1: Motion Amendment 1 [Ms Joanne Bunting]14/01/2025NO
Democratic Consent Resolution [Mr Philip McGuigan]10/12/2024AYE
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